SIG is having some troubles. It’s flagship pistol, the P320, has had a troubled history of unintentional discharges with documented cases of the weapon firing without the trigger being pulled. Even while in holsters. Okay, that’s bad, but gun companies have run into trouble with their guns before. But, you can handle them like Ruger and proactively recall and return fixed guns. Or you can do what SIG did.
Ignore the problem and then blame the gun community for making shit up.
Yeah, that wasn’t a good look. Particularly when the FBI issued a report on a P320 that went off and couldn’t clear SIG of responsibility.
Now, ICE has told the field to stop using its P320’s and switch over to Glocks.
SIG is going the way of Kimber with the customer interactions of Taurus and HK in the heady days. I wasn’t planning on buying a P320 before. I’m damn sure not now. Moreover, I’m not going to recommend them until SIG starts acting like it actually cares about its customers instead of chasing contracts.
I’m still going to get my P220 and P226 at some point, but hey, that’s what Gunbroker is for.
Edit: The USAF is suspending use of the M18 (P320) after the death of an airman. The troubles keep rolling.
July 24, 2025 at 3:41 pm
Every time I see SIG’s reply that the FBI did not use the agreed upon testing methodology I wonder if the agreed upon method was designed to hide the problem.