Today I sit down to eat and watch the news. Seattle news goes to the Sig Sauer P-320 going off on its own while in the holster. I had to scratch my head because I remembered previous posts.
Sig Sauer P320 Post-Recall
So, I wondered over to You Tube and there are a load of videos on it so let’s dig a little deeper, what does Sig Sauer have to say?
So, has anybody have any experiences or heard of any incidents with the Sig Sauer P-320?
Nothing about the P320 But I heard they were putting poisonous batteries in their Romeo fives be very careful.
My son has owned 2 (two) for a number of years - no spontaneous combustions from either of them to date.
I owned the X Compact, it didn’t grenade, but also would not feed/fire an entire box of Sig V-Crowns.
I wish to make my comments on the the Sig Sauer P320
and the ability to make several combinations of the
pistols. I only have 4 live pistols and the combination to
make 2 more complete sets.
6-7 years ago Sig Sauer did a voluntary repair on the
P320’s according to their Serial Numbers.
We must follow all Safety Rules, The Fundamentals of Operating and Owning Firearms, but everyone wants to
make a firearm into a super weapon of changing internal
parts, like Triggers, Sears, Springs, and checking even the barrels.
A firearm, if misused in any way, not training to learn that firearm, or poor attitude, it all can get you badly injured or
you could die.
I have only 8 years and I am seeking for better training,
but the Fundamentals and Rules are still the same.
I am very sorry that people have been hurt or have died.
Thank you!!!
I have a 320C and a M17. The 17 has the manual safety so not really a part of the discussion.
I keep my 320c loaded and chamber hot. I carry it in a correct holster and i dont screw with it, although the G43 is my favorite to carry…
As for the videos and claims, i wasnt there and since i dont know anyone that has had a discharge, ill keep the jury out on it.
Too many variables are involved to just blame the gun for an easy payday. Just cuz a company settles doesn’t mean the are culpable. Sometimes its cheaper.
Anything man made can fail, especially 1st gen products. Takes less than a couple seconds to see if an early 320 has been updated.
I own a SS P320 for 3 years and put over 10,000 rounds through it with no issues and qualified with it in 7 self-defense classes with a molded holster made for the gun. In the classes we were faced with many scenarios including dropping and rolling on the ground, shooting and unholstering in many positions. No issues and the P320 FS is my daily carry gun.
Welcome to the community, Murf, we’re glad that you’ve joined us & hope that you enjoy your time with us!
Take care & be well, my friend
My 2 cents, information may be dated.
My service era was the last half of the M1911, Colt .45 APC era, and the first half of the M9, 9mm, Beretta SF92 era.
Honest confession is the that favoring a particular firearm is like favoring your mother’s cooking.
Moving on to another firearm is an adjustment.
The biggest proponents of the 1911s in the military are the guys who had that as their primary, or predominant weapon issued in their career.
Same thing with the Beretta.
I retired prior to M17/M18, 9mm, Sig P320 era being issued.
I heard shortcuts were taken on the run up testing / proving trials for the Sig contract, and that there were some problems subsequently.
I don’t know all the details but, that created some hesitancy on my part to seek those items for myself.
Regardless of any issues, or corrections if needed it’s like hearing a particular make, model, year of a vehicle is a lemon, and avoiding it.
If they had problems, and fixed them, I cannot speak to that.
But, I can attest to preferences, and biases for particular firearms exiting.
Digression here:
Just like your mother’s cooking, people develop their tastes.
Some people are more adventurous than others, willing to try new experiences more than others.
Unbiased, honest opinions maybe harder to find.
Like being subjected to MREs, and out of necessity having to endure them, made me a lot more willing to experiment with new foods, and different cooking styles.
Anything was better than the original, unimproved MREs.
We had alternative meanings for what MRE stood for: Meals Ready to Eat is the official version.
Reminded me of a line in Crocodile Dundee about roots: “Tastes like 
but, you can survive on them.”
Alternative meanings: Meals Rarely Eatable, (taste)
Meals Requiring Enemas (very constipating),
Meals Rejected by Ethiopians (even starving people could not tolerate them)… you get the idea.
I once bright one home as a novelty for my sons, we decided to give our German Shepherd the “ham slice.”
He was a Billy Goat when it came to eating, had a voracious appetite.
He looked at it, sniffed it, and walked away several times, sat down with the most dejected look at us as if to say: “Was I a bad dog, what did I do to deserve this?” Case closed.
They since made some improvements, and more variety, since being in the field for extended periods without cooked food the novelty wears off, and the rotation gets tired soon.
But, for short hunting trips a few times they are sustainable, and surviverable.
My wife, God Bless Her, whenever I returned from long field tours always made her signature Lasagna (to die for), for me.
I actually liked the ham slice. Lol
As others said, I think the information is dated as Sig did provide a fix for earlier models and have fixed the problem in later (i.e. last several years). I have a P320, my state not requiring them, mine does not have a manual safety and it has never fired itself, not even once. There is a video out there - Garand Thumb is the reviewer. He did a video of several pistols, including the P320, where he drop tested them to see if they would fire - P320 got special attention, and was even dropped from on top of a conex box onto pavement, and it did not fire.
So, as long as you keep the bogger hooker off the bang switch and use the right holster and follow gun safety rules, you will be fine.
Compared to some of the other crap it was not the worst choice, but none of it was five star Michale rated either.
Problems usually have a way of getting ironed out over time especially, if a manufacturer wants to remain competitive in that market.
Love the panic reactions of the Dems trying to circle 
their wagons, and vilify Musk wanting to get him lynched. Oh well, FAFO.
He is going to be messing up some retirement plans I’ll bet.
Welcome to the community!
I also own a Sig P320 full size, 17 rnd mag, no manual safety, and has the upgraded trigger fix. So far no issues (yet).
I have owned an x-compact since 2022. I have pressure tested it thoroughly with 115 gr. FMJ, 124 gr. FMJ, plus various JHP makes and grain weights, and some syntech. By pressure testing I mean 6 - 10 full mag dumps at the highest cyclic rate I can manage. Have yet to experience a FTF, FTE, light strike or any other mishap. I have also dropped it a couple of time (another story) without any misfires.
There was a known issue where I believe some .45 or was it 10mm? caliber Sigs could not reliably fire Sig V Crown ammo. Something about the rounds being too long I think.
Guess their ammo engineers didn’t consult their pistol engineers and maybe didn’t use Sig pistols to test their rounds?
My understanding on the Sig 320 unintended discharge issue is there was a problem with the triggers being too heavy so if the gun was dropped at just the right angle the momentum of the heavy trigger would continue rearward and cause the pistol to fire. In my opinion
Sig handled the problem very poorly by making the recall to replace the heavy triggers with lighter ones voluntary. There are still pistols with potential issues out there.
But because of that reputation for unintended discharges when dropping I suspect a lot of negligent discharges are getting blamed on the gun instead of on the owner who may not have kept their finger off the trigger or their clothing out of the holster.
