Nice looking pistol. Hey man Sig is always working on something so it doesn’t surprise me. I don’t own a Sig but it doesn’t mean I don’t like them brother. They work well and are reliable.
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I’m waiting for next step: P320AXG with grip from P229SAO Legion 
This would be something I’m willing to spend $1K
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Apparently there are issues beyond the drop issue. There apparently been some more recent discharges involving holstered P320s. I found one item in particular from the filing to be very interesting “The Kneski discharge was investigated by Major Peter J. Villani of the United States Veterans Affairs police agency, also a SIG-certified armorer. In his report, he noted the following: After reviewing the Officer’s sidearm, it was noted that the P-320 came from Sig Sauer to the distributor prior to the point of sale already with the “upgrade” completed. The sidearm had approximately 100 rounds through it since purchased. 28 Upon further examination of the internal parts of the frame module, I noticed that the foot of the striker that catches the [sear] has noticeable side to side and up and down movement within its channel along with upward movement of the slide from the frame. Also, the edge of the striker foot which has a height thickness of approximately 2mm, is only making contact with approximately .25 of a mm of the leading edge only of the disconnector hook. Since the striker has been changed with a lighter weight version during the “upgrade program”, it is quite possible that any abrupt movement or twisting of the P-320 while holstered, could cause the foot of the striker to disengage itself from the disconnector hook on its own since there is so little contact between the striker foot and the [sear].” Frank Kneski was a VA Police Officer whose 320 discharged while un-holstering it in Nov 2019. Assuming that this is all accurate, it could well explain the uncommanded discharges. It wouldn’t take much wiggle to defeat the safety systems. I guess we’ll see as the suit plays out.
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I saw this yesterday, and loved the snakeskin like grips. I’ve put it on "the list "
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I have the links to the lawsuit and a bunch of relevant info on a different thread about all this
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I’m wondering how does it work now.
P320 has still issue, SIG is still manufacturing this model and people are still buying it… 
Looks SIG is taking a risk of being sued frequently and people are taking the risk of being shot by themselves… or they do not know the facts… 
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Thanks. I would be interested in the link.
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It will be interesting to see what all comes out of all this.
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More information needed. They retrofitted mine and it has always worked flawlessly.
What is the training level of the user in the lawsuit, what was the condition of the holster, was a foreign object in the gun or holster at the time of the incident, why remove the holster from the pants/belt with a loaded gun in place and was the holster a type that holds the gun in place with a catch that connects inside the trigger guard?
The operator of the P320 is the primary safety and is responsible for proper use. If you are not completely trained and competent with this type of handgun, get one with a manual safety and more training. I would not trash a firearm over a lawsuit with so many unknowns.
Who would trust a video of someone intentionally abusing a gun until it misfires?
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First the disclamer: I am not an engineer, or a gunsmith, or an armorer, nor have I ever played one on TV, and I did not sleep in a Holiday Inn Express last night.
I’m not trashing the 320, but I do think there are some legitimate concerns with it.
I think there are a couple of things that are somewhat more disconcerting than Guay’s incident (The plantif). One is the fact that according to the filing (Yes I know, the filing is only going to present information beneficial to the plantif.) there have been multiple discharges involving police officers where the firearm was holstered. In at least one of the occurrences the officer in question was apparently just getting out of his vehicle. This incident was reportedly documented on video with another officer present. A second item is that after one of the discharges involving a VA police officer, the weapon in questioned was examined by a supervisor who is Sig certified Armorer. “The Kneski discharge was investigated by Major Peter J. Villani of the United States Veterans Affairs police agency, also a SIG-certified armorer. In his report, he noted the following: After reviewing the Officer’s sidearm, it was noted that the P-320 came from Sig Sauer to the distributor prior to the point of sale already with the “upgrade” completed. The sidearm had approximately 100 rounds through it since purchased. 28 Upon further examination of the internal parts of the frame module, I noticed that the foot of the striker that catches the [sear] has noticeable side to side and up and down movement within its channel along with upward movement of the slide from the frame. Also, the edge of the striker foot which has a height thickness of approximately 2mm, is only making contact with approximately .25 of a mm of the leading edge only of the disconnector hook. Since the striker has been changed with a lighter weight version during the “upgrade program”, it is quite possible that any abrupt movement or twisting of the P-320 while holstered, could cause the foot of the striker to disengage itself from the disconnector hook on its own since there is so little contact between the striker foot and the [sear].”
Some additional information that may be relevant is that the striker block on the 320 is completely different the striker/firing pin block used in other models such as the P22* series. In the 320, it is a stamped piece of metal that has a bend at the top end to form a tab. The entire piece of metal including the tab is only 0.9mm thick. Additionally, it takes only 1.09mm of upward movement of the striker block, to allow the striker to go forward.
Assuming that MAJ Villani’s findings are being accurately related, the amount of striker movement combined with the small engagement surface of the striker/sear and striker/striker block, could be significant.
I think something else that is interesting to note, is that when Sig subsequently produced the P365, they went back to the type of block in the P22* series.
I haven’t seen any new info recently. Needless to say, it will be interesting to see what comes out of all of this.
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I really don’t like the gun. I mean, ergonomically and modularity is amazing.
BUT I did more research in how they fixed the drop safe problem. All they did was make the trigger lighter. there’s a reason glocks and M&Ps have trigger mechanisms and other guns like the XDs and 1911 s have grip safeties.
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