Trust must be earned… in pain… 
P229 and P226 can be trusted for sure 
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I’d venture a guess Sig Sauer is probably the most trustworthy brand you could buy today based on the microscope they are currently under. I say this across their entire product line, yes, including the P320.
I would have to look up the receipt, but I have been carrying Sig P938 for a long time. I don’t recommend drop testing loaded for any brand, but I have accidentally dropped it on concrete and it did not discharge.
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I don’t see that at all… I never liked the fact the p320 was not drop safe right after it won the military contract. Now you have the many incidences of p320s randomly firing. They are getting banned from many classes and competitions.
The designs of their conceal carry guns alone have always bothered me. They don’t have trigger safety’s. Also the 365 has a striker block attached to its sear catch. There is one potential failure point on the striker. Will it break? Probably not… but what if there is a manufacturing error. Glock and m&p have the striker block section on different sections of the striker so there is redundancy.
I would argue Sig is innovative at the cost of function over safety and cutting costs along the way. That doesn’t mean the products themselves are inherently “unsafe” but they would rather have a flat faced trigger with no trigger safety because people will like the feel and function over it being safe.
People don’t realize, when the 320 was not drop safe, they basically just decreased the weight of the trigger so it wouldn’t go back on impact. If the gun had a trigger safety’ that would never have been an issue to begin with. Again, feel and function over safety.
And now if you question Sig, the company will brand you as anti gun.
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I second @Scoutbob about SIG striker fired pistols.
SIG was successful with hammer fired products and tried to impress firearm World with new ideas brought to their striker fired handgun. And these didn’t work as expected.
All the Military contract things make it even harder to be corrected. Mistakes made couldn’t be fixed and SIG is doing everything the wrong way (from our, end user’s perspective).
So no wonder why civilian shooters don’t trust P320 anymore… even its a really good pistol.
Anyway… To feel comfortable, we carry tool that we can trust. It’s not about how good or bad the tool is, but how much we trust it.
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@Karacal is an excellent advisor on firearms and accessories, not so much on the marriage advice. I think he uses that as a cheap form of entertainment…
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Cheap? I get paid to hand out marriage advice along with gun purchases.
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Here is some more advice.
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You know, I love these! But I think you have successfully merged firearms advice with getting me in trouble again with your marriage counselling side hustle!
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I have a G43X that I used to carry.
I had the slide cut to flush-fit a Holosun 507K.
I took it to the range yesterday and had forgotten what a great shooting platform it is.
It’s not as flat a shooter as my CSX E-Series 3.6 (current carry gun), but it’s less snappy than my P365X (other carry gun).
Only having 10 rounds is not an issue for me, but I print the G43X harder than those other guns.
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I just ordered 2 PSA mags on sale. I didn’t like how the baseplate bulged for some people in the earlier models, but they are on gen 3 and 4 now and they look really nice. I don’t have to change the mag catch either.
It’ll take me time to trust carrying them, but if they are reliable they are reliable
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What did I miss? Why don’t you have to change the mag catch?
Glock 43x mags have a polymer shell and hold 10 rounds. Shield Arms S15 mags made a metal half stack mag that got rid of the polymer shell allowing for 15 rounds. The mags are metal and eventually wear out the g43x stick polymer mag release. A metal mag catch has to be installed. A metal mag catch damages the stock Glock mags.
PSA created a mag that’s thin and metal like S15s, but they have polymer on the section that makes contact with the mag catch. This allows stock mag catch to be used and stock Glock mags can be used with the same set up.
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Okay, I missed the PSA part. Had Shield Arms on the brain.
Interested to hear your review on these after a few hundred rounds. I initially shied away from these after the early reviews, and never looked at them again after Gen 1. Thanks for the clarification!
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My EDC is a Glock 43x and I love it.
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I sold my 43x and opted instead for a slightly tweaked 43. Stainless match barrel, a Magguts +2 extension, Trijicon sights, and Hogue grips. It’s my edc of choice and carries very discreet. I polished the trigger assembly to about a 4.5 lb. pull. The sponginess is gone and it breaks nice.
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I’ve been tempted to get a 43 just to have a smaller option. 43X works well for me though so if it ain’t broke.
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Solid Post! Make sure you check out the USCCA review of the Glock 43x too!
@Jeff354 start here 