Sig Counters Claims
- Graham Baates
- Jul 30
- 4 min read
If you've been exposed to any social media in the last couple of months you've likely seen the frenzy over Sig's P320 as content creators, both eager for clicks, and those feeling they're doing the right thing, blasted the internet with mroe Sig P320 Drama. I've remained mostly neutral as I've seen both "evidence" that looked like operator error and evidence that made me question if the noise was real. In the latest, it appears that with some pressure on the trigger and tapping on the slide the gun can fire. Reread the first part.
Sig has released an official response to what's going on. I'll not make a clickbait talking-head opinion video, I know the GBGuns audience is mature and intelligent enough to want to see the real statement. Word-for-word, it can be read below and decide for yourself.
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P320 Information |
P320 Safety Information
Recently, there have been a number of reports and claims regarding the safety of the P320 pistol and its use by the U.S. Military and law enforcement agencies. We understand you may have questions. We want to address your concerns and provide you with full, complete, and accurate information.
SIG SAUER has ALWAYS and will continue to put the safety and security of the U.S. Military, the law enforcement community, our consumers, and the public first. To this end, we want to be sure concerned citizens have access to complete facts.
The P320 pistol is one of the safest, most advanced pistols in the world -meeting and exceeding all industry safety standards. Its design has been thoroughly tested and validated by the U.S. Military and law enforcement agencies at the federal, state and local levels. In addition, the P320 has been rigorously tested, and is currently in use by militaries and law enforcement agencies around the world.
FBI Testing and Report
A recently publicized internal report from the FBI’s Ballistic Research Facility (BRF) created some confusion and raised questions about the safety of the P320. The FBI prepared this report for the Michigan State Police after an officer was involved in an accidental discharge. SIG SAUER engineers met with the FBI and Michigan State Police on several occasions to review the report and the incident. Ultimately, the FBI conducted a more detailed, repeatable, and comprehensive battery of testing using compatible equipment. The subsequent testing resulted in zero instances of failures and the Michigan State Police are now confidently issuing officers P320 based pistols. The FBI BRF have yet to make any official claims or statements regarding the safety of the P320 pistol or any of its variants. However, we are urging the FBI BRF and FBI Director Kash Patel to release a full and complete testing and evaluation report on their updated P320 safety testing.
Department of Homeland Security
An internal memo from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/ U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was recently posted online stating the agency was halting its use of the P320. Many online media outlets immediately sought to attribute this to the above referenced FBI BRF report, which is incorrect. DHS has never raised any safety concerns about the P320 and ICE has since extended their existing contract with SIG SAUER another two years. Since DHS has yet to comment publicly correcting their improperly leaked memo, or any statements questioning the safety of the P320, we are now urging ICE to release all information on P320 testing. SIG SAUER is honored to continue aiding ICE in their mission to protect America.
U.S. Air Force M18
There was a recent tragic incident at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming which resulted in the death of an Airman. Because the incident involved the discharge of a (P320 based) M18 pistol, the Air Force is actively conducting an evaluation of M18 pistols within the specific Command where the incident happened. This cautionary step is standard procedure. We proactively offered assistance to the U.S. military as they investigate the incident. Contrary to several online reports, (P320 based) M17 and M18 pistols remain on active duty with all branches of the U.S. Military, including the U.S. Air Force, defending freedom around the world. We have absolute confidence in the U.S. Military’s ability to conduct a thorough investigation and report their findings. As we learn more information about the investigation, we will continue to provide updated information.
P320 Range and Training Bans
Following several of these inaccurate reports, a number of ranges, training providers, and training facilities made the reactionary decision to ban the P320 and its use in their facilities. We are actively working to provide these individuals with accurate information along with a detailed understanding of the P320 and its safety features. If you are impacted by a P320 range or a training provider ban, we urge you to reach out to SIG CUSTOMER SERVICE: 603-610-3000 Option 1 or send a message here so we can clarify any misinformation and provide the truth.
The P320 CANNOT, under any circumstances, discharge without the trigger first being moved to the rear. This has been verified through exhaustive testing by SIG SAUER engineers, the U.S. Military, several major federal and state law enforcement agencies, and independent laboratories. This video provides a detailed view into all of the various safety features of the P320 and provides a detailed explanation of how the safety system works; for further information on the P320 please visit here.
As with any gun, the P320 will discharge if the trigger is pulled to the rear. Accordingly, SIG SAUER continues to remind its customers, employees, and the public to employ all safe gun-handling practices as spelled out in detail in our product manuals. The SIG SAUER Academy remains a resource to customers, employees, and the public in offering various firearms safety courses.
We respect the public’s concern and are actively working to provide as much information as possible. We sincerely thank you for your continued support of SIG SAUER and urge anyone with additional questions or concerns regarding the P320 and/or safe firearms handling to reach out to our customer service team.
Corrupt criminals within our government led Sig by the hand to go along with certain questionable practices if they wanted to win contract. Sig offered a bid of $169.5 million while Glock offered a bid of $272.5 million. It was for a $580 million contract. Why is a $169.5 million bid awarded $580 million? Why was this decision made January 19, 2017, one day before a new President/administration would take office? There is no debating standard testing protocol was not implemented. Many steps of testing were never conducted.
I’m speculating but my theory is some corrupt bureaucrat/military brass told Sig to submit a bid super low regardless if it was realistic or not. The low number would allow them…
A headline in today's Task & Purpose states "Army, Marine Corps, Navy have no plan to stop using Sig Sauer M18, M17 pistols" The underlined link will take you to the article.
However, the article also reports other UD incidents associated with the M17 / M18 that appear to be too frequent to be coincidental. Since the Army was the responsible branch for the MHS Contract procurement, I can understand their vested interest in the continued deployment of the M17 / M18, Sig Sauer also has an extreme interest in continuance of the contract because its cancellation would deal a severe financial and reputational blow to the company. I believe it will take an independent objective investigation into the M17 /…
Does that mean all the video evidence is photoshopped/AI - or they weren’t p320’s?
And we (the viewers) are victims of “fake news” - i.e. after the “it ends here”, the p320 manuals did not change to: do not carry one in the chamber? The FBI did not report “unsafe for duty use”? The Airman didn’t place his still holstered (should not have muzzle pointed in unsafe direction EVEN if unloaded!!!) p320 on a “table” and expierenced an uncommanded discharge? The USAF did not call for a stop to using the p320?
Who in the world are all these liars? Sig should sue them all for defamation! As should the family of the Airman for falsley reporting his cause of…
I can replicate the behavior demonstrated in the video. Yes it does take manipulation of the trigger, but on almost any firearm with a trigger safety similar to Glock there is a similar amount of movement before the trigger safety actually prevents further movement. My P320 is early production, and has had the VUP completed. The way SIG has chosen to approach this concern over the years is overly dismissive and in many ways insulting. It took someone literally dying before they finally decided to show real concern. And even then, their concern comes off hollow, they are constantly touting how involved they are being in helping with the investigations, rather than encouraging fully independent investigations. Too much potenti…