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It's been a concern for a while. At least 33 officers at 18 law enforcement agencies have been injured by P320 discharges, according to court records and interviews. At least six agencies removed the P320 from service over concerns about the model’s safety, records show. Sig Sauer denies it but it appears to be a design flaw.
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I wonder if this department was using something similar to the "New York Plus" Glocks? Going from a 12 lb trigger pull to a stock 5.5lb might be an issue, especially if they aren't keeping their finger off trigger.
Even NYC got smart and went back to the stock triggers on the Glocks. If you ever wondered how the NYCPD could have shoot outs at 20' and not hit anything, that trigger is the reason.
Even NYC got smart and went back to the stock triggers on the Glocks. If you ever wondered how the NYCPD could have shoot outs at 20' and not hit anything, that trigger is the reason.
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Similar article on the front page of the Washington Post today.
Popular handgun fires without anyone pulling the trigger, victims say
One warm afternoon in May, Dwight Jackson was getting dressed for a visit to his favorite cigar lounge. He slipped his holstered SIG Sauer P320 pistol onto his belt, put on a button-down shirt and leaned across his bed for his wallet. Suddenly, he said, the gun fired, sending a bullet tearing through his right buttock and into his left ankle.
“I heard ‘bang!’” said Jackson, 47, a locomotive engineer who lives in Locust Grove, Ga. “I looked down and saw blood.”
His wife heard the shot from down the hall and screamed. She called an ambulance while Jackson hobbled toward the front door, painting a trail of blood over the hardwood floors.
At no point, Jackson later told police, had he touched the gun’s trigger.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/04/11/sig-sauer-p320-fires-on-own/
Popular handgun fires without anyone pulling the trigger, victims say
One warm afternoon in May, Dwight Jackson was getting dressed for a visit to his favorite cigar lounge. He slipped his holstered SIG Sauer P320 pistol onto his belt, put on a button-down shirt and leaned across his bed for his wallet. Suddenly, he said, the gun fired, sending a bullet tearing through his right buttock and into his left ankle.
“I heard ‘bang!’” said Jackson, 47, a locomotive engineer who lives in Locust Grove, Ga. “I looked down and saw blood.”
His wife heard the shot from down the hall and screamed. She called an ambulance while Jackson hobbled toward the front door, painting a trail of blood over the hardwood floors.
At no point, Jackson later told police, had he touched the gun’s trigger.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/04/11/sig-sauer-p320-fires-on-own/
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