Sig P320 Decision

Seconed City Cop ^ | 18 Aug 2026 | Seconed City Cop

[DUMBGRUNT]

A federal jury in Maine said there were no defects in Sig Sauer's P320 in a case in an unintended discharge of the firearm.

The jury considered product liability, negligence, and breach of implied warranty, and ruled unanimously in favor of Sig Sauer.

No word on the jury's experience with weapon usage, handling and ownership.

But the unsubstantiated stories were enough to panic many Departments into abandoning the Sigs as a duty weapon.

Any word on whether the City was compensating affected Officers and properly training them up on their new pistols?

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History; Sports
KEYWORDS: banglist; discharge; sigsauer; unintentional

[DUMBGRUNT]

From the comments: 10-minute YouTube videos from engineers and gunsmiths explain (and demonstrate) in simple-terms the bad decisions and corporate cost-cutting which results in the Sig P320 being a weak and unsafe design. No 3-points of safety contact, using cheap Indian-pot-metal, etc. The fact that the original version could go off by just dropping it from 4-feet (and that Sig attempted to hide that fact) was bad enough. There are so many better and proven polymer handguns out there so why risk life and limb?

[rktman]

Oh, a judge and gunsmith all in one?

[ConservativeMind]

What SIGs have decent quality, if Indian pot-metal is being used by SIG?

[Tijeras_Slim]

I’m not sold on the Indian pot metal thing, but I can believe cost cutting, bad design and poor tolerances could come into play. Most disappointing because the half dozen Sigs I’ve owned (P220 DA/SA series, a P365, and 1911 clones) have been highly reliable and well made guns. As a matter of fact, a P220 I had in .38 Super was the only Super I’ve owned that would feed all types of ammo.

Any company can screw up, it’s how they deal with it that makes a huge difference. Doubling down on arrogance is never a winning strategy, especially with the gun community which has exceptionally long memories.

[Mr Rogers]

“10-minute YouTube videos”

Yeah. That’s authoritative!

I don’t own a Sig of any sort. Not because I think they are bad, just happy with my revolvers and Glock 27 and Hellcat and LCP & LCP Max. Comments at this forum seem to run the gamut but I’d trust it more than a YouTube video on most anything - way too much AI crap and BSers on YouTube:

https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/do-you-own-a-sig-sauer-p-320/113077/33

[sauropod]

I have a P938 Legion, which I love.

[Celtic Conservative]

I don’t know about pot metal, but I do know many manufacturers use metal injection molded parts.

CC

[T.B. Yoits]

For anyone interested in the original case:

https://www.centralmaine.com/2026/07/27/somerset-county-detectives-lawsuit-against-gunmaker-sig-sauer-heads-to-trial/

And whether it's true or not, there's this line in the article:

"In their opening statements, attorneys focused little on the details of the 2022 shooting. Both sides, based on experts’ opinions, largely agree that a zipper on David Cole’s jacket likely touched the trigger and fired the gun, court records show."

[Antihero101607]

I’d be wary of YouTube comments sections, if you scroll long enough you see a lot of comments, even more intelligent sounding ones, repeated several times.

[old school]

It seems like the marketing executives, nowadays, are more concerned with kitsch than quality.

Too bad, they used to make fine pistols!

[mosley]

They still do
Sig P210A
Sig P211 gto
I have both….a pleasure to shoot & incredibly reliable.

[atomic_dog]

I purchased a P226 new around 2008. Liked it so much I made it my all purpose go to pistol and bought another used, because two is one and one is none. The used one was older and made in Germany. Despite many people praising them as superior I noticed no detectable difference it fit, finish or function.
Caveat: the SIG P226 is a big gun but I have huge mitts and need the large size.

[logi_cal869]

I owned a P320. While on the range for some advanced training, I was firing at the target when the trigger went soft.

Cleared, reloaded...nothing.

Range safety failed to get it to fire again as well. Finished with a borrowed Glock.

Gunsmith ‘fixed’ it for $80 but they wouldn’t tell me what happened or what they did to repair it. That shop is NLIB resulting from an unrelated investigation.

I promptly traded in the weapon for a new Glock.

I don’t need to elaborate the seriousness of trigger failure - which has NEVER happened, prior or since - when seconds count...

I also can’t speak to the scuttlebutt on ‘AD’ re the P320.

Just the facts, ma’am (as I know them).

[FrankRizzo890]

This sounds like the expert witness hired by Sig was very effective. That’s usually how these cases go.

[Paal Gulli]

Ian McCollum (Forgotten Weapon) has a video on youtube (link below) making the point that the P320 is dead, not because it has or ever has had a flaw allowing uncommanded discharges but because knuckleheads who don’t have a clue what they’re talking about won’t stop yammering about baseless crap like Indian potmetal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjEhgXAALL8

The P320 remains the darling of the US SpecWar community, which it wouldn’t be if they didn’t deem if fighting-fit.

[mosley]

I love your hammer fired hand gun.

I have and carry a striker fired IWI MASADA (no issues that I am award of)
&
I have a striker fired H&K P7M13 (which now sleeps in the safe)

[redcatcherb412]

Past time to dust off the old specs and bring back the old dudes that brought the world the venerable colt 1911. Get rid of this cheap chinese junk they’re handing out.

[redcatcherb412]

Just bury me with my old S&W Model 28 I bought in 1973. Keep all the lightweight junk you want, this 50+ year old revolver has never failed.

[kawhill]

“A federal jury in Maine said there were no defects in Sig Sauer’s P320 in a case in an unintended discharge of the firearm.” I’ve never had a problem with my Sig P320.

[packrat35]

“Both sides, based on experts’ opinions, largely agree that a zipper on David Cole’s jacket likely touched the trigger and fired the gun, court records show.”