GLOCK BEATS SIG: P320 The ONLY Pistol of 11 That FIRES When Dropped in Comprehensive Omaha Outdoors Test
The SIG Sauer P320 – scion of the Army’s new M17 MHS pistol – is the only handgun out of eleven different weapons to fail a comprehensive test released today by Omaha Outdoors. The testing protocol involved dropping the handguns at different angles with a primed case in the chamber (no bullet or propellant). None of the ten other handguns – which included four Glocks, two H&Ks, two S&Ws and a 1911 – tested after the P320 fired when dropped. The video released by Omaha Outdoors describing the tests is embedded below:
Besides the P320, ten handguns were tested. These were:
- Glock 17 Gen 2
- Glock 17 Gen 3 modified by Zev
- Glock 22 Gen 4
- Glock 43
- Heckler & Koch VP9
- Heckler & Koch VP9SK
- Polymer80 PF940C Glock kit with all stock Glock parts
- Smith & Wesson M&P9 M2.0
- Smith & Wesson M&P45
- Springfield TRP Operator 1911
The results of this test publicly confirm what many – like myself – already knew: The SIG P320 appears to have a particular weakness in drop testing not exhibited by virtually any other modern handgun against which it is competing. This weakness is almost certainly caused by a lack of a trigger safety: The inertia of the trigger itself is enough to cause it to move rearward and discharge the firearm. A simple, inexpensive piece of plastic on a hinge is enough to prevent this malfunction.
Nathaniel is a history enthusiast and firearms hobbyist whose primary interest lies in military small arms technological developments beginning with the smokeless powder era. He can be reached via email at nathaniel.f@staff.thefirearmblog.com.
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"This weakness is almost certainly caused by a lack of a trigger safety: The inertia of the trigger itself is enough to cause it to move rearward and discharge the firearm."
Is it that simple though? That wouldn't explain the gun firing when striking the back of the gun with a hammer.
From the article:
"The inertia of the trigger itself is enough to cause it to move rearward and discharge the firearm. A simple, inexpensive piece of plastic on a hinge is enough to prevent this malfunction."
And yet, the clown-in-charge at SIG, Ron Cohen just has to prove, at all costs (and there will be plenty of costs - settlements, upgrades, etc.) that HE was right and that Isaac Newton was wrong - that SIG guns are immune from the laws of inertia.
This is a decision that Cohen will live to regret and that others will pay for - some with grievous and unnecessary bodily injury or even death.
The SIG P320, like the Corvair, is "unsafe at any speed, at any angle, from any height." Lightening the trigger and other components only increases the distance of the drop required, and even that is subject to spring weights and other variables. A positive block, such as a trigger safety tab will eliminate the problem and its variables. And, SIG already has one developed, as shown in its advertising, and yet they won't make it standard.
Unbelievable and unfortunate.
Retail establishments should learn their lessons from past suits. Make SIG sign indemnification agreements before selling any SIG product. If every retailer took that simple step, SIG would change its tune.