Despite assurances that their pistols will not, under any circumstances, fire if the slide is not fully forward and locked up (in battery) reports of KaBooms, as they are called, persist. The first, firing out of battery, has haunted Glock for years. To do so, Sig has gone straight to the heart of the matter in the design and advertising of the P320 by emphasizing the two biggest criticisms of the Glock design. Sig likes to call it a polymer-framed, striker-fired duty pistol and it doesn’t take much imagination to figure out Sig is challenging Glock for their share of the law enforcement firearms market with this new handgun. The P320 is the first of what will doubtless be a new line of striker fired Sig pistols. No need to search through catalogs looking for parts and accessories before heading to the range this pistol is boringly ready right out of the box. The pistol comes in a lockable case with two 17 round magazines, a paddle holster suited to concealed carry and an excellent set of properly zeroed night sights. The P320 is ridiculously easy to field strip and clean and you can take it apart without the drama associated with pulling the trigger boring. The pistol is pleasant to shoot, has no sharp edges, low recoil and can be shot all day without any discomfort at all. Shooting steel plates off-hand at 50 yards is so easy it’s boring. The pistol is more accurate than I can appreciate. No malfunctions, no drama, bang every time boring. The pistol functions reliably with every type of 9mm ammunition I have tried.
In fact, the P320 is so good it’s boring, and I mean that in the kindest way. The R51 pistol, plagued with quality control issues and recalls, has turned into a public relations disaster for Remington while the Sig P320 may be the best service pistol on the market in the striker fired category. The R51 was conspicuously absent from range day while Sig rented a separate facility and filled the long firing line with every one of their products, including several samples of the P320. The differences in the way these pistols were presented to the press might have provided a more astute observer than I with a preview of what was to come. This year the two most widely anticipated handguns were the 9mm Remington R51 and Sig Sauer P320. Range Day precedes the Shooting Hunting and Outdoor Trades (SHOT) show and provides the gun press an opportunity to fondle and shoot many of the new guns the manufacturers introduce at the annual event.
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