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<blockquote data-quote="eshell" data-source="post: 2992503" data-attributes="member: 5747"><p>I suspect you are referring to the Sig P320. This is still being sorted out and these P320s may not actually "shoot on their own". There was quite a bit of talk like that when police were first shooting themselves with Glocks too, but that was found to be a handling issue and the P320 may also fall into that category.</p><p></p><p>As a former trainer with quite a bit of police clientele, I can say that it is normally quite difficult for police* to admit they are wrong or have made a mistake. I even had one fire his rifle into the ground at his feet and the first words out of his mouth was that something must be wrong with the rifle, which there wasn't. Like most firearms do, it fired when the trigger was pulled and I had already warned him about trigger finger discipline that same day. Go figure...</p><p></p><p>There is also the fact that having a negligent discharge can be the kiss of death for their career. It is helpful to be able to blame the pistol itself and one will notice that almost every one of these events (both Sigs and Glocks) have been with police.</p><p></p><p>I am aware of only one incident where the pistol MAY have fired on it's own (also police), and the event is on video. The problem is that even with video, we really don't know what happened. If one holsters the pistol with clothing or a strap under the trigger, then stretches to reach for something, the trigger can be pulled and the clothing pops free as the gun fires. This can occur even without the hand near the gun, so it can appear to fire on its own.</p><p></p><p>As I said, this is still being sorted out and one must be careful what they take from reports.</p><p></p><p></p><p>*=ETA Clarification: Police, like almost any other strongly 'Type A' person...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="eshell, post: 2992503, member: 5747"] I suspect you are referring to the Sig P320. This is still being sorted out and these P320s may not actually "shoot on their own". There was quite a bit of talk like that when police were first shooting themselves with Glocks too, but that was found to be a handling issue and the P320 may also fall into that category. As a former trainer with quite a bit of police clientele, I can say that it is normally quite difficult for police* to admit they are wrong or have made a mistake. I even had one fire his rifle into the ground at his feet and the first words out of his mouth was that something must be wrong with the rifle, which there wasn't. Like most firearms do, it fired when the trigger was pulled and I had already warned him about trigger finger discipline that same day. Go figure... There is also the fact that having a negligent discharge can be the kiss of death for their career. It is helpful to be able to blame the pistol itself and one will notice that almost every one of these events (both Sigs and Glocks) have been with police. I am aware of only one incident where the pistol MAY have fired on it's own (also police), and the event is on video. The problem is that even with video, we really don't know what happened. If one holsters the pistol with clothing or a strap under the trigger, then stretches to reach for something, the trigger can be pulled and the clothing pops free as the gun fires. This can occur even without the hand near the gun, so it can appear to fire on its own. As I said, this is still being sorted out and one must be careful what they take from reports. *=ETA Clarification: Police, like almost any other strongly 'Type A' person... [/QUOTE]
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