Opinions on the Sig 320 Compact?

[Dragline45]

Ive been looking for a Glock 19 sized handgun and the Sig 320 Compact, specifically the .45, has really caught my eye. Seems to be the only true competitor to the Glock 19 as far as size/capacity goes. While I love Glocks and have owned them in the past, in MA we are limited to preban mags if we want high capacity. I've had a couple of my very expensive older preban Glock mags develop cracks which I found to be fairly common, so as much as I love them I sold off all my Glocks. I replaced the 17 with a Sig 226 and a bunch of 15rd prebans which are steel and indestructible, but up until now there haven't been alot of options for Glock 19 sized guns, that aren't Glock 19's. While I cant get 15rd 9mm mags for the 320 compact, 9+1 of .45acp with backup 10rd full size mags is still a good number of rounds in fairly small package. It will fill a nice gap between my carry pistols and my full size pistols.

 

[pblanc]

I have a full-size P320 in .45 ACP and a compact in 9mm. I have not shot a compact P320 in .45 but I think I can make a reasonable prediction based on my experiences with the full-size .45 and the compact 9mm.

The full-size P320 .45 ACP is very comfortable to shoot and quite accurate. I would expect the same to be true of the compact .45 ACP.

The compact 9mm P320 is very similar in overall dimensions to the G19, but the Glock is a little sleeker. The Glocks laid-back grip angle and lower bore axis make it a bit less tall in overall height for the same magazine capacity. The Glock is a trifle longer overall, but by and large, the length and height are very similar. The Glock has an edge in being a trifle thinner. The SIG P320 control levers stick out a little bit further, and the P320 has an ambi slide stop lever.

 

[Tom-R2]

My wife has had the P320 for about 5 months. She can operate the slide better than she can most other pistols. It shoots really well and is very comfortable. The version we bought was the compact in 9mm. The night we brought it home, and before we even shot it we ordered the subcompact gripframe for it. At some point, I may look for the "carry" size gripframe too, it's a little bigger than the compact. Each of the gripframes currently are running about $40 each, and it takes about 2 minutes or less to swap from one to the other. I've carried a Beretta 92S - all Italian - as a duty pistol from the time I bought it in 1983 until I left the streets in 2008 and as much as I like it, I wish the P320 technology would have been around back then. I'm having to restrain myself from going out and buying a P320 for me too, but maybe someday soon the temptation will overcome me and I'll bring another one home. It's simple to operate and very accurate. After almost 1,000 rounds, she's very comfortable shooting it.