Sig P320 announced the winner of US MHS contract

I'm curious what mechanism makes the pistol drop safe? Surely a combat pistol needs to be drop safe.
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IIRC it has a striker block (which they call a striker safety) that is disengaged as the trigger is pulled.
 
So the military is supposedly being charged $300 per pistol as part of this contract.

So I wonder where Cohen and company will set pricing for the inevitable civilian version (sarcasm turned up to 11)?

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So I wonder where Cohen and company will be be pricing the inevitable civilian version (sarcasm turned up to 11)?
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If history holds true you will see a $400-$425 P320 just like the $400 SP2022s which are the other biggest contract gun in the Sig lineup. You will certainly see a "special edition" with UID stickers etc....

I think that the entire P320 lineup will benefit from the economy of scale that the new contract will bring. I think there will be some supply issues for the P320 commercial market as the new contract eats into production but long term it should be great for the commercial P320 market.
 
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As I read all of the posts up to this point two things caught my attention.
1) CZ - I too love CZ. I do not have the constraints the military does, and I can buy according to my requirements and likes.

2) Sig cost. The idea that a Sig costs more to make than any other is a myth in my opinion. When I had my falling out with Sig firearms I spent a lot of time crawling the web looking for actual cost sheets for a Sig firearm. My quest showed me that the cost to a volume dealer had a 50% markup at the counter. But hey, what is something worth? Whatever the market can bear.

I just hope that the military gets a reliable quality firearm, better than what they had in some demonstrable way.
 
Lol yea. This was a surprise. Especially since the Glock is probably going have a better reputation because of glockaholics. Personally even though I hate glocks...I would probably pick them.


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The Army has adopted this pistol. Nobody said anything about the rest of the DOD. Are they sticking with M9s?
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Current plans call for the Army to purchase more than 280,000 handguns, according to Program Executive Office Soldier officials. The Army also plans to buy approximately 7,000 sub-compact versions of the handgun.

The other military services participating in the program may order an additional 212,000 systems above the Army quantity.
 
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The Army has adopted this pistol. Nobody said anything about the rest of the DOD. Are they sticking with M9s?
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If history can be used as a guide? There is no telling with handguns or anything other than the standard issue rifle. It all depends on the Air Force. They are supposed to be looking as well. And then consider that other 2 big branches will follow suit if the gun is good enough. And it will get cheaper too. I can't see why they would stick with the m9 other than already having it. Which is a good reason. But if you can buy new toys and they are better? Modular. That kind of thing? Why not?


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Lol yea. This was a surprise. Especially since the Glock is probably going have a better reputation because of glockaholics. Personally even though I hate glocks...I would probably pick them.
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I felt this way until I thought about it and realized that the Army likely would not chose a weapon that required a trigger pull for disassembly. I don't hate Glock pistols, however I feel that they have no personality what-so-ever. CZ, 1911's, most Sig pistols, Berettas, even S&W MPs have "character." Since I would rather have a pistol with a soul, I usually opt for anything but a Glock.

I eagerly await the surplus Beretta 92s. Hopefully a decent specimen will be found for almost nothing... unless our stupid government decides to melt them all down. That honestly wouldn't surprise me.
 
I'll be crying the corner if anyone needs me.

What a waste. This whole thing turned into the JSF of small arms.

None of the modularity of the Sig will wind up at the end user level.

I don't understand why the Army, if wanting a smaller pistol, didn't just issue everyone a M-11 and be good with it.

The SF boys will certainly be keeping their Glocks.

Oy. In 50 years I'll be on a bar stool at the Legion Post talking about how I carried a real fighting pistol.
 
From the video I watched, the 320 internal chassis is THE GUN with the serial number on it. You can flip out the chassis. I see from what WVsiig posted,
a window exists on the right side to see the serial number. The grip panels, slide and frame are all interchangeable from full to compact or visa versa.

I see it also has a thumb safety and from a view I saw of the rear of the slide, it looks like a loaded indicator is provided just right of the flush hammer. I assume that in holstering a user could put his thumb on the back of the slide to keep the hammer from being pushed back if the trigger is caught on something.

Is this the way things are on the civilian commercial models?

If these observations are incorrect, I'm sorry---I'm still stuck in the revolver/1911/Browning Hi Power era with a little bit of Beretta 92 thrown in.
 
You are correct, Uncle Ed. But the components for that will not trickle down to the units where say the MP girl with smaller hands can modify her gun is she wants.

They are going to sit in a box in the back of the armory and get pulled out every quarter to be inventoried. And that's it.
 
They are going to sit in a box in the back of the armory and get pulled out every quarter to be inventoried. And that's it.
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Truth... and the inventory count will be way off after one of the Armorers ETS's too, so that surplus gear is living on borrowed time already sir.
 
Ed... No hammer, it is a striker pistol. It is also setup similar to the current civilian offerings.


Mack... the point was to get a pistol with a smaller grip profile... The M11 grip is large.

The modularity will come in when the pistol is issued, they will have the individual try the different grip sizes and pick the one they like, it will be put on and left that way. They are getting a compact and full size, so I am betting the compact is for the MPs for use on base, the subcompact will be for special purpose use... Full size for the average soldier who will be issued one.

I doubt the parts will just sit around, the military has procedures drawn up for everything, this is no different.
 
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