Sig's "voluntary upgrade program" sig p320 drop fire

[WVsig]

My understanding is it did pass the M17 trials with the original trigger and the change was made afterwards.


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While the MHS passed DoD’s TOP 3-2-045 test with the trigger currently in the commercial P320, SIG proposed an enhanced trigger via Engineering Change Request E0005. As it didn’t result in additional cost to the government and only improved the firearm’s performance, M17s currently being delivered to the US Army have this trigger. Additionally, this trigger also eliminates the “double click” felt during P320 trigger pull.

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/...ry-upgrade-pistols-will-receive-mhs-triggers/

 

[TunnelRat]

Sig's "voluntary upgrade program" sig p320 drop fire

A number of months back I had an interaction with a SIG employee. This employee was addressing a group of people and a question came up about the P320 and a person made the claim that the P320 was the same as the M17. The employee responded, "Really, you know that for sure?" This prompted a series of questions from the audience, the obvious being, "Well what is different then?" The response was, "No one here that wants to keep his job will answer that." My assumption at the time was it related to trade secrets. Now I'm not sure.


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[TunnelRat]

Right which is what I remember from the Soldier Systems article.


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[WVsig]

A number of months back I had an interaction with a SIG employee. This employee was addressing a group of people and a question came up about the P320 and a person made the claim that the P320 was the same as the M17. The employee responded, "Really, you know that for sure?" This prompted a series of questions from the audience, the obvious being, "Well what is different then?" The response was, "No one here that wants to keep his job will answer that." My assumption at the time was it related to trade secrets. Now I'm not sure.


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I have no doubt in my mind that Sig did not make this change solely because of the double click feel in the trigger. They will not tell you "why" they were working on a new trigger design because it would open them up to possible liability as well as "trade secrets."

As I have said before I am going back to my do not buy new Sig designs rule.

 

[Bartholomew Roberts]

While the MHS passed DoD’s TOP 3-2-045 test with the trigger currently in the commercial P320,

If I remember correctly, the TOP 3-2-045 test is conducted with the manual safety in the "safe" position. As the P320s with the drop problem haven't had a manual safety, that might explain why the same trigger fared better in MHS.

 

[WVsig]

If I remember correctly, the TOP 3-2-045 test is conducted with the manual safety in the "safe" position. As the P320s with the drop problem haven't had a manual safety, that might explain why the same trigger fared better in MHS.

Yes I believe that helped it passed but since I was not there I cannot confirm it but that makes 100% sense to me. I also believe that Sig then circled back as a CYA move.