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Sig Sauer has previously settled lawsuits involving alleged discharges, and the company successfully blocked a proposed class action lawsuit that centered on financial harm for P320 owners.
SIG Sauer P320, a striker-fired pistol, blamed for more than 80 injuries allegedly resulting from its firing without the trigger being pulled, probe finds
SIG Sauer responded by asserting that most accidental discharges involve negligence; that many other gun models suffer from such discharges; that the P320 has been extensively tested and meets safety standards; and that, despite years of complaints and litigation, no one has successfully recreated the claimed phenomenon by demonstrating a P320 ...
Jul. 27—MONTVILLE — Three days after a police officer's handgun "spontaneously discharged" while he was arresting a suspect in the police station lobby, the police department has announced it ...
An unintentional discharge is the event of a firearm discharging (firing) at a time not intended by the user. An unintended discharge may be produced by an incompatibility between firearm design and usage, such as the phenomenon of cooking off a round in a closed bolt machine gun, a mechanical malfunction as in the case of slamfire in an automatic weapon, or be user induced due to training ...
The SIG Sauer line of pistols, such as the SIG P226, frequently feature decocking levers. The earliest use of a single-action decocker was the Vis wz. 35 "Radom" redesign in 1932 to enable horsemen to safely holster their firearm with one hand. [6] The earliest use of a cocking/decocking lever is the Sauer 38H from 1938.
The lawsuit is one of dozens filed against Sig Sauer, claiming that the company’s P320 pistol unintentionally discharged without pulling the trigger. Maine deputy sheriff sues gun manufacturer ...
In 2023, MPD transitioned back to Glock (G45 9mm) pistols due to accidental discharges of their P320 pistols while holstered. In 2019, the MPD transitioned to the SIG Sauer P320 in 9mm following issues which involved frames cracking on the M&P40 pistols used by MPD. The holster chosen for the P320 pistols is made by Safariland, a company known ...