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As I stated in another post:

https://www.armytimes.com/articles/army-your-new-handgun-will-be-a-sig-sauer

Bought one last summer. Sold it by the Fall. Like I said in the other thread, I prefer the shooting characteristics of the Glock, mainly due to the difference in the feel of the recoil impulse, which in the Glock feels more straight back, while in the P320 it feels like you're resisting a flip rather than a push.


That's not to say that the P320 won't be a perfectly satisfactory sidearm.

I didn't like the 320 either. I thought it had a better trigger and felt better than the Glock but I was after cheap plentiful mags and parts and compete aftermarket support. Only one place you're going to get that.

I guess the 320 will be better than the beretta, cannot figure why the 320 would win over a glock.

One of many contracts I foresee Sig Sauer acquiring.




Dave

Wow, It's a nice pistol, but how'd they beat out Glock? The serialized trigger group bit is IMHO true innovation.

Modulatity is the big thing now.

Once you set the bar....




Dave

I was skeptical about the Army going through with the MHS, but I figured the Sig was in the best position to win. Too bad, I think the Beretta MHS held more promise.

I picked up my P320 about a year ago, said to my brother this is our next service pistol , And we both own Glock's . I agree, one of many contracts. For law enforcement, P320,MPX,MCX, All from one company under one roof. Will see.

I will have to rent one. It looks more like a political decision than anything else.

It doesn't pay to be first.

I remember reading years ago, the only reason why Beretta won out over Sig was because of politics.

My hope is that this super-charges P320 magazine production (Magpul? Magpul? Magpul!) so prices come down. If I could get P320 mags for the same price as Glock mags I'd buy a few 320's in a heartbeat. I've shot them and they're nice guns; not the greatest, but certainly not the worst and their adoption by the military hopefully indicates that further development of the line will occur.

It beat out Glock because the Glock wasn't modular in the way the spec was written.

Yup. Imagine that: a system designed to meet the requirements of the buyer beat a system not so designed.

You nailed it first, no question.

Too bad they're private, you'd have had a very good stock play.

The modularity afforded by such a design is a benefit to the consumer market as well.