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Incident at Ottawa-area range prompted special forces to pull SIG Sauer P320 pistols out of service
Murray Brewster · CBC News · Posted: Feb 04, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: 8 minutes ago
A member of Canadian Forces Special Operations JTF-2 unit takes part in an annual training exercise off the shores of Churchill, Man., in August 2012. A member of the unit was wounded last fall when a newly-purchased handgun inexplicably went off during a training exercise. The military has since withdrawn all its SIG Sauer P320 pistols. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)
A member of Canada's elite special forces counterterrorism unit was wounded last fall when a newly-purchased handgun, with a history of misfires and injuries in the U.S., inexplicably went off during a training exercise at an Ottawa-area range, CBC News has learned.
The soldier, belonging to Joint Task Force 2 (JTF-2), was hit in the leg and received a flesh wound as a result of the accident, which took place Nov. 5, 2020 on a firing range at Dwyer Hill, the unit's principal base.
Consequently, the military has withdrawn all the brand new SIG Sauer P320s from service and members of the unit will — for the time being — rely on their old model SIG Sauer P226 pistols
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laughing. "inexplicably went off". 
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laughing. "inexplicably went off". That’s what she said.
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laughing. "inexplicably went off". This...like maybe finger on trigger
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“A history of misfires and injuries” in the US?
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If it said dropped and fired it may have some credibility as Sig has had plenty of documented issues with that in the past. Sounds as if it was a ND with someone having thier finger on the bang switch when they didn't intend to.
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Maybe Sig bought up some old remington triggers for cheap !
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laughing. "inexplicably went off". Canadians....
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I am glad it wasn’t a Glock, the haters would be salivating.
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Booger hook on the bang switch......
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I am glad it wasn’t a Glock, the haters would be salivating. How would anyone know if a Glock was malfunctioning or SOP, is there really much difference ?
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Nope, they just hate on Glocks. But they will run to the defense of a Sig or Smith.
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Sig P320 model has several allegations of firing without pulling trigger and or dropping it.
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Canadian special forces??
Never heard of such
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Canadian special forces??
Never heard of such
Hard to see em comin, they the ones riding Shetlands.
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Canadian special forces??
Never heard of such
Hard to see em comin, they the ones riding Shetlands. I thought they rode the short buses, but got to wear cool helmets.
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why would anyone in their right mind trust a canadian with a pistol to begin with
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I'll bet if the Canuckian's Special Super Sneakies would look in storage, they'd find some old but reliable, simple to run, Webley's maybe in the proven and respected .455. There is no way that a Webly will discharge without pulling the trigger. But, maybe that is true of the Sig as well?
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