Sig Sauer addresses P320 handgun safety concerns

By Jacki Billings

The Sig P320 on display at SHOT Show 2017 in Las Vegas. (Photo: Jacki Billings)
Sig Sauer targeted internet rumors surrounding its P320 series, dispelling myths that the pistol is unsafe in a statement issued Friday.
“In response to social media rumors questioning the safety of the P320 pistol, a variant of which was selected by the U.S. government as the U.S. Army’s Modular Handgun System (MHS), Sig Sauer, Inc. has full confidence in the reliability, durability and safety of its striker-fired handgun platform,” Sig said in the press release. “There have been zero reported drop-related P320 incidents in the U.S. commercial market, with hundreds of thousands of guns delivered to date.”
The statement came in response to rumors the Dallas Police Department had issued a recall on the P320 due to drop safety concerns.
Speculation began swirling Thursday after The Firearm Blog published an article based on a Jul. 28 Pistol Forum post alleging the police department was requesting its officers no longer carry the P320. The poster, txdpd, leaked what appeared to be an internal memo from the police department citing safety concerns.
“Sig Sauer has identified that there is a defect in the P320 handgun that could cause the weapon system to

Source: Guns.com