It makes no difference if there is a round in the chamber unless there is a fundamental design flaw. The P320 is apparently a rare case of this.

This is extremely mature technology. People have been churning out defect-free designs for many decades. It is surprising that a company with the engineering experience and pedigree of SIG Sauer would design something with this issue. It would be like if Airbus designed a plane where the wing sometimes fell off mid-flight.

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giantg2 2 days ago | parent [-]

"The P320 is apparently a rare case of this."

Not that rare. Gen 1 and 2 Glocks had slam fires (that's right, "Safe Action" Glocks... the irony). The XDS had doubles or slam fires. I'm sure there were others, and now the P320.

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deelowe 2 days ago | parent [-]

Then gen2 glock is old enough to be considered one the original striker fired pistols. The parent is right. There's no reason to be making these kinds of mistakes these days. They industry has been churning out millions of safe striker fire personal carry firearms for decades now.

	▲	giantg2 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		There shouldn't be a reason for these mistakes, but they keep happening. Do a little digging and you'll see. I've already mentioned the XDS and we all know the P320. The FNS had a similar issue too. I'm sure there are more if we dig. So while there are millions of safe striker fired guns, it appears there are also millions of unsafe ones in the past decade or so.