Did he get paid?
- By MK20
- The Bear Pit
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That drop test was addressed years ago, and a voluntary program was setup if you thought you were prone to dropping your pistol in that exact orientation. The pistol had already passed all other military and strict California drop tests. Now it passes that one too.
This is a quote from the sig article: "
Mr. Berrios voluntarily dismissed his action against SIG SAUER admitting in court filed documents that his P320 pistol has no defects and does not discharge without a trigger pull."
As can be seen in the video I posted earlier, Sig 320s can indeed fire without a trigger pull.
And, as per Brandon Herrera's latest Sig video, it was common knowledge in SIG engineering circles that the 320 was not drop safe even during development.
What happened was Sig bid on the m17 MHS contract at cost and relied on the hype and resultant civillian sales making the profit. It is very hard to make profit and keep a contract that Glock was actively disputing the awarding of when you openly admit your firearm design is defective, dangerous, and that you knew it was not drop safe.
Instead, Sig decided to double down and push out a defective product anyway. Or at the very least they didn't listen to the concerns of their engineers.