>>64170071
>where 191 of the 7,970 M18s were found to have issues with their safety levers, striker assemblies, and sears
That sounds about right. MOST of the P320 pistols aren't deathtraps, but more than just a few of them really are an accident waiting to happen, and it's inherent to their design and manufacture.

>Is this the end of Sig Sauer like all the influencers claimed?
Couldn't say for sure, but it's not looking too good.

>Is the military blaming an airman to cover up for Sig Sauer?
Theoretically they could be, and I'm not going to rule it out entirely, but realistically he really could have just negligently killed the other guy through actually poor handling, and it being a Sig was just incidental in this case. Him fucking up big time and trying to hide it doesn't disprove that the P320 has dangerous problems, it doesn't make all the other incidents go away.

>>64170124
I don't think he is? That's not like an apocalyptic problem ratio, but it's still pretty damn bad, and jives with how most people aren't experiencing any of these problems with theirs, but many of them sure aren't ok.

This isn't a hard scientific approach because this isn't detailed data and I'd like to see a larger sample size, but if you go strictly by these numbers, circa 200 out of 8000 pistols, then that is a roughly 2.5% chance that you'd have one of the P320s with the surprise mechanic.
If you were buying a handgun, particularly for carry, and you knew that there was a 2.5% chance that one you were buying had a lethal defect like this, would YOU want to make that gamble? I sure as hell wouldn't.