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It was possible but only if dropped and landing at a very specific angle and hitting concrete...
The main problem is when cops hear a new excuse, they can't wait to try it out
So when this became news, every negligent discharge by a cop (they're very frequent) was blamed on this.
Shit like this:
Has never been able to be reproduced intentionally.
Here's an article and body cam footage:
https://www.wisn.com/article/video-shows-unintended-shooting-injuring-milwaukee-officer/45015940
Sig says the only way it could have happened was if something snagged the trigger, and yeah...
Lots of people have spent a lot of time trying to make the p320 go off on its own like cops kept saying. And like I said the only way that was reproducible was a very specific angle drop on something as hard as concrete.
Forgotten Weapons put out an interesting theory of Stacked Tolerances being the culprit.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3iWVs2uD1XY
Praise gun jesus.
Also the first drop fires were because the trigger was heavy and it's inertia was enough to "pull" the trigger as this short shows. There was a voluntary free upgrade to the more expensive, but lighter trigger. I've always wanted a SIG, but, unless I find a great price on a p229, I'm going to get an M&P 2.0.