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I think a part of it is how new the P320 is. Glocks had a similar reputation in the early 80’s - 90’s, with over 120 accidental discharges in the Washington Metropolitan Police Department from 1988 to 1998 for example. In my opinion, I think it’s mostly ND’s and cops attempting to cover their asses. Here’s an opinion piece from 2015 talking about how unsafe Glocks are: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-owens-glock-accidents-20150508-story.html. Also, here’s a link discussing the “safety” of Glocks and a reference to a trigger recall with some pretty good diagrams: https://www.gunsamerica.com/digest/glock-trigger/
I am aware of the “glock leg” phenomenon, and that can likely be attributed to striker fires replacing classic handguns at the time.
But the P320 was introduced multiple decades after the Glock. And by this time, other striker fire handguns have entered the market and widely used. Cops use Glock and M&P, and as far as I can tell, there hasn’t been a multi-year slew of accusations against either models of “accidentally going off.”*
The P320 shouldn’t be any different than any of the other striker fire guns that have been in service before it. If the mechanics are “too new” then it’s really incredible that they managed to become the military and cops’ supplier and have the largest market share in the US when Glock and others have more solid reputations in recent decades.
*in recent years
Cooking up a new type of guy who is still scoffing at all of these handguns and thinks we must retvrn to .357 revolvers