PMCI - March 2021

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FIREARMS - SIG SCORPION P320 AXG
SIG SCORPION P320 AXG
Over the past six years, the hottest pistol platform on the market has clearly been the P320 series from
SIG Sauer. Since making its debut in 2014, the development of the P320 design has visibly grown in leaps
and bounds within the firearms community. Using a serialized chassis SIG refers to as the “fire control
system”, the P320 series allows for a plethora of options that have traditionally limited most firearms.
E
ach new model in the P320 series successfully
builds off the previous one with new contours
and styling in the attempts to develop the
perfect mission specific pistol. As the world has
watched SIG reshape the way we think about
polymer platform, private gun owners, law
enforcement and military groups have taken
notice and began to start transitioning to the
P320 and M17 variants.
Throughout last year, Clint Steele and I covered here in PMCI
Magazine the comparison of standard 320 model with two
of the newer variants. Clint discussed the Government issued
M17 variant while I detailed the Gucci “bells and whistles”
elite Legion model in one of the most enjoyable range
sessions I have ever covered. Both of us not only pointed
out the obvious pros of each pistol but honestly discussed
the cons as well. Aside from different features, these pistols
were all full-size competition and duty size pistols ready
for action straight out of the box for the best performance
possible in the polymer world.
While full-size frame pistols are most often thought of
first, it is the mid-size frame that is in the most demand
according to overall global sales. Over the past decade, the
Glock model 19 has clearly proven this point by consistently
leading all sales. Even as SIG inked the deal on one of the
most lucrative military contracts in history at the end of
extensive modular pistol trials with their full-sized M17
P320 variant, a mid-sized model M18 was also requested as
part of the deal. SIG is no stranger to producing both sizes to
meet military contracts as proven in their huge success with
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