P320 vs....

[Oldmandan]

FYI- just ran across this on SIG's website under "discontinued guns"

https://www.sigsauer.com/CatalogProductDetails/p250-compact-two-tone.aspx

[jay_cue]

The P320 is worth every penny of <$600. Anyone who pays more than that is a fool.

paid $650 before tax and DROS. mine did come with night sights. I did get to cash in on the 2 free mag promo but even without that i don't think I'm a fool. but what do I know.

[saudadeii]

Mine was around $560 before tax and fees. (also w/Siglites)

Oddly the same as my 4" PPQ M2.

[jay_cue]

Mine was around $560 before tax and fees. (also w/Siglites)

Oddly the same as my 4" PPQ M2.

eh I don't feel bad. that was what most places wanted for one with nights sights where I'm at. don't feel bad since I got In on 2 free mags. plus I scored another on Black Friday for $450 with nights sights.

[Gryff]

paid $650 before tax and DROS. mine did come with night sights. I did get to cash in on the 2 free mag promo but even without that i don't think I'm a fool. but what do I know.

Fair enough. Let's say $700 is the top end of the gun's worth. Personally, I paid $565 OTD, but I didn't get in on the mag deal.

My point is that it is a great gun. Just not >$700 great. People charging and paying $800 for the gun is ridiculous. It's like an $800 Gen4 Glock. Sure, you can't get them in California, but that doesn't mean that you are getting $800 worth of gun. An $800 P320 or Gen4 Glock just means that you are paying a $100-200 Fanboi Membership fee in addition to buying the gun.

[AdamVIP]

Ill tell you why the p320 rocks. Its the most care free gun ever. I always say I'm gonna buy this to shoot it but all my guns get babied because if I scratch the frame its gonna cost me. Not so with the 320. If I scratch the "frame" its 40 bucks. I finally have a gun I don't have to baby. It truly is liberating. I just wish I had a second one to modify to a 4 lb pull.

[Gryff]

Ill tell you why the p320 rocks. Its the most care free gun ever. I always say I'm gonna buy this to shoot it but all my guns get babied because if I scratch the frame its gonna cost me. Not so with the 320. If I scratch the "frame" its 40 bucks. I finally have a gun I don't have to baby. It truly is liberating. I just wish I had a second one to modify to a 4 lb pull.

That is an ironic post for me, since mine kaboomed two weeks ago.

[Baer1911]

Fair enough. Let's say $700 is the top end of the gun's worth. Personally, I paid $565 OTD, but I didn't get in on the mag deal.

My point is that it is a great gun. Just not >$700 great. People charging and paying $800 for the gun is ridiculous. It's like an $800 Gen4 Glock. Sure, you can't get them in California, but that doesn't mean that you are getting $800 worth of gun. An $800 P320 or Gen4 Glock just means that you are paying a $100-200 Fanboi Membership fee in addition to buying the gun.

its called California premium fee!!!

[mavericksun]

seems the roster doesn't typically differentiate ca vs non-ca (except the scorpion... non-ca was off-roster).

Turners stocks the CA version of the extreme.

The roster listing of the MK25 is/was very ambiguous. There are about 3 different types of MK25/Navy P226s and the roster doesn't list any of them specifically. Over-cautious FFLs SSE'd them... my FFL didn't, and TGS didn't have an issue shipping to CA after verifying it againsf the roster

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They have since corrected that issue. Now the roster lists the MK-25-CA on the model number.

P226 MK-25 Navy Version ( Black) MK-25-CA / Stainless Steel; Alloy

[mavericksun]

I considered the 320 for quite a while last year. It seemed cool that I could have so many modular options on one pistol. Then I started to add up the cost of slides, barrels and frames and realized I could instead buy several awesome pistols for similar money. With the sig, all that money and I still just have one gun. That it was not currently available in .45 clenched it for me. I love my several awesome pistols.

That said, If I were super rich, I'd own it.

The kits MSRP at 299.99 which includes slide, frame, and one mag. As more kits comes out, price gouging will go down. I bought a P250 .45 kit for $245.
Buying a P320 at its price last year of $650 Plus 2 xchange kits at msrp and when 45 is released $599.98. Even if you buy Glocks, that would mean only two Glocks. The numbers were not bad buying the p320.

[mavericksun]

the modularity of it was what drew me in, but also what pushed me to decide to get 2 XD guns. i want a cheap, dedicated 9mm fullsize for nightstand duty, and another dedicated subcompact for eventual CCW. once I offload all my p938 accessories, i am going to throw a 357sig barrel in XD40sc. 40 s&w is not my favorite caliber, but it is my favorite convertible

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Should've just bought two p320s last year. Would've cost about same as the XDs but with a lot more convertibility options.

[rman]

Should've just bought two p320s last year. Would've cost about same as the XDs but with a lot more convertibility options.

thanks. I'll do that.

back then i got an XDs and was content with it, but wasnt sold with striker fire.

Now I like striker fire just as much as the SIG sa/da... but I'm a little too late lol.

i like the idea of the modularity. but dedicated tools draws me in more. I would enjoy the p320 as a part of the collection, but what i was after was another high power subcompact and an inexpensive nightstand gun. separately. the 2 XDs accomplished that and I do enjoy the XD design.

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[rman]

just to clarify, i dont want to have to remove the fullsize 9 nightstand gun (by converting to a subcompact). i want it in the bedroom 24/7 with exception to training or testing.

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[AdamVIP]

That is an ironic post for me, since mine kaboomed two weeks ago.

Is there a thread about that. I haven't heard of any going kaboom

[mavericksun]

thanks. I'll do that.

back then i got an XDs and was content with it, but wasnt sold with striker fire.

Now I like striker fire just as much as the SIG sa/da... but I'm a little too late lol.

i like the idea of the modularity. but dedicated tools draws me in more. I would enjoy the p320 as a part of the collection, but what i was after was another high power subcompact and an inexpensive nightstand gun. separately. the 2 XDs accomplished that and I do enjoy the XD design.

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I wasn't fond of strikers either. My least favorite gun that I own is a Glock 23 which I spent a few hundred dollars to make it "usable". Didn't like the XDs, and XDMs either. PPQM2 has a nice trigger but ergo sucked. VP9 has nice ergo but trigger wasn't as good as the PPQM2. Got the P320 and that's the striker gun I liked without tinkering with it much. I just added a Hogue grip to it since the medium grip was not big enough. Controlled rapid fire was not crazy like the Glock.