Report: Sig Sauer guns are misfiring at an alarming rate

U.S. Army CPT Erik Willer Company Commander of Alpha Company "Sapper" 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, qualifies on his assigned weapon the Sig Sauer M17. The Sig Sauer is a semiautomatic action with a 17-round capacity, 9MM Pistol. Soldiers continue to maintain readiness in preparation for a Joint Readiness Training Center rotation later this year. (U.S. Army photo by 1SG Lekendrick Stallworth)

The Sig Sauer firearm is the most commonly used weapon in the U.S. and has at least a dozen lawsuits against it saying the gun fired on its own and injured the handler.

According to NPR, between September 2020 and June 2023, there were at least nine instances on military bases where soldiers were injured when their P320 Sig Sauer self-fired.

Sig Sauer says “claims that the P320 is capable of firing without a trigger pull are without merit,” and that the gun remains trusted by armed forces around the world.

In 2017, the Army made a version of the Sig Sauer its new standard-issue sidearm. The other military branches followed suit. Now there are nearly half a million of these guns hanging from soldier’s hips.

The Army did find the P320 could go off without a trigger pull if dropped at certain angles during testing. Sig Sauer says it modified the mechanism to prevent this.

Soldiers at bases in Virginia, Missouri, California, Jordan, and Japan say they were all seriously injured when their Sig Sauer sidearm went off without a trigger pull. Survelliance video has backed many soldiers claiming they did not mishandle their weapon.

The contract with Sig Sauer runs through 2027.

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