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SIG P320-M17 · Deep Dive

SIG P320-M17

The Army's own evaluation found SIG's full-size pistol jammed more often than Glock's — it won the Modular Handgun System on a price 37 per cent lower.

The commercial M17 and the Army programme behind it, the fire control unit that federal regulation names as the firearm, the drop-safety and litigation record told from the documents, and one pistol rebuilt part by part in a Flux Raider X chassis.

Photo: XM17 and XM18 Modular Handgun System pistols by U.S. Army · Public domain

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    Volumes

    1. Vol 1 The Modular Handgun System — the Trial, the Protest, and the Pistol the Army Got From a 2004 requirement to a $580 million award, Glock's protest, and what the Army's own testers found
    2. Vol 2 The Fire Control Unit, and What Makes a Commercial M17 The serialized stainless chassis that is legally the firearm, the P250 it came from, and how the civilian M17 differs from the issue pistol
    3. Vol 3 Drop Safety, the Voluntary Upgrade, and the Litigation — from the Record What SIG announced in 2017, what the Army's testers found, what courts and juries have decided, and what agencies did
    4. Vol 4 The Build — Eleven Parts, One System, in a Flux Raider X What each part is, what it changes mechanically, and why it is on the pistol documented here
    5. Vol 5 The Law of a Chassis Pistol — Brace, Stock, Fore Grip, and Michigan What moving a serialized fire control unit into a Raider X changes in law, and what it does not
    6. Vol 6 The Muzzle End — Threaded Barrel, Compensator, and the Spring They Force Two different parts on one thread, why a comp changes the recoil spring, and where a suppressor would fit instead
    7. Vol 7 Dot, Mount and Light — a Red Dot That Does Not Ride the Slide The DeltaPoint Pro 6 MOA, the Leupold rail mount, the non-reciprocating optic, and the TLR-1 HL
    8. Vol 8 Upkeep — Field Strip, Cleaning and Function Check, from SIG's Own Manual What the M17 operator's manual authorises, what it forbids, and where this build has already gone past it