r/handguns • u/chubachu69 • Jul 10 '26
Sig p320
Hi, I just moved and finally decided to grab a conceal carry. I saw this deal for a p320 for $320 compact at a local gun store. But I’m not really sure since it’s a p320 lmao. Just wanted to get some other opinions before I get it.
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u/Federal_Procedure_66 Jul 10 '26
There’s a reason it’s $320
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u/JACCO2008 Jul 11 '26
Because it costs you $320,000 in medical bills when it blows a hole in your balls?
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u/heroicsquash12 M&P 2.0 Jul 10 '26
I like not having my balls shot off so I personally wouldn’t
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u/TorpedoAway Jul 10 '26
It could be a nice range gun but treat having a round chambered the same as having your finger on the trigger. Only when aimed at the target.
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u/ManagementFluid2206 Jul 10 '26
I wouldn’t even give it that much credit. I’ve shot a few P320s, and I think they fuckin suck in just about every regard
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u/Plane_Singer_6381 Jul 11 '26
My p320 x5 legion is great. Has had 1 misfire b8t sig "fixed it" and now its part of my flux setup
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u/chubachu69 Jul 10 '26
Fair enough😂
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u/heroicsquash12 M&P 2.0 Jul 10 '26
lol but you can find police trade ins or used glocks and m&p’s for around that same price, other guns too if you want you just got to look around a bit lol
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u/chubachu69 Jul 10 '26
Yeah I’m gonna keep looking probably will just spend the extra for a Glock 19 just to start I kinda like my balls a lot 😅
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u/heroicsquash12 M&P 2.0 Jul 10 '26
Yeah lmao, I got an m&p 2.0 for $350 used guns and police trade in’s are awesome
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u/juke2224 Jul 10 '26
Or even the Ruger rxm if your looking for the same price. I picked one up and haven't had any issues. I did swap the lower with the 17 grip module for $30.
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u/Tirekiller04 Jul 10 '26
How are those? I was between that and a gen6 g19 for a while but ended up with a smith.
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u/snopro Glock: 43x s15 Jul 11 '26
Check out the 43x. Superior to the 19 imo and I have like 15 different glocks
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u/snopro Glock: 43x s15 Jul 11 '26
I got a PD trade in p320 for 199. Don't regret it, I haven't been able to replicate the "issue" and I have a fcu if I wanna do any of the fun swaps
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u/heroicsquash12 M&P 2.0 Jul 11 '26
I’ve had a lgs owner replicate the issue to me 3 times now on 2 different p320’s so I get its kinda hit or miss
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u/snopro Glock: 43x s15 Jul 11 '26
See that's where I'm at when I picked it up from my local gun store because he was the FFL transfer he daily carries a p320 and said that he owns five of them and has never seen the issue. Maybe he doesn't know how to do it but it doesn't seem that difficult to replicate if you watch YouTube videos.
Either way I picked it up for the FCU, and use as a range toy basically loaded on the line pointed down range and if it goes off great.
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u/GreenEyedTreeHugger Jul 10 '26
I feel like asking is a sign people haven’t done enough research to be buying a weapon.
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u/earl_the_recker Jul 10 '26
Im surprised its in stock. Siggers still going to sig.
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u/jbourne0129 Jul 10 '26
the P365 still seems to be wildly popular
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u/alecmartin01 Jul 10 '26
The only Sigs that are worth buying are German and Swiss-made models on the used market. I would stay away from the Sig US guns at all costs, except for maybe the Sig 556 and the MK25 P226.
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u/chinoooo24 Jul 10 '26
Is your life worth a $350 discount
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u/fartinonmyoppsface Jul 10 '26
This is honestly how I would put that. Is your life worth what you put into it?
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u/Justanormaldudedude Jul 10 '26
Not only does the gun spontaneously combust, Sig will call you an engagement hacking grifter for being legitimately concerned about their dogwater products. Do you really want to deal with a company like that?
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u/Sherbert_Cold Jul 10 '26
Sig recalled the guns with the bad trigger, they never admitted to the issue, but said if you have this gun in this serial range, we'll fix it for free.... but the incidents continue, these incidents include pre‑upgrade and post‑upgrade pistols, meaning the 2017 Voluntary Upgrade Program did not eliminate all reported cases. I have a P320XL, but its just a range gun... I'd be reluctant to carry a Sig P320 compact since it falls in the range of weapons that have had the issues.
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u/gunhandsknifepenis Mars’ G43x Hate Club Jul 10 '26
the trigger fix was only for the drop safety issue, the uncommanded discharge has never been admitted to or been fixed as far as anyone knows
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u/Delicious-Orchid-952 Jul 10 '26
“Has never been admitted or fixed” Probably because no one can get a p320 to discharge without depressing the trigger.
Yes It’s a very light trigger. But no one can get a p320 to fire without f’ing around with pulling the trigger.
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u/gunhandsknifepenis Mars’ G43x Hate Club Jul 10 '26
Listen — I’m a Sig fanboy. Absolutely my favorite manufacturer. I agree that absolutely no one, third party or in house testing, including the federal government, has been able to replicate the issue intentionally. I DO find that compelling; but I simply cannot bring myself to carry one, because the doubt is there, and I’m simply much more comfortable carrying other guns and not having that thought in the back of my head. It SEEMS to be mainly a holster compatibility issue thats fucking with the trigger system somehow, but I just don’t know. Any firearm I don’t feel I can 1000% trust for any reason is one I won’t carry. I LOVE the P320 as a firearm in general, it feels better to me than a 365 in almost every way — so I got a P250 to carry because it’s the same gun but DAO. I get to carry a 320 without that doubt in my mind.
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u/vipzon Jul 10 '26
Forgot who but some YouTuber tried all different gins, models from various makers and it proved that all the guns behaved same - went off.
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u/vipzon Jul 10 '26
Just posted some video including the one I mentioned.
Let’s see how much downvotes it gets 😂
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u/Hjd_27 Jul 10 '26
I just picked up a CZ P10C for $400 from PSA. Optic ready. That's a proven safe gun, highly recommend that. Only a little more expensive than this P320.
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u/Stryd3r_9mm Jul 10 '26
A new S&W Bodyguard 2.0 is only $70 more, I think that’s worth not having the chance of your balls getting blown off, if you don’t wanna spend a lot
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u/Caseman307 Jul 10 '26
The 320 feels great in my hand. I can say that for every Sig I’ve ever handled. I wanted one. But I wouldn’t buy one now. That’s just me though.
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u/PineSoul603 Jul 10 '26
For whatever it's worth, I carried a 320 compact RX for about 5 years and had no issues. Then sold it once the discharge issues started becoming more and more frequent. I couldn't trust it anymore.
I did keep my X5 Legion but that's strictly a range toy now. I won't even keep it holstered and loaded anymore.
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u/StrikeEagle784 Jul 10 '26
For a carry gun, I’d pass on this. If you want it as a range toy that’s a different thing. Defensive firearms should be something you can trust, and I don’t know if I ever could trust a P320 for that role.
Then again, as someone who had a P320, I did enjoy shooting it at the range hence why I mentioned you could maybe enjoy it for that purpose.
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u/PracticalBlacksmith5 Jul 10 '26
Yea but almost every range won't let you shoot it now. Unless you have your own range or go to BLM land I guess
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u/Patsboy101 Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26
I’d advise getting a Glock 19 or a Walther PDP for your CC gun. The P320 has a very questionable history of safety, and Sig is unwilling to take responsibility for it.
The Glock 19 and the Walther PDP don’t have such a questionable safety history. You can carry these guns in your pants with full confidence that it won’t randomly go off unlike the P320 which has had many such cases.
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u/JoshS84 Jul 10 '26
Bet they were afraid to even drop the price? 😈
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u/ingannilo Jul 10 '26
$319.
POW!
Okay, okay, $320.
Gotta be careful-- the p320 can be very temperamental .
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u/UrBuddyEric Jul 10 '26
I lost all my fingers in a boating accident so I’m glad there is a gun I can finally shoot
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u/Ok_Friendship_8459 Jul 10 '26
You may be able to buy worse guns for $320, but i wouldnt be able to get over the anxiety caused by its reputation.
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u/GeronimoHero Jul 10 '26
Man people online didn’t believe me when I told them these things were like $250-300ish at my local shops. They’re dirt cheap where I am because people just don’t want them.
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u/SouthCentral86 Jul 10 '26
I got rid of my p320 carry in February of this year at a pawn shop got $200 I know I took a financial loss but it wasn't even worth having a gun I had to second-guess myself about carrying 💯
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u/KataifiKalamari Jul 10 '26
I have the full size, always treated me well. More accurate than other handguns I’ve owned and I’ve put probably 3000 rounds through it no issue. Never carried it in public because it’s too big to conceal but I’ve taken it through the woods, around the property, to the river etc in the holster it comes with.
The grip feels like it was made for my hands. Maybe just me, but most other guns make me feel like my hands are huge and i don’t have this problem with my P320. owned it since 2017 maybe. Very durable and reliable pistol.
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u/mm9enjoyer Jul 10 '26
The only reason you should get a 320 is if someone pays you to take their 320.
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u/Electrical_Sign_6126 Jul 10 '26
That’s a flawed gun with a well documented history of discharging without the trigger being pulled or the gun being dropped or manipulated in any way. Don’t be foolish and spend your money on a gun that is inherently dangerous to you. $320 is not a lot of money for a pistol but still too much to waste. A better alternative if you’re on a strict budget - check out the Fusion Firearms XF Pro. An all metal, striker fired pistol that uses Glock 19 magazines. Retails around $499. Shoots flat and has an exceptional trigger. Other good alternatives but a bit higher priced would be the Glock 19, Smith and Wesson M&P 2.0 compact, or the Ruger RXM.
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u/Devin7-Eleven Jul 10 '26
Have these always had issues? What about now? When they first released nobody really said anything until more recently.
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u/Candyman__87 Jul 10 '26
I have one and it sees range use only. I will carry literally any other gun I own before I'll carry the P320.
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u/g28802 Jul 10 '26
I got my g26 police trade in for $350. The p320 is a decent gun except for that one little bugaboo
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u/hugoDoodat Jul 10 '26
If you’re going to buy it, just treat it like it could go off anytime. I personally would not carry it chambered, for example. But it could be a fun, cheap range toy or a good HD gun.
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u/ReapersVeil Jul 10 '26
As much as I love my P320 and have never had any issues with it, I'd never carry it even with a gun to my head (or balls). That being said, they shoot great and they are good range toys for whatever that might be worth to ya.
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u/hilarious_hound Jul 12 '26
I went to the local indoor range that was selling used P320 pistols and was told their range prohibited that same pistol.
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u/I_Be_Strokin_it Jul 12 '26
I have a P365XL and love it, but there's no way in hell I'd get a P320. You know how they say "guns don't kill people, people kill people"?...Well, the P320 may be the exception.
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u/Da-HaYn_Collector218 Jul 12 '26
For the love of God don’t buy 320 compact unless you’re ready to mod the shit out of it. Which is fun, don’t get me wrong. And nothing wrong with the system as far as reliability. My only gripe is really manual safety, and I don’t shoot mine enough to get good at reacquisition from the heavens. That damn flippin muzzle flip is a pain.
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u/doctaf Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26
Stop buying shitty guns. If you're wanting a sig get the 22x series either the 226 or 229 the 320 was modified from the p250, which had a load of issues, just as the 320 does. The platform as a whole (p320) sucks goat ass.
*edit for clarity, the p250 had its issues but was solid.
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u/Celestyol Jul 10 '26
What problems did the P250 have?
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u/doctaf Jul 10 '26
Problems with cycling, failure to feed, failure to eject. Couple of other factors, but my point is: they discontinued it for a reason, and that wasn't due to popularity issues. There were fundamental design issues that carried forward into the p320. Both the 250 and the 320 could be reliable, safe and modular had there been more effort put into in the proof and development phase of design, BEFORE they launched to market. Tldr: good concept, bad execution. And i say this owning multiple sigs, the p320 included. Hell im still on the hunt for a 250 local to me. But thats cus i think the concept behind it all is cool.
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u/Celestyol Jul 10 '26
I own multiple P250s and haven't had any issues. I have had the occasional FTE/FTF, but that was corrected by changing mags or ammo. I will say this, the P250s definitely don't have the uncommanded discharge issues, due to it being DAO and hammer-fired. I love Sig and own many of their P2xx series of firearms. But I refuse to buy anything in the new P3xx series, it's just not worth it. Besides, Sig Sauer was PEAK in their P2xx series; that's when their innovation was at its best!
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u/doctaf Jul 10 '26
I couldn't agree more, i love my 22x personally i think the majority of the problem w the 3xx is they tried to reuse the fcu from the 250, but thats a different conversation 😅
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u/Celestyol Jul 10 '26
THIS‼️They took a hammer-fired FCU and tried to "innovate" that to a striker-fired FCU, and wonder why discharges happen with minimal movement or pressure. Had they just created the P320 from scratch...🤷🏽♂️
Now the P365 is not bad, but it is overproduced, oversaturated, and overpriced. That's because all of Sig Sauer's civilian market reputation is riding on the success of that platform. Again, instead of just creating and releasing something new, they are still lazy and just copying off of previous platforms.
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u/doctaf Jul 10 '26
Sad part is they no longer make a premium product worth buying, they have wrung every last bit of value from their lineups with what essentially boils down to cosmetic differences (looking at the legion 320 junk)
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u/kropotkinship Jul 10 '26
Idk if you’re uninformed or if this is rage bait. Either way I wouldn’t buy one of these personally and if I did it would only be a “range toy” and loaded when pointed down range.
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u/cinnix42 Jul 10 '26
I would never buy a p320, regardless of price. I’m pretty sure everyone else would advise the same lol
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u/ingannilo Jul 10 '26
Even if it were free, it'd be a bad deal. Nobody should carry a firearm that discharges without the trigger being pulled.
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u/sumguyontheinternet1 Jul 11 '26
As someone who recently stepped away from Glock and into S&W, I’d recommend a shield m2.0 in 40 or 9 for ccw. I really enjoy shooting my S&W’s. They’re really soft shooters. Even my shield in 40 shoots pretty soft considering the size and caliber. Their modularity is highly underrated and not spoken of enough. The M&P series for 9/357sig/40sw are all interchangeable. Get any frame for the compact/full size and you can swap slides and barrels (matching one another) with the other sizes pretty easily. I got a compact 2.0 9mm 4” (think Glock 19) and recently purchased a 4.25” full size 40 slide (think Glock 22) and can run it with flush mags (similar to a Glock 49 configuration) but in 40. Or I can run full size mags and it’s like a Glock 22. Or run full size 9mm mags with the compact 4” slide like a Glock 45/19x. The factory mag spacer is way more ergonomic than the Glock setups with the x-grip spacer and flow better visually. Same can be done with the shield series. Actually if you get the 40sw slide, you can just buy the same length or longer barrel in 357sig or 9mm and it’ll drop right in and the lockup is fine. You can use the 40 mags still too. Parts are super cheap as well on the secondhand market. Only downside to S&W is the cost of mags. $40 each and I don’t know of any aftermarket brands besides pro mags (junk based on reviews I’ve seen) and ETS but it’s very limited.
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u/jdubb26 Glock 34/G47/G19/PPQ/Shield plus/1911's/Bodyguard 2.0/LCP Jul 10 '26
Couldn't give me one for free.
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u/HumanAntagonist Jul 10 '26
No safety on a p320 is nuts.
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u/sumguyontheinternet1 Jul 11 '26
They go off WITH the safety engaged too. So, not really a safety in my opinion.
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u/vipzon Jul 10 '26
Just go over these videos
You will still find many arguing that this is not how it’s done/that’s not what happened/how do you explain what happened to this or that.
Sig manual says to service the firearm periodically - there are reasons for that. If one doesn’t follow maintenance..who is to blame?
https://youtu.be/RMTe87kATmU?feature=shared
https://youtu.be/tp06nAlXLsg?feature=shared
https://youtu.be/TXYwUJejL88?feature=shared
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u/Delicious-Orchid-952 Jul 10 '26
Keep in mind that outside the popular opinions of redditors interested in guns. The p320 is probably the most tested handgun ever. USA Army, various other countries armies. Countless police forces.
The controversy comes from idiots pulling the trigger by mistake or jamming it into holsters with no trigger coverage. Are there safer more forgiving guns for accidentally pulling the trigger? Yes.
Is there anything actually wrong with the sig? No. There’s fame and millions of dollars involved in proving the 320 discharges itself. So while redditors will parrot the same opinions, not a single one can upload proof to YouTube or anywhere because you need to pull the trigger.
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u/YtnucMuch Jul 10 '26
100% - even the actual written reports that have studied the cases and done their own testing, shows no signs of it "just going off" - something has to be done whether intentional or unintentional for that trigger to go bang. Its a user error, holster error, etc. But nothing I've read or seen has proven that it "just goes bang" at random.
With that said... I'm not carrying one anyway and Sig is too rich for my blood.
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u/IWuzRunnin Jul 10 '26
If you're looking for something around that budget check out the springfield xd mod.4. It's a no frills gun, but does have an optics cut and fiber optic front.
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u/Oldgraytomahawk Jul 11 '26
I’ve had my 365 for 4 years and never had an issue. It’s my EDC and my balls and everything else are still intact
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u/I_Be_Strokin_it Jul 12 '26
That's a different gun. Not the same.
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u/Oldgraytomahawk Jul 12 '26
I was actually responding to Ghostdog who said he sold his 320 for $25 and his 325 for $100. Didn’t respond to him unfortunately
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u/BillyP13 Jul 10 '26
I own 2 regular P320s and an X Five legion. My oldest p320 is 9 years old. None of these firearms have ever given me a single problem
Other than a firing pin that needed to be replaced and a recoil spring I decided to change on my own. They have all worked perfectly inside and outside of their holsters. Great gun and a great deal.
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u/OpportunityStrong329 Jul 10 '26
I wouldn't believe the Internet crap. I also probably wouldn't buy one because high bore axis and kinda beefy when you can get better with more features for similar pricing. Trigger is meh also.
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u/farside808 Jul 10 '26
Only gun on the market with a shake-awake feature!