TTAG Looks At The New Sig P385

The Truth About Guns takes a first look at Sig's new pistol in its article, "The SIG P385 Is Here — But Would You Buy One Yet?" Sig says that the P385 is not replacement for the P320--which they would have to say given any pending lawsuits or claims of injury from allegedly defective P320 pistols. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and accept that this is a response to both the Gen 6 Glocks and the Ruger RXM. But it is compatible with P320 magazines and, per the article, uses a different trigger design from the P320 featuring "a patented flush-faced trigger safety that neither the P320 nor the P365 currently has." Sig is also introducing a modular grip system that allows for better tuning of the grips to fit the hand (this article at Guns.com has much more detail on the modularity). 

    But what made me laugh was the author's sarcastic comments about past Sig problems:

• "SIG also gave the P385 what it calls a 'redundant drop safety mechanism' — the kind of feature they probably wish they’d built into the P320 back in 2014."
• "But the P320’s history is well known: the 2017 drop-safety issue TTAG’s own testing helped surface, the 'Voluntary Upgrade Program' that followed, and a string of uncommanded-discharge reports along with the lawsuits that came with them."
• "SIG’s initial QC record on striker-fired guns has been spotty. Early P365s showed striker tip breakage, primer drag, and dead-trigger problems from a trigger return spring issue."

It is a credit to Sig's reputation and market power that these problems did not kill the product, as it would have to a lesser company (e.g., the reaction to the Remington R51). And this go to the heart of the question raised in the title of the article--would you buy one yet. As the author puts it:

That’s the honest read on SIG’s new-product track record: the platforms get sorted out, but sometimes not until the second or third production cycle. And the P385 has a lot of “new” in it — new FCU, new trigger safety, new SRDS recoil system, new grip module system. That’s a lot of first-generation engineering to bet on right out of the gate.   

More:

• "SIG Sauer P385: New FCU, Recoil System, MagStrap Grip and Five Models"--Guns America.
• "SIG Sauer Launches the New P385 Pistol Family"--The Firearm Blog.  
• "New Product Highlight: Sig Sauer P385"--Pew Pew Tactical.