New Sig P320 Compact 9mm LE Tolerance

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This is a new addition to my fleet: Sig P320 Compact 9mm.

I purchased this gun from my LGS for $566.00. It has a unique model designation: W320C-9-BSS-PRE. The owner of my LGS said it was part of an over-run for a large LE order. The invoice says "L.E. Tolerance", whatever that means. The only information I could find in my online research is that on "PRE" models, the barrel is individually fitted to the slide, and is not interchangeable. So I guess the only benefit of this might be slightly better accuracy, which is meaningless to me, as the gun, even in standard form, is much more accurate than I am. The "non-interchangeable" part is also not a disadvantage to me as I will never put enough rounds through the gun to wear out the barrel. Any Sig experts please feel free to reply if you are familiar with this and if I am missing something.

Anyway, the gun came with 3 mags instead of the normal 2 mags, and it has the SigLite Night Sights. Overall, I feel I got a pretty good deal considering what I paid.

I took it to the range for the first time and ran app. 150 rounds through it, a combination of Speer Lawman 124gr. FMJ range fodder, and Hornady Critical Duty 135gr. +P HP, which is one of my favored carry rounds. It ran 100%, no malfunctions of any kind.

The gun was dead-nuts accurate out of the box, but does require a #3 sight picture. The trigger is good, but not great. Short take-up and fairly crisp release, but a little heavier than I had hoped for (I hope the "PRE" designation LE Tolerance model doesn't mean it has a heavy LE trigger..). Roughly equivalent to my Glock 19. I do prefer the trigger feel of the Sig over the Glock, as I much prefer the single lever trigger of the Sig over the Glock "Safe Action" trigger with the dongle in the middle. I do enjoy shooting this gun more than my Glock, because of the more comfortable grip angle (for me, anyway). Shooting from the reset is great!

Overall, this gun is a keeper, and will be an important part of my carry rotation, probably winning favored status over my Glock 19.

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[berettabone]

A nice edition, been eyeing them up myself.................................

[Longitude Zero]

I own a P320 Full Sized, Compact, and Sub-Compact. PHENOMINAL guns all.

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I am the OP. I wanted to find out officially what the "W" and the "PRE" stood for in the model designation for my gun, so I reached out to SIG Customer Service. According to the rep I spoke with the "W" prefix means that it was a LE order, the "PRE" designation stands for "Pre-tensioned Slide & Barrel", which means that the gun was built with "tighter lock-up" and "tighter tolerances", which would have been specified by the LE agency placing the original order. He was unable to tell me what benefit or advantage that feature might have over a stock configuration. I also asked the rep about the trigger. He looked up the original build sheet for my gun based on the serial number. According to that, my gun has a completely stock trigger and fire control group.

[Bawanna]

That's good stuff to know and mighty nice of the rep to research and share all that with you.

I'd be real happy knowing that if it were mine. Course I'd be pretty happy even not knowing that If it were mine.

[Phish]

My local gunshop has one for 429.99 but wasn't familiar with it at all. May have to go back and take a better look at it.

[Radio]

I have been shooting the P320 SC in 9mm, the fit and finish of the pistol is flawless, nicely manufactured, very smooth shooter, great crisp trigger. I have been shooting a Glock 19 gen 3 for a couple of years till a friend who is a instructor let me try his. I have the "C" frame also, but the small frame "SC" makes for a nice carry option.

[GLOCKROCKER]

Been contemplating getting one for over a year and a half now. I was waiting on the .45 in the sub-compact which Sig has been saying "coming soon" for at least that long. Haven't shot one yet, but have dry fired several while molesting them. Big gun show coming up this month, might have to settle for the .45 compact unless I find another 10mm or old scatter gun that needs a new home.

[downtownv]

My favorite thing about Sigs is the way their slides remove from the frame.