In the sum total of all shots fired, the Sig bested the Glock by malfunctioning 27 times, whereas the Glock malfunctioned 30 times. Detailed info on test prep and methodology, as well as more pictures taken during the test, are also provided further down. Note: Malfunctions are broken down into failure to achieve battery, failure to extract, failure to eject, and failure to feed in the raw data tables at the bottom of the article. The Glock solidified its lead over the P320 with yet another clean string of five shots, while the P320 had two malfunctions on the aluminum-cased FMJ. Now we were too curious to stop, so we discussed and settled one final “challenge” run: 5 rounds each of aluminum-cased Federal Premium FMJ, since aluminum isn’t quite as slick as brass but both guns had eaten that particular ammunition very happily in the past. Amazingly, the formerly temperamental guns both shot all five rounds without a single hiccup. We decided to give the guns a tiny shot of something a little hotter: 5 rounds each of Federal Syntech Defense 138gr HPs. However, once again neither gun managed to shoot clear. We gave each gun another 5 rounds for a shot at redemption in the wet test and the Glock began to pull ahead, clocking in only 3 malfunctions versus the Sig’s 5 malfunctions. In contrast, the Glock once again did not have any major malfunctions. However, the Sig experienced 3 major malfunctions (the slide repeatedly locked closed on an un-extracted casing), requiring quite a bit of smacking around to get it working again each time. The Sig malfunctioned 15 times in the first magazine, though it again beat the Glock which malfunctioned 18 times, although neither gun shot clear. In the wet test, both guns did much worse. Additionally, a significant amount of DE was shaken free from the Sig’s internals while smacking it around to get the slide to unlock, and this may have helped the gun shoot clear in 4 shots when the Glock, which did not get smacked around, took 8 shots. The Glock, although it malfunctioned more often and took longer to shoot clear, did not suffer any ‘showstoppers’ like the Sig’s locked slide, so we consider the two guns to be on relatively equal footing as far as the dry test. However, the Sig suffered a major malfunction where the slide locked back and would not release – the gun needed to be smacked around quite a bit to get it working again. The Sig bested the Glock again by only taking 4 shots to shoot clear, whereas the Glock required 8 shots. The Glock racked up 9 malfunctions, losing to the Sig which only tallied 5 malfunctions. In the dry test, the Sig and Glock each showed strengths and weaknesses, but were essentially neck-and-neck. The two pistols were dirtied up using DE and tested twice, once dry and once after being dunked in water.
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