I finally have a Sig P320 that I actually like.

[TGO David]

I've tried to own a Sig P320 twice in the past.  I bought a P320 Compact very early on and thought the grip felt like a bar of soap.  I would absolutely compare Sig's efforts to homogenize the size and shape of the human hand to Apple's own efforts to model the "average human ear" with the first generation iPhone Ear Buds.  They didn't fit me worth a damn and neither did the Sig.

Fast forward a few years and I bought a Sig P320 Compact X-Series RXP.  It had a much better grip but it still somehow felt slippery and weird to me.  I'm one of those weird people who thinks Smith and Wesson did a great thing with the grip texture on the M&P M2.0 even though most folks think it feels like sandpaper.

 

Recently I became aware that Polymer 80 was producing a grip module for the Compact (15-round) and Carry (17-round) size guns.  I also became aware that Sig was producing an Carry model intended for law enforcement, called the X-Carry Pro RXP.  Like the other RXP that I owned previously, the slide was milled for the Romeo-1 optic and also had rear iron sights.  it came in the 17-round Carry grip with three mags and a special "Pro" version of the Romeo-1 that includes a steel shroud around the optic to add some protection to it, and a 6.5MOA dot - which is entirely my preferred size.

Most importantly, however... the dudes at C&H Precision Weapons are now producing an adapter plate that allows you to drop a Holosun HE509T optic where the Romeo-1 was supposed to sit.  Be still my beating heart!

The combination of things resulted in a gun with a near 1911 grip angle, a grip that isn't slippery but also not too rough, and my preferred enclosed-emitter optic.  Hell, the factory Sig X-Ray night sights are even perfectly sized to allow a lower 1/3 cowitness for the dot.  I should buy a lottery ticket because everything with this combo was just coming up Millhouse.

 

 

Alright... enough jibber jabber.    Here's some gun porn.  Click it to make it bigger.  

 

 

I took it to the range this morning and got the dot dialed in.  It's a shooter.

 

 

Oh, here's what it looked like out of the box.  This lasted all of about 10 minutes.  Not bad, really, but not my jam.

 

 

 

 

[Chucktshoes]

Very nice. 

[maroonandwhite]

The holosun really fits in with the “lines” of that setup. It looks like it would feel good in the hand but also just plain looks good. 

[TGO David]

1 hour ago, maroonandwhite said:

The holosun really fits in with the “lines” of that setup. It looks like it would feel good in the hand but also just plain looks good. 

Thanks!  Yeah, it feels pretty great in the hands. 

The Walther PDP is still my favorite and fits the hand like an absolute glove, but this is the best Sig P320 I have tried to date.

 

[tmauto769]

P80 does some amazing things for the Gen3 glocks as well. For me it takes them from unbearable to one of my favorites.

[TGO David]

Well, damn.  Wilson Combat actually makes a grip module that I like better than the Polymer 80.  

This is their Carry II (Carry 2) variant made for the X-Carry 3.9" barrel models.  It has a metal mag release, unlike the Polymer 80 grip.  The circumference of this is somewhere between the medium and small grips produced by Sig Sauer.  The texture is just right on the side panels and even more right on the front strap and back strap.

 

[hipower]

5 hours ago, TGO David said:

Well, damn.  Wilson Combat actually makes a grip module that I like better than the Polymer 80.  

This is their Carry II (Carry 2) variant made for the X-Carry 3.9" barrel models.  It has a metal mag release, unlike the Polymer 80 grip.  The circumference of this is somewhere between the medium and small grips produced by Sig Sauer.  The texture is just right on the side panels and even more right on the front strap and back strap.

 

Actually the first time I've seen that sunburst pattern look good on a pistol.  Really. But that's just me.

[Burnman5000]

I really like that setup.  I'm a big fan of the P320/M17.  Love the modularity.  I'm glad you found the Wilson because I thought the P80 grip module was atrocious .  It was like holding a brick.

 

But that's the beauty of the platform.  You can set it up to how you like it.  I think I need to get my hands on one of those RX slides.