Onepocket Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 I heard in the Rumor mill that Max is switching to production? Anyone know him. Or am I late to the party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritinUSA Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 I recall hearing something about it at Nationals but I forget who told me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grantwoodok Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 He had a post on his Twitter and Facebook feed last night with his new P320's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onepocket Posted December 17, 2014 Author Share Posted December 17, 2014 Great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee blackman Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Wow, guess Sig is really trying hard to push their new P320.... I can already hear the P320 fan boys stirring.... Max is a great dude though. Doesn't matter what you puts in his hand. He'll shoot it and have a positive attitude about it. The guy is a driven winner. You could give the him a high point with a red dot sight from a nerf gun, throw him in open, and he'd still win with a 10% lead over the 2nd place guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motosapiens Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 You could give the him a high point with a red dot sight from a nerf gun, throw him in open, and he'd still win with a 10% lead over the 2nd place guy. would you bet $1000 on that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZGunut Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 I'm pretty sure Max won't switch to open. At least not this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onepocket Posted December 17, 2014 Author Share Posted December 17, 2014 I'm not a P320 fan, never saw one but I would like to see the talent pool get deeper in production. It would be funny if a plastic gun started winning production again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHA-LEE Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Max shooting an actual Sig firearm in competition makes more sense than shooting a custom Open gun with Sig logo etched in the slide. I am actually kind of surprised how he was able to shoot a non-Sig firearm in competition for so long in the first place. He dabbled with Single Stack using a Sig 1911 just before the Single Stack Nationals but that really doesn't count for much either. Who really knows what goes on at that level of sponsored shooting/marketing. Us in the peanut gallery sure as hell don't and won't know the whole story. Maybe he simply wants to shoot with something different after achieving his goal of winning the world shoot in Open? As many others have already said, regardless of what pistol or division he chooses to compete in, there will be a significant beat down given to his competition on a regular basis. He is a phenomenal shooter regardless of the firearm he is tasked with shooting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revomodel10 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Max shooting an actual Sig firearm in competition makes more sense than shooting a custom Open gun with Sig logo etched in the slide. I am actually kind of surprised how he was able to shoot a non-Sig firearm in competition for so long in the first place. He dabbled with Single Stack using a Sig 1911 just before the Single Stack Nationals but that really doesn't count for much either. Who really knows what goes on at that level of sponsored shooting/marketing. Us in the peanut gallery sure as hell don't and won't know the whole story. Maybe he simply wants to shoot with something different after achieving his goal of winning the world shoot in Open? As many others have already said, regardless of what pistol or division he chooses to compete in, there will be a significant beat down given to his competition on a regular basis. He is a phenomenal shooter regardless of the firearm he is tasked with shooting. Yep! Well said ............if water pistols were a division, I am sure Max would be a winner.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onepocket Posted December 17, 2014 Author Share Posted December 17, 2014 If Sig wanted to sell more P320's, Max shooting one would do it. If he won the nationals with one they would sell out. I sent him an email asking him if he is switching to production! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motosapiens Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 If Sig wanted to sell more P320's, Max shooting one would do it. If he won the nationals with one they would sell out. I sent him an email asking him if he is switching to production! True. Most shooters are sheep. Tanfo's would be up for sale everywhere and p320's would have a waiting list. In the meantime, most people still wouldn't dryfire regularly, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHA-LEE Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 I am not sure that the "Win on Sunday, Sell on Monday" marketing strategy actually works too much any more. If it did everyone shooting Production would have dumped their XD's, Glock's, or CZ's to for a Beretta 92 when Ben won the nationals with it. The vast majority of shooters are going to use whatever they like or are familiar with regardless of what the top dogs are winning matches with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onepocket Posted December 17, 2014 Author Share Posted December 17, 2014 (edited) What's a P320 selling for? I own to much glock stuff to ever switch. It's the only pistol that I own, I hate having a gunsmith. And I'm poor. Edited December 17, 2014 by Onepocket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onepocket Posted December 17, 2014 Author Share Posted December 17, 2014 It's official he just emailed me back and he is shooting production. Time to see what this P320 can do. I wish him the best of luck. I think this gun will be really hard to come by soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alma Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 What's a P320 selling for? I own to much glock stuff to ever switch. It's the only pistol that I own, I hate having a gunsmith. And I'm poor.Around $500 for a full sized without night sights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onepocket Posted December 17, 2014 Author Share Posted December 17, 2014 Anyone shoot it yet? Reviews? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee blackman Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 You could give the him a high point with a red dot sight from a nerf gun, throw him in open, and he'd still win with a 10% lead over the 2nd place guy. would you bet $1000 on that? Heck, I think someone should organize it and sell tickets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alma Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Anyone shoot it yet? Reviews? There are a few review. It's surprisingly good. Here is my stock P320 at the range the other day. I was hoping that you get some video documenting what type of muzzle flip I would get with it but unfortunately didn't get the slide in frame. It's very accurate out of the box and the trigger travel is short for a striker fired gun with a short and tactile reset. Trigger pull weight around 6-7 lb. Bruce Gray and a few others are hard at work perfecting trigger and other competition modifications for the P320. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grayguns Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 (edited) I appreciate Alma's comment! At this time I can only say that SIG Sauer is putting forth a substantial initiative to develop and promote the P320 Modular Handgun System platform for competition. Our company is heavily involved in this initiative, and other specialists in our industry are lending us support and input. We are already seeing an intense amount of interest in this pistol from Production shooters. The full scope of what we're doing will be made public as we go along next year. I am also to understand that the incomparable Max Michel is indeed planning to run some Production next season with two pistols set up for him by Robert Burke. I literally cannot wait to see him shred with the new SIG striker gun. I predict it will be nothing short of epic. If the world of practical shooting to which I have devoted my professional life still holds an earthly purpose for me to fulfill, such that my physical being should be recalled to my bench from the shadowy clutches of Death, working with the P320 is it. We know the P320 intimately and have been working with it intently to divine it's last secrets and tease out of it every last bit of it's immense potential. As it stands, it represents a degree of innovation that sets it apart from everything else, and is a superb, bravely conceived duty weapon. (I plan to switch to a stock P320C9 for duty / carry myself.) I truly believe the P320 is going places. In a big way. And we are deeply humbled to be invited along for the ride. There will be room on the bus for everybody. (I apologize to the Moderators if my comments appear unduly commercial. It's a decade past time I bought a page here; send me the bill!) -Bruce Edited December 18, 2014 by grayguns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dansedgli Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 What makes it better than a Glock or m&p? Safeties aside such all i could find on the sig website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teros135 Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Yes, nice commercial. We'll just have to wait and see.how it pans out in real life, in the hands of "regular" shooters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind bat Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 First off, SIG supports the shooting sports in a big way. I give them complete kudos for that. When we ran A7 at the SIG Sauer Academy they ate a TON of money putting on the match. Closing their school for an entire week was a drop in the bucket. Second, we have a JR shooter, Mason Lane, in NH shooting Master with a stock P320. It's really not a bad gun for the money. The only thing holding the P320 back is the lack of aftermarket support. I'm hoping they update the gun so it doesn't have the cutout's from the 250 and a more aggressive checkering would be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alma Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 (edited) First off, SIG supports the shooting sports in a big way. I give them complete kudos for that. When we ran A7 at the SIG Sauer Academy they ate a TON of money putting on the match. Closing their school for an entire week was a drop in the bucket. Second, we have a JR shooter, Mason Lane, in NH shooting Master with a stock P320. It's really not a bad gun for the money. The only thing holding the P320 back is the lack of aftermarket support. I'm hoping they update the gun so it doesn't have the cutout's from the 250 and a more aggressive checkering would be nice. On the checkering front one really nice thing is that the grip frame modules (basically everything that would be considered the frame on a Glock minus the serial number slide and rails) not only replaceable but run about $40 each. I have seen some nice aftermarket stippling jobs and having a cheap part to work on that doesn't have any special requirements for shipping should make it pretty easy to have grips customized. Also, at $40 you can have multiple grips for the same gun with various levels of aggressive stippling, skate tape, or none of the above. Edited December 18, 2014 by alma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind bat Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 That's pretty much what I had in mind for my p320. I just need to shop around and find a good stipple shop. However, if Sig comes out with a texture to rival the Gen4 glock it would be IDPA legal. Not to mention, Sig could sell a ''ax Edition' frame. Personally I think the P320 frame should be considered the same as a removable blackstrap and therefore stiplable in SSP but that's life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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