I hate to sound the pessimist Steel, but I don't think we can count on that.
First and foremost, this is a new product. One that was not developed overnight and was most likely near completion when the FIRST p320 issues arose. Additionally, this is a completely different platform, so though a couple very minor components might be the same, the dimensionality in which those components interact with one another is completely different. In my opinion, I think us hoping in this way would be like thinking that since a car manufacture had issues with the suspension on one of their SUVs, that there should not be any issues with the engine, transmission, electronics, or suspension on their new sports car.
I think, truly, their problem lies in their lack of a quality 6sigma specialist involved in their R&D/QC processes, and until/unless that is remedied, we can't count on that perfection. Many other German companies have absolutely no problem murdering their products in R&D to find every possible point of failure prior to production enabling them to do things like arrogantly change their motto to "Das beste oder nicht!"(The best, or nothing). But Sig(screwing the pooch yet again) released their "fix" to the drop-safe issue and that produced a whole gamut of other reliability issues, which once again points the finger at their 6sigma guy that's too scarred to tell his boss that they are testing as fast as they can but need more time, and a company that would rather push out a firearm-related product that's been dropped a bunch of times but has only had a couple thousand rounds through it.
I do agree with the opinion that another hard hit would be devastating for them. Even beyond drop testing, the P320 is having some pretty major issues in the Army's testing for its new sidearm. Everything from ejecting live ammo to a pretty crappy 75% reliability rate with standard ball ammunition, which is of course an average of 3.75 failures per 15rd magazine. Think on that for a second... You grab your pistol and take 2 100rd boxes to the range to get some training in and experience 50 FAILURES!!! Glock is actually filling to have Sig kicked out of trials for failing even the most basic functionality testing, and if the Army drops them, that's going to be a massively public embarrassment that will undoubtedly hurt future gun sales out of their company across the board, because let's face it a gun that never made it to D.O.D. trials is one thing, but not many guys want a firearm that was tested by the Army and rejected because when put to the test it proved itself to be unreliable; and in those same minds, the reliability of ALL other Sig products must now be called into question.
It's 2018, and guys have no problem breaking a $500 pistol to pieces on YouTube for the world to see just for a few views(don't forget to like and subscribe) these companies should be doing the same but on a much larger scale. It really doesn't take a coluj edjumucation to figure out that it's less expensive to run 50 pistols into the ground, make fixes and do it all over again, than it is to stop production, go BACK into R&D, make changes, issue recalls, and ship customer guns, before trying to word your public statement in a manner that has the fewest people running away from your future products.
Every firearm's manufacture has its loyal followers, (with H&K loyalists generally being the most intelligent of course) and many guys stay loyal to their first gun company if it doesn't give them any issues and they don't have a bunch of randoms coming up to them at the range to ask how they can trust that gun. But this drama is losing those would-be repeat customers, because many newcomers to the Gun World after hearing all of the issues are not going to trust any gun that says "Sig" on it. Instead (Steelfingers) they're going to grab Glock with a big "X" on it(lol) and when they're ready for their second gun, we will see them on this forum asking, "should I go with another Glock or a (insert every other gun company here), giving Glock a 50/50 shot at their repeat business right out of the gate.
But don't worry, I'll do my best to persuade them to some other German firearms manufacturer capable of producing guns that can survive a 50,000rd torture test with only 2 FTFs while being cleaned only 7 times! (If only some company with products like this existed, that CNC-cut its pistols from billet Superman flesh and carved their firing pins from Harry Potter's wand)
Don't get me wrong, I don't dislike Sig, I actually want both the 320 and 365, I'd just prefer to maintain a low expectation and be pleasantly surprised with a new weapon system that functions as promised from the jump.
And HK if you're listening and decide to make direct competition for this gun, I'll pay anything up to and including one of my children for it! But not my firstborn. No no, you get the 3 year old that eats crayons and likes to play in the dirt, "looking for ringworms!"
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