I have been wanting one of these since I first saw them. 16+1 capacity, light weight, thin cross section, threaded fixed barrel, 3 mags from the factory, adjustable sights with fiber optic front, all for $200. What's not to like?
Well, to be fair they're a bit on the homely side, especially compared to a real looker like a Ruger MKIII Hunter or a classic Smith. That's not really a deal breaker though, because it will spend most of its time in the safe or under my shirt.
So after a shockingly fast approval by the state police, I brought one home today. Nice case, three mags, threaded muzzle adapter and thread protector for when you're not rocking a can, an Allen wrench and a tool for the thread protector.
I loaded the first mag, which took some effort after the first 10 rounds, and proceeded to experience one failure to feed after another. Literally, like the gun refused to strip a round from the magazine until there were at most 7 or 8 rounds in it. I got through them by pushing the slide forward until it freed the round from the mag lips, at which time the feed ramp and everything worked fine. Accuracy was great right out of the box with sights unadjusted for the variety of loads I used or my tendency to pull shots left. Trigger was odd feeling but light and easy to get used to. I love the mag release style and ambidextrous safety, as a lefty those things are critical.
The failures to feed continued for as long as I had patience to load magazines. From what I can tell, the mag springs are very very stiff from the factory, and need to be worked, and according the internet hive mind this can be done by loading and unloading the mags repeatedly, and by leaving them loaded. I had enough time this evening to do that to one magazine enough that it is significantly better, and noticeably easier to load compared to the other two. We will see over the next week or so if they can be brought to a reliable condition or if I have to resort to a refund... this thing is no good if I can't trust it. I am sure that Sig will be happy to sell me a P322 for $500 if things don't work out.
Still, I hope they do. Everything else about the user experience has been good, and I was shocked at how often I was hitting the gong at 50 yards offhand without having dialed in the sights.