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oflannabhra commented on Court records reveal Sig Sauer knew of pistol risks for years   smokinggun.org/court-reco... · Posted by u/eoskx
oflannabhra · 10 days ago
For anyone wanting a quick breakdown of the current situation: the Sig Sauer P320 is a striker-fired handgun, which means the firing pin is spring loaded and retained by a sear. Other handguns are hammer-fired, where the trigger (or slide actuation) cocks the hammer. Other popular striker-fired guns include the Glock and Smith and Wesson M&P series. Frequently, striker-fired pistols come without safeties, but optionally add them.

The P320 was popular as it was designed as a modular system, allowing a single FCU (firing control unit, basically a trigger and striker assembly) to be independent and swappable with other parts of the handgun: grip, slide, barrel, etc. This allows for a single platform to serve multiple needs: concealed carry, compact, full-size, or even competition models, as well as be transferrable across calibers. The magazine design also allowed for more rounds to be carried in compact configurations.

The P320 was selected by the US Army [0] as the official replacement for the Beretta M9 as a service-issued sidearm, officially designated the M17 or M18 (in 9mm).

In 2020 SIG SAUER initiated a "voluntary upgrade program" [1] that swapped various components of the trigger to prevent unintended discharge (UD) events that could occur when the pistol dropped in certain orientations. These changes became standard for the M17 and all P320 manufactured after.

Recently, there have been very high-profile cases and investigations around UD events, the most recent being by an event in the Air Force that led to the death of an airman. In that case the Air Force put a suspension on the firearm during the investigation but eventually arrested the airman responsible, as they determined he had lied about the events [2].

Regardless of the specific failure modes of the weapon, there is a stigma around it, resulting in various law enforcement agencies switching from it or ranges banning the firearm. This has been popularized by incidents caught on video and somewhat viral videos of testing the firearm in a variety of scenarios.

All in all, the P320 is one of the most mass-produced firearms in the world, and I would not be surprised to see Sig Sauer continue to fight in the court of public opinion to defend the reputation of the firearm, in what I would deem a losing strategy.

[0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIG_Sauer_M17

[1] - https://www.sigsauer.com/p320-voluntary-upgrade-program

[2] - https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2025/08/08...

oflannabhra commented on Court records reveal Sig Sauer knew of pistol risks for years   smokinggun.org/court-reco... · Posted by u/eoskx
pclmulqdq · 10 days ago
I think Jared's video is good at conveying the mechanics of striker-fired guns, and he is completely correct that this issue exists to some degree in every striker-fired gun (and is not an issue in them). However, the parts in the P320 have so much variance that the wall is very "mushy" on some of these guns. I wouldn't be surprised if we find that these uncommanded discharges involve both movement in the trigger and movement of the slide.

It may be the case that variance is so wide that there are some P320's which are in that "depressed to the wall" state at rest, but that would require an x-ray or CAT scan of the offending guns, and I don't know if anyone other than Sig has one. There is also a safety on P320's that should be stopping this from happening, but again, it is a part with very wide variation, and on some guns it seems it doesn't work (Sig issued a recall over this already).

I agree with Jared that this problem is a lot trickier and weirder than people give it credit for. The sort of core of the issue is that everything about the gun was done cheaply and they flew a little too close to the sun, but I believe they have no idea what in particular they cheaped out on too much.

oflannabhra · 10 days ago
I understand your speculation on the amount of variance, but I haven't seen any data to support it.

Sig's "recall" was a drop-safety issue, where in certain orientations the weight of the trigger could generate enough momentum to allow an unintentional discharge.

oflannabhra commented on Court records reveal Sig Sauer knew of pistol risks for years   smokinggun.org/court-reco... · Posted by u/eoskx
alexpotato · 10 days ago
There are videos online showing that this also happens with Glocks (when the trigger is depressed to the wall) [0]

Really, any gun where the sear is in the grip and the part it connects to is in the frame could have the same issue.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaV32HarnRY

oflannabhra · 10 days ago
I think one of the best demonstrations of this, with detail on the amount of travel required for most striker-fired handguns is this video [0]. Lots of detail and relatively methodical.

[0] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L17Mq7XxtlE

oflannabhra commented on Meta announces Oakley smart glasses   theverge.com/news/690133/... · Posted by u/jmsflknr
oflannabhra · 2 months ago
I would love some sunglasses for running that show some basic metrics (similar to my Apple Watch) for my workout, equivalent to the FORM Smart Swim 1 [0]. However, I would mostly prefer this to be a dumb screen, with all the smarts off loaded to a watch or phone. I'm not sure why companies keep insisting on building such smart glasses as independent products.

[0] - https://www.formswim.com/products/smart-swim-goggles

oflannabhra commented on Inside One of America's Last Pencil Factories (2018)   nytimes.com/2018/01/12/ma... · Posted by u/perihelions
ajsnigrutin · 5 months ago
> why should we romanticize and pine for an era that has been passed by? Why shouldn't we have a vision for a new era and double down on the things we are best at?

Because if something bad happens, be it a war, trade war with tarrifs or a pandemic, or just a stuck ship somewhere blocking transport, you're left without everything that you were once able to make, but can't make anymore.

oflannabhra · 5 months ago
but going back to processes that are essentially "artisan" at this point, instead of re-shoring efficient automated manufacturing is the problem. Doubling down on making high volume pencils in an inefficient way is a fools errand when, if the stated goal is to manufacture all pencils domestically used through domestic firms is going to require an entire domestic supply chain on top of entirely new manufacturing processes and machinery.

Trying to scale old systems is not going to solve the issue of not being able to make the things we want to own, if that is even a good or feasible goal in the first place.

oflannabhra commented on Inside One of America's Last Pencil Factories (2018)   nytimes.com/2018/01/12/ma... · Posted by u/perihelions
oflannabhra · 5 months ago
Musgrave Pencil Co [0], in Shelbyville, TN is one of the only other ones in the country I'm aware of.

The biggest challenge for a lot of these is that they essentially require full-time machinists to keep the old machinery running, as the manufacturers typically have gone out of business decades ago. Tremont Nail Co [1] is another one I'm aware of, because they manufacture nails with old processes (cutting instead of wire).

Which really tells the story of US manufacturing decline. When all supporting functions of an industry no longer exist, or have migrated to other countries, or have been surpassed by new technology, why should we romanticize and pine for an era that has been passed by? Why shouldn't we have a vision for a new era and double down on the things we are best at?

[0] - https://musgravepencil.com [1] - https://tremontnail.com

oflannabhra commented on Many of the Pokemon playtest cards were likely printed in 2024   elitefourum.com/t/many-of... · Posted by u/grep_it
Cthulhu_ · 7 months ago
It relies heavily on the security and trustworthiness of the printer as well though, same as any kind of company where their product's value far outweighs its production cost (like cash money); I can imagine that before the big boom, employees would be able to take some cards / boxes / sheets home if they wanted to.
oflannabhra · 7 months ago
yeah, there is a lot of control of printing artifacts that are required. Some of those do make it out, either through QC issues [0] or through WotC itself gifting test print cards and full sheets to employees or as prizes. However, the ability to generate truly authentic MtG cards requires two things: million dollar Heidelberg offset printing machines and the original offset printing files for the card backs (which have not changed since release as far as I'm aware).

[0] - https://blog.cardsphere.com/misprints-and-human-mistakes-a-b...

oflannabhra commented on Many of the Pokemon playtest cards were likely printed in 2024   elitefourum.com/t/many-of... · Posted by u/grep_it
MrJagil · 7 months ago
If you're interested in this kind of thing, Tavis King is one of the more knowledgable people with regards to mtg. Here's him mapping a booster to print sheet, to see how many Lotus' are still out there, possible to be opened: https://youtu.be/nnYe8FWTu_o?feature=shared&t=184

edit: If you want the very technical version, here's a video from his own channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwnYLvWdNd8

oflannabhra · 7 months ago
Most of MtG’s secondary market value is protected by how difficult it is (or how costly it is) for cheap printers to match Cartamundi’s (and other global printers) offset printing processes. The number of counterfeit tests (green dot, black layer, Deckmaster, etc) that are simple and useful for basic users to determine counterfeits all trace back to the printing processes WotC uses.

I am amazed by how much value is protected by such a small technological detail

oflannabhra commented on Blackmagic Debuts $30K 3D Camera for Capturing Video for Vision Pro   macrumors.com/2024/12/16/... · Posted by u/tosh
dagmx · 8 months ago
Your comment is incorrect in many ways. Based on your comment, I don’t believe you’ve actually tried it?

Firstly, it is not passthrough video.

Secondly, you cannot currently have the same experience on the quest. You can have lower quality versions of it, but immersive video is 8k per eye at 90fps.

There has literally never been cameras available to consumers to capture that till this specific camera. Unless you did professional custom camera rigs.

As someone who owns both a Quest and a Vision Pro, and has worked in stereo for a large portion of my career, the two experiences are not remotely comparable when it comes to video today. The quest excels in other areas, but this is one where Meta have very weak coverage on.

oflannabhra · 8 months ago
Yes, I have tried both and AVP is a leap ahead.
oflannabhra commented on Blackmagic Debuts $30K 3D Camera for Capturing Video for Vision Pro   macrumors.com/2024/12/16/... · Posted by u/tosh
oflannabhra · 8 months ago
I'm guessing there is a lot of negativity towards the Vision Pro here, lots of it deserved. However, the immersive video aspect is the one thing Vision Pro delivers that I think is truly unique and new. I'm not sure that is enough to support a $3500 hardware product, but I encourage anyone to try the demo and utilize the immersive video. It was an otherworldly experience for me, and news like this is very exciting as it will allow more content to be available.

u/oflannabhra

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