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I’m wondering if the manual safety was on in the AF incident. Cuz if the holster pulled the trigger back enough to disengage the firing pin safety then maybe some slide wiggle could have discharged the weapon.
What is supposedly happening the best anyone can tell, is that some P320s have a lot of slide to frame slop. So, the sear/striker relationship is already fairly skinny and add some debris in the “v” of the FCU or weak spring plus a slide able to move upward a good amount and BANG. The sear walks off the striker.

Some of the over 100 could possibly be cases of accidental trigger press.

Not all 100.

Cases of no conceivable way the trigger was touched by finger or holster have been documented.

You can hold the trigger fully forward, slip a razor blade between the slide and the frame, move the sear and drop the striker. It isn’t hard to imagine the sear simply not being fully engaged with the striker due to debris or a weak spring plus being jostled around by a cop or grunt slipping off.

The striker safeties have been found to be a weak design that don’t work 100% in all guns.

Theoretically, a deeper “fit” of the striker/sear and possibly a positive angle on the surfaces could definitely help at the expense of trigger weight and the length of the trigger pull.
 
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