I'm looking for some feedback on these from those who have them. How do they compare to the plastic factory modules, and were they worth the extra expense?

I really like the idea of these, but I'm having a hard time spending almost as much as I spent on each of my P320s to buy one. I finally got to handle one at a class a few months ago, and I'll admit that it felt really good in the hand. I'm just having a hard time quantifying if it was "$300 good."

I still haven't shot a gun equipped with one...is there any noticeable difference in handling or recoil mitigation over the plastic module? Have you found that they point the same as the factory plastic? Also, do they fit in a regular P320 holster or would I have to source a different holster for it, too?

For me, the grip feel is the same as my P229.
Since I grip and shoot my 229 better than any gun I own, I immediately loved the AXG module. The comfort was the only real difference I noticed.

Both of my modules work with all of my holsters.

Gotcha, thanks. The thing is, my P229 is my least-favorite Sig to carry...it's kinda fat and heavy compared to my single-stack guns, and even my P320s with large grip modules. Now I've got even more to think about, lol.

I want an AXG too. But $100 is my limit for one.

I have the AXG grip on my 320 AXGF-9-BXR3-PRO-R2 and it's worth a lot more than $100. It is the only 320 I own because I generally dislike non metal guns. I passed on the Staccato because of its non-metal grip (and of course, it has a useless rail).

I bought an AXG pro. I win everything I shoot with it.

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I have the AXG grip on my 320 AXGF-9-BXR3-PRO-R2 and it's worth a lot more than $100.

But WHY? I get the preferential distaste for plastic, but functionally speaking, what are the concrete advantages over the regular factory modules?

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I bought an AXG pro. I win everything I shoot with it.

I imagine that's more due to the shooter than the tool in your case! If you really attribute some of that success to the gun, what about the AXG do you feel is giving you an advantage over the factory modules?

I'm trying to find some concrete, quantifiable reasons to justify spending $300+ to replace an existing grip module that already works just fine. The desire is there...no question about that...but I have to overcome my practical side's objections before I can bring myself to spend the money.

I grew up in the age where plastic started coming into the world and most things made from it were crap. I have never gotten over it.

If the price is your issue, you just need to forget it. You cannot overcome your own thinking.

I have two AXG framed P320s, a Wilson framed one, and an X5 Legion. The AXG framed ones are a CW Scorpion and one built on a CW FCU. I absolutely love them but the factory grips ended up being a tad slippery especially with sweaty hands. I put LOK Veloce grips w/ palm swells and they are now my best shooting guns I own. I am happy that they finally started selling the module without the grip panels at a reduced price as I’d be replacing the grip panels anyway.

I started shooting 30 years ago on a P228 and have no real aversion to plastic. I have been shooting an MK25 of late and I have been shooting it lights out. The AXG feels almost in between a 228 and a 226, so they fit my hands perfectly. Add a ridiculously good striker fired trigger and it works perfectly for me. I shoot the Wilson framed gun and the X5 Legion gun very well too, but the AXG feels like the classic P series guns.

The AXG makes a traditionalist SIG owner feel like he or she is home again, except it's in that ungodly striker world that I normally prefer anyways. That's pretty much it as far as I'm concerned. Whether one thinks that in and of itself is worth it is entirely up to the individual.

Since I can only speak for myself, I personally don't shoot any better (or worse) with it than I do with the tungsten-laden Legion or au natural X-Carry modules when it comes to the 320 platform. Or even the original, rotund poly grip module for that matter. Maybe it aids in dampening recoil a bit over the plain polymer modules...but even that's just a maybe for me. Besides, the Legion module is still better in that regard to me. Otherwise if there's some sort of magical secret sauce or mystical energy neuron-affecting wave within the alloy molecules of the AXG, I certainly haven't found it.

Oh and btw, I still shoot my P229s and P228 a bit more accurately than I do my P320s with any grip module, so the AXG in my hands didn't do the trick.

I have been shooting 320s since they came out. I was on Team SIG for about 3 years. I have time on the gun in many different configurations.

With that being said, the X5 tungsten frame never balanced correctly for me. I really think that to get the X5 to where it’s competitive, it takes a lot of finessing when it comes to springing, ammo, etc. the AXGs out of the boxed balance out so much better. From recoil impulse, to dot track, to dip elimination, the AXG huts that sweet spot that neither the X5 or polymer grip modules do. It makes it....easy.

I’ve gotten really into “predictive” Shooting. To explain it simply, I balance my grip pressure until the dot/sights track straight up and down. In a continuity of fire (when I know I am firing multiple rounds in a string) situation, as I track my dot downward in the recoil arc, I start applying pressure to the trigger. The goal is getting as close on the timing to where the gun goes off the instant that it returns to POA. This allows me to shoot fast tight groups.

The AXG gives the gun the right shape, weight and balance that makes it easier to do that even with other metal framed guns that I actually prefer. Polymer framed guns are a bit harder to do this with and do it well without significant modifications. It can be done, it just takes more work.

It’s all about percentages to me. If something gives me a half percent gain, I’ll seriously look at it. As to the AXG, if they cost $700 each, I’d buy them.

Thanks for the detailed responses. Jones, that's a glowing endorsement of I've ever read one. You guys are going to end up costing me money...but I guess that's what I was looking for when I came here .

What jljones said plus they're good looking critters!

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I have been shooting 320s since they came out. I was on Team SIG for about 3 years. I have time on the gun in many different configurations.

With that being said, the X5 tungsten frame never balanced correctly for me. I really think that to get the X5 to where it’s competitive, it takes a lot of finessing when it comes to springing, ammo, etc. the AXGs out of the boxed balance out so much better. From recoil impulse, to dot track, to dip elimination, the AXG huts that sweet spot that neither the X5 or polymer grip modules do. It makes it....easy.

It’s all about percentages to me. If something gives me a half percent gain, I’ll seriously look at it. As to the AXG, if they cost $700 each, I’d buy them.

Gray Guns now has 5" slides with bull barrels. Would be interesting to do a comparison test between the AXG Pro and a P320 with a GGI slide and barrel.

Certainly will be

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Originally posted by Z06:
they're good looking critters!

I guess they'd start looking good if I were winning everything with them.