Is this standard now? Was at the LGS today looking at a 320 xcompact and it had a dongle thing that sticks up when a round is in the chamber.

I've never seen one on a P320...if Sig is making them standard, I'm glad all three of mine were purchased before the change. I don't see the need, anyway...I can tell if mine are loaded just by glancing at the gap between the barrel hood and the slide through the ejection port.

Any chance you have a picture of what it looks like? I googled it and found several different designs...none of which looked like anything I would want on a weapon I own.

Did you check the SIG website? Maybe CA compliant version?

Looks like it is standard on the 320 X compact model.
The video here mentions it.
https://www.sigsauer.com/store/p320-xcompact.html

My X Compact has it. Other than making cleaning the breech face more of a PITA, it is a non issue for me.

My M17 slide has it too.
The X Carry I bought did not have the indicator.

Yea and on the M17 make sure you don't lose that spring when you go to add an optic because Sig won't send you a new one.

If it helps get them into the more retarded states for people to acquire and enjoy, more power to them.

Its horrendous, gets in your sight line and is distracting. WTF sig, things going well so you had to fubar?

It's subtle compared to some of the other company's versions. (and you can feel it in the dark).

Someone traded me a Ruger SR45 a while back. Shot just fine, but I could not stand the hideous bright red huge indicator sticking up that rubbed into the holster. It had to go so I traded it, but not before it destroyed a brand new holster-

The subtle red edge of the extractor or a simple witness hole is much preferred for me. I was looking at my xcompact trying to figure out a good way to remove mine and fill the hole. If I had realized it when I bought it, I would have avoided buying the pistol.

Response from Sig-

Thank you for contacting SIG SAUER. Any of the newer X-series P320 models will have a loaded chamber indicator that sits in front of the optic sight plate. The models with the indicator will all have R2 in the model number, for example: 320XCA-9-BXR3-R2 as well as the P320-M17. Regards, Amy Lord Customer Service Representative

Esdunbar, I was set to buy the xcompact but the LCI was a dealbreaker. Worked out though, scored a CPO 320 compact cheap.

It's on my 320 X Compact. Doesn't bother me in the slightest and I didn't even notice it at first. The FNS 9 compact that I have also has one that is somewhat similar, except has a small red mark on it.

Why SIG why?

The horror........the horror.....

We in MA have been living with the witness hole loaded chamber indicator for many years. It isn't so bad. Why did Sig go and do the pop-up one? It ain't gonna help sales at all, that's for sure. Come on Sig. Get your act straight.

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Originally posted by hrcjon:
Yea and on the M17 make sure you don't lose that spring when you go to add an optic because Sig won't send you a new one.

Why does Sig often do this? Sell a nice gun and not be able to sell you some absurdly small spring made like none other? I already lost my spring while also putting on my Delta Point Pro... just put the toggle back in and all works fine without the spring.... you can't see the thing anyway with the DPP mounted. I wish Sig would do what a few other manufacturers sometimes do and include about 7 1/2 cents worth of small, easily lost or broken parts with your gun purchase or at least sell them ONLINE without having to call and possibly having to experience one of the inexperienced phone people who don't even take the time to look you up by name, phone number or serial number and see that you own 12 or so registered with them Sigs.

I lost the spring on an X-Compact.
I couldn’t find an exact match, but I did take a Glock Gen 5 slide lock spring, and snip it down to .125 uncompressed length.
Just ran 200 rounds through it with no issues.

Until the Sig spring becomes common, and available, the snipped Glock spring Will have to do.

I just purchased an X-Compact from a fellow member. I did not notice the indicator until I removed the plate to install a Shield Mini Compact. The shield covers the toggle area, but the indicator just bothers me as something else to cause a malfunction. Any ideas what would happen if the indicator was just removed. I am thinking some additional gas might blacken the Shield's lens. Some gas is going to get past the indicator anyhow.

 
Although not a fan of LCIs, the one on the P230 is nice and unobtrusive, just some red paint on the top of the extractor, which is extended slightly when loaded. I am not a fan because of how I load the barney bullet, using a mag with one round in it. When the mag drops out empty, and the gun is in full battery, there's no other place the bullet can be but in the chamber.