The video opens with shooters reacting to the Sig Sauer P320 SXG after running a plate rack. They describe the pistol as extremely flat-shooting and fast, crediting its roughly 50-ounce all-steel construction for the controllability. One shooter notes that the gun makes it feel easier to shoot at a high level, comparing the experience to shooting like Max Michel. The mounted optic is also highlighted for helping track targets; as one plate falls, the next plate is already visible in the window, making it easy to pick up the dot and transition quickly. The hosts immediately frame the pistol as a competition-focused setup and decide to speak with the Sig representative who helped design it.
Sig’s Max Michel introduces the pistol as the P320 SXG, emphasizing that it is the first solid steel P320, weighing nearly 50 ounces. He explains that the weight makes the gun feel like a “beast” that simply sits on target and runs smoothly. The pistol includes a magwell and 21-round magazines, along with aggressive G10 grips to improve recoil management. A matching stainless steel slide gives it a distinct appearance that immediately signals it is a steel gun when seen or picked up. The pistol uses a fiber-optic front sight and an adjustable rear sight on a removable plate cut for the Romeo Pro footprint. It features a 5-inch bull barrel for increased accuracy and a 1911-style spring system, allowing the recoil spring to be tuned to specific ammunition for competition use.
Michel then focuses on the Romeo 3 Max Pro optic mounted on the P320 SXG, an optic he helped develop. He notes that it now uses the Pro footprint, allowing it to mount directly to any full-size P320 slide with a Pro Cut without an adapter plate. This keeps the optic sitting low in the slide and makes the dot easier to acquire naturally when presenting the pistol. The optic has a compact overall size, a very thin housing, and a clear aspheric lens with no noticeable distortion, so the housing visually disappears and the bright red dot appears to float in front of the eye. The Romeo 3 Max Pro offers two dot sizes, 3 MOA and 8 MOA, and 15 brightness settings, including two night-vision-compatible levels and 13 daytime levels, to cover a wide range of lighting conditions.
The discussion turns to why a shooter would want such a heavy pistol. Michel explains that the nearly 50-ounce weight reduces felt recoil and muzzle flip. Less felt recoil allows the shooter to press the trigger without anticipating or flinching against recoil, which can improve accuracy. Reduced muzzle rise keeps the sights or dot closer to the target between shots, shortening the time needed to realign and fire again, which increases speed. The hosts describe the gun as buttery smooth and emphasize that the stainless steel finish with black accents was intentional, both for aesthetics and to visually distinguish it from standard black models. They repeatedly refer to the P320 SXG as a competition-focused pistol designed to maximize accuracy and speed on steel targets and similar stages.
The hosts set up a friendly plate-rack competition at about 10 yards using the P320 SXG. They load several magazines and agree to see who can clear six plates the fastest. Early runs include some misses and self-criticism, with one shooter blaming the sun and nerves. Times around 2.35 to 2.6 seconds are mentioned, but the shooters are not satisfied and want more precise measurements. They bring in a dedicated shot timer and a third person to run it, aiming for consistent, verifiable times. The conversation highlights how the pistol’s weight, grip texture, and the Romeo 3 Max Pro optic make it feel easier to run quickly, even as the shooters acknowledge their own performance issues under pressure.
With the shot timer in use, one shooter records a run of about 3.08 seconds and then improves to roughly 3.0 seconds flat, which is considered solid. Another shooter struggles with nerves, reacting early to the timer beep and needing multiple attempts to settle in. After a few practice runs, he manages a cleaner pass with only a couple of misses, then finally produces a smooth run that the group praises. They joke about pressure, game-time performance, and the difference between practice and competition. Throughout these attempts, they repeatedly credit the Sig P320 SXG and the Romeo 3 Max Pro for enabling faster shooting, noting how controllable the gun feels and how easily the dot stays on or near the plates during transitions.
One shooter eventually posts a clean 1.78-second plate-rack run and is excited about how fast it felt, attributing the performance to the pistol. He calls out to Max Michel, asking if he can beat that time. Michel acknowledges that 1.70 seconds is difficult to surpass, and they agree on starting with the gun already on target at the beep. Michel’s first attempts show very fast cadence but include misses, with times around 2.3 seconds and then approximately 1.72 seconds with one miss. The group notes that this still edges the earlier 1.78-second clean run but push for a completely clean pass. On a subsequent attempt, Michel delivers a clean 1.51-second run, which everyone recognizes as significantly faster. He explains that he already had the cadence; he just needed to connect on all the plates, underscoring both the shooter’s skill and the P320 SXG’s competition capability.
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