Two thousand rounds in: Legion trigger vs standard XL—what actually changes

Question

Honest question first: are you asking because you're choosing between them new, or you've got trigger time on one and wondering if the Legion's worth the jump?

I've put about 2000 through a standard XL and maybe 800 through a Legion. The trigger difference is real but smaller than the marketing makes it sound. The Legion's got a crisper break—less creep, slightly lighter. Standard XL breaks around 5.5 lbs with noticeable staging. Legion feels closer to 4.8–5.0 with a cleaner wall. Both are good triggers for a carry gun. The Legion's just more refined.

Grip texture is where I notice the bigger difference. The Legion's aggressive checkering actually matters when your hands are moving or you're drawing from concealment. Standard XL's texture is fine—not slippery—but the Legion's grip profile is noticeably "stickier" under your hands. After 2000 rounds, that texture wears a little on the Legion but holds up. Standard doesn't wear as visibly.

**What you're really trading:** The Legion costs more and the trigger/grip gains are legitimate but incremental. Right for someone who dry fires a lot and wants that cleaner reset. Wrong for someone who shoots occasionally and expects the trigger to transform their performance.

What's driving your comparison—carry, range, or both?

Tom Lassiter · Answer

m.delacroix nailed the performance data—those splits are solid and honest. But here's what the trigger/grip talk misses: holster fit.

The Legion's grip module is slightly wider and the aggressive checkering eats into your carry volume. If you're running an AIWB holster cut for a standard XL, the Legion's grip doesn't seat the same way. You either get:

1. **Trigger guard clearance issues** – the claw/wedge geometry assumes standard grip width
2. **Holster cant shift** – slightly thicker module rides differently against your belt
3. **Appendix depth** – you may need to re-index or size up your holster

If you've already got a quality AIWB holster (Tenicor, JM Custom, Tier 1), swapping to Legion means testing fit before you carry it. Some holsters have enough tolerance built in. Most don't.

**For carry:** Standard XL wins here unless you're already running a holster explicitly designed for Legion modules. The trigger and grip gains are real but they don't outweigh a re-fit problem.

**Where Legion makes sense:** If you're building fresh and choosing your holster anyway, get the Legion and order the holster cut for it. The grip texture genuinely matters for retention under movement, and m.delacroix's dry fire consistency point is real for dry practice.

What holster are you running now, or are you starting from zero?

Margot Delacroix · Answer

I ran split times on both at 7, 10, and 15 yards over 200 rounds each (same shooter, same holster, same ammo lot). Standard XL averaged 0.18s splits at 7 yards; Legion averaged 0.16s. At 10 yards the gap closed to 0.02s. At 15 yards, no measurable difference.

Draw-to-first-shot on a par timer: Standard XL ran 1.24s average (25 draws). Legion ran 1.19s. Again, real but marginal—well inside the margin of shooter error for anyone who isn't consistently under 1.1s.

Where the Legion showed up in the data: dry fire consistency. The reset is audibly crisper and repeatability on subsequent shots tightens. Ran Dot Torture cold on both—Legion netted 2–3 more hits on a 50-rep string. But that's dry fire. Live fire under time pressure? The trigger didn't move my scores.

Grip texture I can't quantify the same way, but the Legion's checkering did reduce hand shift during recoil in slow motion review. Whether that translates to practical carry performance depends entirely on your holster fit and draw stroke.

**The caveat:** I'm a B-Class competitive shooter with 15k+ rounds annually. For someone shooting 500 rounds a year, the trigger and grip gains flatten out. The Legion is objectively better—tighter tolerances, cleaner break, aggressive texture. Just don't expect it to close a technique gap.

Tracy Ngo · Answer

I'm probably missing context here, but—didn't SIG just settle that lawsuit about the P365 firing when the safety was engaged? I remember reading about it last year and thinking "okay, so which models actually got fixed and which didn't." That's making me hesitant to buy either version right now, even though I like the gun otherwise.

Is the Legion supposedly more reliable on that front, or is that a separate issue from what you two are talking about? I'm not trying to relitigate the lawsuit—I just genuinely don't know if it's still a concern or if it's been solved in current production runs.

The trigger and grip stuff makes sense after reading your data, m.delacroix. And holster_notes, the grip module width thing is exactly the kind of detail I would've missed. But before I spend money on either one, I want to make sure I'm not buying into a known problem. Am I being paranoid, or is this actually something to vet before ordering?