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The Sig P365 is a carry gun. That’s what it was designed for. Does it pull it off? Absolutely. Continue on to find out why.

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The basics.

There are a number of P365 models. This is the regular one. Not the X, XL, SAS, or any of that.

It’s a striker fired gun with a 10+1 round capacity. It comes with two magazines; each of them has 10 rounds although there are two different bottom plate designs. I’ll come back to that.

There are both 12 and 15 round magazines available for it. As is normal with Sig, they’re not the cheapest magazines on the world. As of this writing, expect to pay around $50 each at Sig’s site.

Optics Planet has standard 10-round magazines, as well, but the only place I can find the extended ones is at Sig.

The trigger pull is just under six and a half pounds, which is pretty typical for a striker gun. There’s some take-up before you run into resistance. After that it’s a short travel until it breaks. The break is clean and sharp. The reset is short, but not spectacularly so. In short, the trigger is pretty good for a carry gun.

I specifically bought the version with a manual safety. I’ve mentioned this before: I don’t have problem with a manual safety. I like one in certain circumstances. A short trigger is one of those circumstances. I guess if it was 12 pounds or so I’d have a different perspective but, to me, this trigger can use the safety. It’s available without the safety for those who think it’s not necessary.

Reliability.

Naturally, I did some research on the internet before I plunked down some cash for this; I’ve seen nothing anywhere that shows a reliability problem and my own experience confirms it.

So far, I’ve got a little over 500 rounds through it. Most were FMJ practice rounds but 150 were Federal HST 124 gr JHP’s. That’s what I normally carry in a 9mm gun so they’re what I have around. I’m perfectly happy with them and the Sig eats them without complaint.

Ergonomics.

It’s really hard to describe how good this feels in my hand. Especially with the slightly extended magazine. I have small to lower end of average hands. And this fits just fine. It points well and, at close range, it hits well without really using the sights. With 'extended' base plate

The sights are excellent; easy to pick up both day and night. I’d honestly prefer the rear dots were a bit bigger; the current trend of small or blacked out rear sights does not suit me at all. Still, it seemed a bit weird since the front sight is of a good size.

The picture of the sights is a little off; the perspective makes the rears look bigger. They’re not. The front is about twice the size.

Magazines.

As I mentioned, it has two different magazine floor plates. I don’t really see the benefit of the flush plate. It can’t possibly make a significant difference in concealability, but it does make a difference in how it shoots.

I said earlier that 12 and 15 round magazines were available and they are. I also had access to my daughter-in-law’s P365 XL recently. It comes with 12 round magazines. They worked flawlessly in the regular P365. They looked kind of silly since the bare magazine was just sticking out the bottom of the gun for a couple inches, but they fed and shot just fine.

The picture below is the P365 on top of the P365 XL with an optic. As you can see, the XL has a longer barrel and slightly longer grip; it is somewhat easier to shoot.

The XL also has the flat trigger. There are people that go gaga over those but I’m not one of them. They’re fine. And the regular curved trigger is also fine.

How does it shoot?

It shoots great. The trigger is consistent with a short reset; follow-up shots are quick and accurate Five yards.

Well. Except for the times I was anticipating the recoil. I’m fine at five yards but by 10 or so I’m somewhat low and left. That’s a me problem and not a Sig problem. I’d had a few months I couldn’t get to the range and this is what happens.

I’m going to mention the magazines again. That little bitty difference between is enough that, when using the flush magazine, my pinky slides under the grip by the time I’ve fired four or five rounds. That doesn’t happen with the extended mag. Nor does it happen with the P365 XL magazines.

The picture up the page had the extended grip magazine. The two below have the flat base plate. The first is when I start; the second is how it looks after a few rounds.

That brings up an interesting point: I think I’m somewhat better with the XL magazines than I am with the ones it came with. Now, those would impact concealability so I wouldn’t carry it with the XL mag but I can see me using one for a backup magazine.

I have a similar thing when I have the CZ 75 B magazines in my 2075 RAMI. I guess maybe the smaller size of the bare magazine is good for my pinky. If it only happened with one gun, I’d ignore it. Since it happens with two, I’m wondering if it’s a trend and trying to figure out some other guns I could try this with.

Conclusion.

As I said at the beginning, this is a carry gun. That’s what it’s for and it’s very good at it. In over 500 rounds I’ve not had a single failure. Even when I’m anticipating I can hit well enough at 10 yards. I can do nothing but recommend the gun for a carry piece. Go pick one up using one of the links below; you won’t regret it.

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