Wonder how the OPs 365 is.
I haven’t gone shooting since it was repaired. Just been too busy with work, family, and other things… not a huge priority at the moment. It is still sitting the safe and I’m carrying other guns. Since it is getting hot here in Texas, the LCP in the front pocket has been the go-to.Wonder how the OPs 365 is.
Revolvers can be quite delicate and jams are hard to clear .I had a charter arms 38 lock up on me once. It was pretty scary because I couldn’t get the cylinder open and it still had live rounds in it. Not fun. Some people act as though revolvers are completely impervious to issues. And that is not the case.
In my opinion, anyone who thinks any gun is
impervious to issues doesn’t shoot enough.
There are a couple of more offerings in that size, now. FN has a new one. Walther has a new one. Springfield has the Hellcat.Kind of forgot about this thread to be honest…
2nd Update: Sold the gun after I had it repaired under warranty and made sure it functioned properly. I didn’t end up keeping it because I know myself. I’d always be thinking about that failure regardless of how well it performed afterwards. It is just my mental hang up though no dig at the gun.
Funny enough this thread popped back up, I was actually thinking of getting a Shield 9mm soon. Hoping to fill the gap between the G19 and LCP that the Sig was supposed to fill.
More to come I guess.
Yeah I don’t know. I have wanted a Shield for a while but keep putting it on the back burner for other guns… I think I’m just gonna get it this time.There are a couple of more offerings in that size, now. FN has a new one. Walther has a new one. Springfield has the Hellcat.
Try them all. How it feels at the counter, and how it feels at the range, can be quite different, and there are a lot of choices in the market today.
I get what you're saying and agree that you need to validate a carry pistol, mag and ammo combination but looking at it a different way, at those round counts, you could very well run into issues with wear and tear in about any pistol platform. They are all simply machines and machines wear and break with use, even good ones. Fortunately for me, all of my pistols have been super reliable right out of the box - I think the only exception has been my Remington 1911. I had a couple of failures early on (like maybe 2 or 3) with it but it's been great since. My P365 has been great with zero failures until I replaced the slide and added an RMR. When I went out to shoot it, I had a few failures, but admittedly, I used some 115grn Magtech, which I'd never used before. When I switched back to my usual Winchester 124grn NATO, I haven't had any issues since. Needless to say I'll be putting some more of both through it to see how it responds.This is one thing that many people miss. They buy the gun and some good ammo, from advice from youtube, or some online gun site, and never put the three elements together: gun, ammo, mags. In my experience, and defensive gun needs 1000 rounds of standard ammo through it to validate its performance. Defensive ammo like HST is about the best you can buy, but it is expensive. There I can see where an individual may not have the funds to drop $1200 in ammo through a $500 Glock. Unfortunately, that is what it can take.
I had a Glock 19, which ran great, after 1000 or so, the trigger started to fail to reset. The rear trigger housing had cracked near the "disconnector" bar, and it would create a dead trigger condition. Happened maybe once every 10 rounds.
Grip angle, texture, ergonomics, trigger pull, and other small factors can add up.Yeah I don’t know. I have wanted a Shield for a while but keep putting it on the back burner for other guns… I think I’m just gonna get it this time.
I don’t really need to try it before I buy it. I’ve never really understood the “I don’t like the way this gun feels…” thing. I can shoot pretty much anything well. It is kind of like driving the car, yeah the nuances change, but you either know how to drive or you do not. Imagine if somebody said “oh, I can drive a Ford great, but in a GM, I’m all over the road…”
Not a fan of Magtech, particularly the the 9mm 115 grain.I get what you're saying and agree that you need to validate a carry pistol, mag and ammo combination but looking at it a different way, at those round counts, you could very well run into issues with wear and tear in about any pistol platform. They are all simply machines and machines wear and break with use, even good ones. Fortunately for me, all of my pistols have been super reliable right out of the box - I think the only exception has been my Remington 1911. I had a couple of failures early on (like maybe 2 or 3) with it but it's been great since. My P365 has been great with zero failures until I replaced the slide and added an RMR. When I went out to shoot it, I had a few failures, but admittedly, I used some 115grn Magtech, which I'd never used before. When I switched back to my usual Winchester 124grn NATO, I haven't had any issues since. Needless to say I'll be putting some more of both through it to see how it responds.
1000 on a properly built gun these days is nothing. Sure wear and tear, but way down the road. I have one XD9, over 13k on the clock, replaced the striker retaining pin because I lost it. No parts failures. One failure to eject on the first magazine. There is slight change in "long" accuracy though.you could very well run into issues with wear and tear in about any pistol platform
I have never had a issue with any 9mm ammo ever out of any gun except for a Glock 17. I also do not own a red dot on a pistol.I had a few failures, but admittedly, I used some 115grn Magtech,
Well there is likely the reason why you had the failureszero failures until I replaced the slide and added an RMR
I kind of agree.When you have a Glock 19 and it doesn’t run on that brand of ammo - you kinda’ suspect the ammo…
Unfortunately I agree. And now they are perhaps going to be the sole supplier of small arms to the US military. The SIG of old is not the SIG of new.Out of direct experience with 3 separate 365s, none worked properly out of the box. I am of the very unpopular opinion that Sig is a marketing company first and rushes products to market with inadequate R&D.
I agree - but still, things happen. It's generally accepted that Glock makes a fine pistol, but still, at a 1000 rounds or so, yours broke. Maybe "wear and tear" wasn't the right term to use but my point still remains.1000 on a properly built gun these days is nothing. Sure wear and tear, but way down the road. I have one XD9, over 13k on the clock, replaced the striker retaining pin because I lost it. No parts failures. One failure to eject on the first magazine. There is slight change in "long" accuracy though.
I'd never tried it before, but I found it cheap, so I bought a case to burn through. I may have found out the hard way that at least one of my guns doesn't like it.. I think that only other gun I've ran it through has been my Canik TP9 SF Elite and it didn't seem to mind, but really I haven't ran enough of it through any gun to really "know" how good it is. Hopefully I didn't buy a bunch of junk...Not a fan of Magtech, particularly the the 9mm 115 grain.
Maybe it’s loaded light, or the case size is a hair off, but I have a couple guns that don’t like the Magtech and run 100% on S&B, American Eagle, Geco and Winchester… even Blazer, but not the Magtech.
When you have a Glock 19 and it doesn’t run on that brand of ammo - you kinda’ suspect the ammo…
Hard to know - but I do know that ammunition production has been under tremendous pressure. Shutdowns. Bankruptcies. Unprecedented demand. Expansion. I wouldn’t be surprised if there have been some quality control challenges in the production of ammunition since, oh, about March of 2020. Might be the case, here.I'd never tried it before, but I found it cheap, so I bought a case to burn through. I may have found out the hard way that at least one of my guns doesn't like it.. I think that only other gun I've ran it through has been my Canik TP9 SF Elite and it didn't seem to mind, but really I haven't ran enough of it through any gun to really "know" how good it is. Hopefully I didn't buy a bunch of junk...