Glock 48 Vs Sig P365 - For someone who likes DA/SA autos and weaker revolvers, the Sig P365 XL seems like an odd choice. But I can't deny that this is a great carry gun. In this review, I'll look at a few things I've learned to like about the P365 XL after 2,000 rounds and that could use some improvement.
The Sig Sauer P365 XL is without a doubt the most impressive new pistol I've tried in a long time. Today I want to talk about why this is becoming one of my favorite concealed carry options.
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This pistol belongs to a new breed of concealable semi-automatic machines. They are not single layer, not double layer. They are somewhere in between.
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Let's go back to the 1990s - the peak of the double miracle nine. At the time, the compact pistol was essentially a full-sized double-action pistol, with the grip cut off and the slide and barrel shortened slightly. For the sub-compact, they compressed everything a bit more. We can see perfect examples of this in many of the most popular cars of the era; the compact Glock 19 and the subcompact Glock 26. All other gun companies followed the same basic pattern when they started making their own polymer pistols in the early 2000s.
A few years ago the polymer single stack 9mm came along and shook things up. In 2012, the Smith & Wesson Shield wasn't the flagship, but it was the gun that knocked the single stack 9 out of the mainstream and became one of the most common carry guns in the country. Since then, we've seen dozens of new single-action polymer 9mm pistols arrive from all corners of the industry. Now we are all sick of them. Especially those of us who have to evaluate and reconsider these things in order to survive.
In January 2018, Sig Sauer rescued us from this never-ending boredom with something really a little different: the P365. Looks like a pile of nine. It is the same size as the nine layer. But somehow managed to cram ten bullets into this little magazine clown. A typical 9mm single-stack magazine holds 6 to 8 rounds, but it is not a single-stack magazine. The first three or four rounds of the magazine are more or less stacked on top of each other, but then the magazine tapers outward and below, the rounds are arranged in a double layer.
The gun was a big hit. Won all kinds of awards. There were some reliability issues early on, but the worst of them seem to have been resolved within the first year or so. Last May, Sig released a version with a frame-mounted manual safety. Then last July they released this version: the Sig P365 XL.
Glock 48 With Marinecote Slide
It has the same slim profile as the original P365, but with a longer barrel and slightly longer grip for the 12-round magazines. Sig also makes an extended 15-round magazine. It's about 3 ounces heavier than the standard P365, which is loaded at 26.3 ounces. Most of that extra weight comes from a longer slide and a 3.7-inch barrel instead of 3.1. It is available with or without manual safety - it has a safety. It features the XSeries flat trigger – only available as an aftermarket upgrade for the original P365, but standard on the XL. It comes standard with a set of Sig X-RAY3 night sights and a slide to accept micro red dot optics.
It's worth asking why I was interested in this gun, or the P365 in general. Most of the time I am content to carry a muzzleloader revolver with me. A glorious single deck with a few extra rounds in the tank doesn't do much for me. If I was going to seriously consider a handgun for personal use, it had to be very easy to shoot, very light to carry, and it had to meet my personal safety standards. I'll get to the first two in a minute. Get the safety thing out of the way first. Or "risk management" is a better term.
If you've been watching my videos for a while, I prefer hammer guns to semi-auto guns, whether they're double or double/single. I like the ability to lock the hammer with my thumb so it's physically impossible to hold the gun. A striker control device for Glocks is the next best option. It does the same thing as a hammer when reholstering. A manual safety is a distant third option, but depending on how it's designed, I consider it a carry gun.
I don't think security is for everyone. I would be especially hesitant to recommend a manual safety to a new shooter or anyone who has not trained properly. But I have drawn the gun thousands and thousands of times in dry practice and on the range. Every reupholsterer has the potential to become a disaster. It requires only one distraction – a momentary lapse of attention.
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Therefore, in addition to following all best practices for safe gun handling and safe holstering, I like to have at least one additional mechanical safety to minimize risk. I'd especially like it if that extra layer didn't compromise the usability of the gun. Whether this manual defense does that or not is debatable.
I'm going to shower a lot of love on this gun and talk about how awesome it is. But this manual protection is not good. It's not terrible either. It's not like the lame little safety you'll find as an option on the Smith & Wesson Shield. It's not as bad as the weird safety on the LCP .22 LR I talked about a few weeks ago. It clicks on and off very positively and is painted. It could be even better. It is not wide enough and should be placed a quarter of an inch forward on the frame.
I don't know why gun manufacturers keep screwing this up. I think this is further proof that the people making these design decisions aren't really filming. There are many examples of good portable security devices, so there's really no reason not to know how one should be.
I mentioned earlier the safety on the M&P 22 Compact. This is the best protection. It's not huge, but it's wide enough to rest your thumb on while shooting. When you grip the gun, the knuckle of the thumb naturally comes over the safety to release it. You can't lose it. The P365 security device is not good enough to use, and because it's so small, I miss it on the first try every time. If I put my thumb on it, this sharp edge on the back rubs against my thumb as the gun recoils.
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At first it was annoying, but over a long session, it really opened up my thumb. Now I have a nice little bloody blister that has been under scar tissue for the first few hours since it happened. Honestly, I could live with the fuse being wider and easier to disassemble. Take some of that sweet, sweet money from charging $50 for these magazines and give it to your R&D team so they can fix this security.
The appeal of the Sig P365 XL isn't just that it's small and easy to carry. Many guns are small. This gun is compact and easy to shoot. And it's oddly smaller than other handguns. Let's look at some size comparisons so you can see what I mean.
Here on the right is the world's most ubiquitous compact 9mm, the Glock 19. On the left is Glock's single stack 9mm, the Glock 43. It's not the smallest 9mm in the world, but I think it's one of the smallest nines. are more reasonable to shoot.
I'm going to overlap these two and align them towards the top of the grip. This is the highest part of the grip where the web of your hand goes. Obviously, the 43 has a shorter slide and grip, and the trigger reach is slightly shorter.
Sig Sauer P365 Optic Cut
If we look at them from behind, the 43 is very thin. I measured the widest part of the grip, not at the magazine, and it was 0.81 inches for the 43 and 1.31 inches for the 19.
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