OkieStubble
Dirty Donuts are so Good.
Well, ya'll probably already knew, or at least, saw it coming; and asked yourself the question, how long will it be, before @OkieStubble picks up a Glock 43X to challenge his Sig P365?
I have to admit, even to my surprise, I lasted 2 months short of a year carrying my first Sig Sauer ever purchased, before picking up my 6th model of Glock.
Even though my reputation around here as a Glock fanboy, (no fault of my own ) I really do like all manner of brands of pistols and have literally shot, many, many thousands of rounds thru Glocks, Sigs, HK's, S&W's and many others not listed, that are not as main stream as the ones I just mentioned. While I enjoy classic and modern semi auto pistols and revolvers just like many others here, I admit my personal "niche" or knowledge or expertise? Definitely surrounds modern semi auto combat pistols.
It's just what I happen to be good at; and people like what their good at, right? Well, as my Father always used to say God rest his soul; "two biggest bullies on the block, sooner or later, they is gonna fight. And that time has finally come.
I have owned the P365 since last July and have put, somewhere around 2,500 rounds thru it. Absolutely love everything about it. Which is something amazing, because while I have shot lots of ammo thru many different models of Sig Sauer, over the span of many years, 226, 225, 228, 230, 238, 239, 220, 938, 320, 320 compact, 320 xcarry and even the 250,
I just never cared for how most models of Sigs fit in my hands or the high slide and far forward bore axis, heavy first trigger pull and a host of other just little picky things, that just wouldn't ever let me choose a Sig over Glock. Until the Sig P365.
I had purchased my wife a Glock 43 several years back, trying to get her for the most part, to carry a bigger caliber over her .380 Ruger LCP II. And while she does take it on business trips or if we are out in the north 40 somewhere Overlanding in my Jeep, or while she 's at work in the colder months where she can holster it OWB under a jacket, she still pretty much gravitates towards her LCP II. She does like to go out to the range and train and put her G43 thru it's paces, but I have accepted the realization that she will be carrying the smaller .380, 75% of the time. Better then nothing, so I'm still thankful.
I like her Glock 43, but 6 rounds in a semi auto, to me anyway, seems to shoot faster and empty quicker than a 6 shot revolver. To me anyway. Then the Sig P365 hit the market. The P365 had alot of trouble when it first came out back in 2017, mostly, because while Sig knew they had a game changer, with their patented, new magazine, which allowed their tiny P365 the capability of holding 12 rounds, their excitement at the possibility of what they had, tempted them to push it into production and sales a little bit too quickly.
This hurt their very pristine reputation for dependability and quality control. Everything I read about the P365 excited me, so I patiently waited and stayed in touch from afar, while reading and paying attention to whatever news came out about it. Finally, I heard the bugs were worked out and picked up my new Sig P365 in the middle of July 2018. while no torture testing took place and I tried to shoot it for what it was designed for which was self defense. I didn't try and run it excessively hard like a go to war pistol, of which many who I witnessed that did, then turned around and made youtube videos, whining about how much it sucked and they were never getting another Sig of any kind ever again!
Kind of ironic in the fact, that many of those was mostly Sig people and they never favored Glock, but then turn around and ran to Glock for their small carry needs. Yet here I was a forever Glock fanboy, who never liked Sig, buying my first Sig and proving to the babies, that true "brand loyalty" should have more patience when their long time faithful and dependable brand puts out something new and has to take a few baby steps to get it up and running the way they intended. So while I didn't try to break my new Sig just to "prove it's not as good as my beloved Glock", (those are homers, not fanboys.) I did however, run it dirty without cleaning or lubrication, right out of the box for 800 rounds. Then cleaned it and ran it for another 1000 rounds before cleaning it again.
For a small self defense pistol that shouldn't be considered a combat firearm? I quickly put over 2,500 rounds to date thru it, without a SINGLE hiccup. Does this make me a Sig fanboy now?
Well, I have now put an initial 500 rounds thru the Glock 43X and my thoughts and comparisons to the Sig P365 are forth coming for what that's worth. I know that won't buy me a cup of coffee at 7-11, but hope someone at least finds it, informational or entertaining.
I have to admit, even to my surprise, I lasted 2 months short of a year carrying my first Sig Sauer ever purchased, before picking up my 6th model of Glock.
Even though my reputation around here as a Glock fanboy, (no fault of my own ) I really do like all manner of brands of pistols and have literally shot, many, many thousands of rounds thru Glocks, Sigs, HK's, S&W's and many others not listed, that are not as main stream as the ones I just mentioned. While I enjoy classic and modern semi auto pistols and revolvers just like many others here, I admit my personal "niche" or knowledge or expertise? Definitely surrounds modern semi auto combat pistols.
It's just what I happen to be good at; and people like what their good at, right? Well, as my Father always used to say God rest his soul; "two biggest bullies on the block, sooner or later, they is gonna fight. And that time has finally come.
I have owned the P365 since last July and have put, somewhere around 2,500 rounds thru it. Absolutely love everything about it. Which is something amazing, because while I have shot lots of ammo thru many different models of Sig Sauer, over the span of many years, 226, 225, 228, 230, 238, 239, 220, 938, 320, 320 compact, 320 xcarry and even the 250,
I just never cared for how most models of Sigs fit in my hands or the high slide and far forward bore axis, heavy first trigger pull and a host of other just little picky things, that just wouldn't ever let me choose a Sig over Glock. Until the Sig P365.
I had purchased my wife a Glock 43 several years back, trying to get her for the most part, to carry a bigger caliber over her .380 Ruger LCP II. And while she does take it on business trips or if we are out in the north 40 somewhere Overlanding in my Jeep, or while she 's at work in the colder months where she can holster it OWB under a jacket, she still pretty much gravitates towards her LCP II. She does like to go out to the range and train and put her G43 thru it's paces, but I have accepted the realization that she will be carrying the smaller .380, 75% of the time. Better then nothing, so I'm still thankful.
I like her Glock 43, but 6 rounds in a semi auto, to me anyway, seems to shoot faster and empty quicker than a 6 shot revolver. To me anyway. Then the Sig P365 hit the market. The P365 had alot of trouble when it first came out back in 2017, mostly, because while Sig knew they had a game changer, with their patented, new magazine, which allowed their tiny P365 the capability of holding 12 rounds, their excitement at the possibility of what they had, tempted them to push it into production and sales a little bit too quickly.
This hurt their very pristine reputation for dependability and quality control. Everything I read about the P365 excited me, so I patiently waited and stayed in touch from afar, while reading and paying attention to whatever news came out about it. Finally, I heard the bugs were worked out and picked up my new Sig P365 in the middle of July 2018. while no torture testing took place and I tried to shoot it for what it was designed for which was self defense. I didn't try and run it excessively hard like a go to war pistol, of which many who I witnessed that did, then turned around and made youtube videos, whining about how much it sucked and they were never getting another Sig of any kind ever again!
Kind of ironic in the fact, that many of those was mostly Sig people and they never favored Glock, but then turn around and ran to Glock for their small carry needs. Yet here I was a forever Glock fanboy, who never liked Sig, buying my first Sig and proving to the babies, that true "brand loyalty" should have more patience when their long time faithful and dependable brand puts out something new and has to take a few baby steps to get it up and running the way they intended. So while I didn't try to break my new Sig just to "prove it's not as good as my beloved Glock", (those are homers, not fanboys.) I did however, run it dirty without cleaning or lubrication, right out of the box for 800 rounds. Then cleaned it and ran it for another 1000 rounds before cleaning it again.
For a small self defense pistol that shouldn't be considered a combat firearm? I quickly put over 2,500 rounds to date thru it, without a SINGLE hiccup. Does this make me a Sig fanboy now?
Well, I have now put an initial 500 rounds thru the Glock 43X and my thoughts and comparisons to the Sig P365 are forth coming for what that's worth. I know that won't buy me a cup of coffee at 7-11, but hope someone at least finds it, informational or entertaining.
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