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<blockquote data-quote="LBnM" data-source="post: 3224257" data-attributes="member: 817"><p>[ATTACH]135103[/ATTACH] I had one of the first P365s made. In several hundred rounds I had a couple of failure to close completely early on. Liked it but someone offered me more than I paid so away it went. Several months later I regretted it and picked up one new for $450. I never had one problem with it. It was very accurate and fit my hand well but I was trying to make it a pocket pistol and just did not like it as that. So, someone else paid me more than I paid. Early on I had one of the first G43s around as I really liked the idea of a smaller 9mm. It didn't work with me for a variety of reasons. When the G43X and G48 came out I handled one of each and thought they felt <em>pretty</em> good. I thought the G43X was what the G43 should have been. Not too long ago I pretty much decided I would get a smaller gun for edc and make myself stick with it. Was leaning toward a G43X. My brother in law was also thinking of a small 9mm. His son had recently picked up a G43X and his daughter had a P365. The four of us got together to shoot both and compare. My niece really liked her P365 but she doesn't shoot much. My nephew really talked up his G43X. So we spent a day in eastern Oklahoma shooting the two. We looked at size, weight, sights, accuracy, capacity, ergonomics, and trigger feel in addition to which we just enjoyed shooting more. In discussing the two the size and weight were a draw. In all other categories we <em>all</em> agreed the P365 won hands down. The end result was the three guys now own P365s and my niece thinks she is smarter than any of us. I realized my problem was mostly trying to make it a pocket pistol but even there it beat out the G43. I edc mine mostly IWB with a 12rd mag in a kydex holster but have a Ryan Grizzle high ride OWB for when I want to dress up some. I also carry a spare 12 rd mag (25 rounds in a tiny gun!) When I require pocket carry (which is seldom) all I have to do is pull out the 12 rd mag and put in the flat 10 rd mag. I only use the pinky mag ( in Ryan's photo) at the range. It would require having a 43X and a 43 to do that with the Glock. I've probably got close to two thousand rounds thru my three and my niece's and those failures to close completely are the only malfunctions I've had. I mentioned in another thread that you can teach old dogs new tricks but they might not like them. I'm liking this P365 so much I recently picked up a P320 XCompact and I'm liking it also.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LBnM, post: 3224257, member: 817"] [ATTACH]135103[/ATTACH] I had one of the first P365s made. In several hundred rounds I had a couple of failure to close completely early on. Liked it but someone offered me more than I paid so away it went. Several months later I regretted it and picked up one new for $450. I never had one problem with it. It was very accurate and fit my hand well but I was trying to make it a pocket pistol and just did not like it as that. So, someone else paid me more than I paid. Early on I had one of the first G43s around as I really liked the idea of a smaller 9mm. It didn't work with me for a variety of reasons. When the G43X and G48 came out I handled one of each and thought they felt [I]pretty[/I] good. I thought the G43X was what the G43 should have been. Not too long ago I pretty much decided I would get a smaller gun for edc and make myself stick with it. Was leaning toward a G43X. My brother in law was also thinking of a small 9mm. His son had recently picked up a G43X and his daughter had a P365. The four of us got together to shoot both and compare. My niece really liked her P365 but she doesn't shoot much. My nephew really talked up his G43X. So we spent a day in eastern Oklahoma shooting the two. We looked at size, weight, sights, accuracy, capacity, ergonomics, and trigger feel in addition to which we just enjoyed shooting more. In discussing the two the size and weight were a draw. In all other categories we [I]all[/I] agreed the P365 won hands down. The end result was the three guys now own P365s and my niece thinks she is smarter than any of us. I realized my problem was mostly trying to make it a pocket pistol but even there it beat out the G43. I edc mine mostly IWB with a 12rd mag in a kydex holster but have a Ryan Grizzle high ride OWB for when I want to dress up some. I also carry a spare 12 rd mag (25 rounds in a tiny gun!) When I require pocket carry (which is seldom) all I have to do is pull out the 12 rd mag and put in the flat 10 rd mag. I only use the pinky mag ( in Ryan's photo) at the range. It would require having a 43X and a 43 to do that with the Glock. I've probably got close to two thousand rounds thru my three and my niece's and those failures to close completely are the only malfunctions I've had. I mentioned in another thread that you can teach old dogs new tricks but they might not like them. I'm liking this P365 so much I recently picked up a P320 XCompact and I'm liking it also. [/QUOTE]
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