Just hit the one year mark carrying a shooting the P365X for a year and wanted to share my experience.
As background the P365X was purchased to replace the G26 and G43 in my EDC rotation.
Reliability
Only a handful of stoppages, fired case not ejecting quickly enough and getting caught by the slide coming forward. I attribute them all light charges to my hand loads.
I have used the same magazine for most of the 2500 rounds and that magazine has held up well so for the $50 price you do get your money’s worth.
Accuracy
Accuracy is good but I would not say better than any other pistol in its class. Doing my part I can reliably hit a 1/4 size silhouette target at 30 yards. Unofficial groups of 2 1/2“ at 10 yards would be my guess.
Carry
It is a very comfortable pistol to carry. Light weight, small snag free design is really where the pistol shines. Carrying for a year I really never had a time where I wished I had a smaller pistol.
Durability
As the pictures show there is wear but nothing out of the ordinary. I think this pistol will hold up to many, many thousand of rounds.
Conclusion
Overall this is a great pistol and it deserves the reputation of the best in its class. For me the best feature is that it is in the sweet spot where it is small enough to carry easily but large enough to shoot not only well but quite enjoyably. A 100 round range session is no problem-something not really enjoyable with a snub nosed 38 or small 380. The two things you should do with a self defense handgun is practice with it a and carry it-the P365 makes this easy.
As background the P365X was purchased to replace the G26 and G43 in my EDC rotation.
Reliability
Only a handful of stoppages, fired case not ejecting quickly enough and getting caught by the slide coming forward. I attribute them all light charges to my hand loads.
I have used the same magazine for most of the 2500 rounds and that magazine has held up well so for the $50 price you do get your money’s worth.
Accuracy
Accuracy is good but I would not say better than any other pistol in its class. Doing my part I can reliably hit a 1/4 size silhouette target at 30 yards. Unofficial groups of 2 1/2“ at 10 yards would be my guess.
Carry
It is a very comfortable pistol to carry. Light weight, small snag free design is really where the pistol shines. Carrying for a year I really never had a time where I wished I had a smaller pistol.
Durability
As the pictures show there is wear but nothing out of the ordinary. I think this pistol will hold up to many, many thousand of rounds.
Conclusion
Overall this is a great pistol and it deserves the reputation of the best in its class. For me the best feature is that it is in the sweet spot where it is small enough to carry easily but large enough to shoot not only well but quite enjoyably. A 100 round range session is no problem-something not really enjoyable with a snub nosed 38 or small 380. The two things you should do with a self defense handgun is practice with it a and carry it-the P365 makes this easy.
