{"id":8350,"date":"2020-05-26T15:01:36","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T19:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/?p=8350"},"modified":"2023-08-02T14:30:26","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T18:30:26","slug":"the-sig-p365-xl-a-really-good-pistol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/the-sig-p365-xl-a-really-good-pistol\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sig P365 XL: A Really Good Pistol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For a guy who loves DA\/SA autos and snubby revolvers, the Sig P365 XL probably seems like an odd choice. But I can&#8217;t deny that this is an awesome carry gun. In this review, I&#8217;m looking at what I&#8217;ve learned to like about the P365 XL after 2000 rounds and a couple of things that could use some improvement.<\/p> <p>Get all the details in the video below, or scroll down to read the full transcript.<\/p> <div class=\"entry-content-asset\"><script src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.com\/assets\/external\/E-v1.js\" async><\/script><\/p> <noscript class=\"idle-load\"><div class=\"wistia_responsive_padding\" style=\"padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;\"> <div class=\"wistia_responsive_wrapper\" style=\"height:100%;left:0;position:absolute;top:0;width:100%;\"> <div class=\"wistia_embed wistia_async_5qr61m1ycf dnt=1 videoFoam=true\" style=\"height:100%;position:relative;width:100%\"> <div class=\"wistia_swatch\" style=\"height:100%;left:0;opacity:0;overflow:hidden;position:absolute;top:0;transition:opacity 200ms;width:100%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.com\/embed\/medias\/5qr61m1ycf\/swatch\" style=\"filter:blur(5px);height:100%;object-fit:contain;width:100%;\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" onload=\"this.parentNode.style.opacity=1;\" \/><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><\/noscript> <\/div> <hr \/> <p>The Sig Sauer P365 XL is easily the most impressive new handgun I\u2019ve tried in a long time. Today, I want to talk about why it is rapidly becoming one of my favorite options for concealed carry.<\/p> <p>This gun falls into a whole new category of concealable semi-autos. They aren\u2019t single stack and they\u2019re not really double stack either. They\u2019re somewhere in between.<\/p> <h3><strong>Background<\/strong><\/h3> <p>Let\u2019s go back to the 1990s &#8212; the heyday of the double stack wondernine. At that time, a compact handgun was basically a full size double stack pistol with the grip chopped down and the slide and barrel shortened a little bit. For a sub-compact, they just shortened everything a little more. We can see perfect examples of this in a couple of the most popular autos of the time; the compact Glock 19 and the subcompact Glock 26. When all the other gun companies started cranking out their own polymer pistols in the early 2000s, they followed the same basic template.<\/p> <p>Then a few years ago, the polymer single stack 9mms came along and shook things up. In 2012, the Smith &amp; Wesson Shield wasn\u2019t the first, but it was the gun that brought the single stack nine out of a niche status to become one of the most common types of carry gun in the country. Since then, we have seen dozens of new polymer single stack 9mm pistols come from every corner of the industry. And now we\u2019re all sick of them. Especially those of us who have to evaluate and review these things for a living.<\/p> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/P365XL-side.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/P365XL-side.jpg\" alt=\"Sig Sauer P365 XL side view\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/P365XL-side.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/P365XL-side-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/P365XL-side-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/P365XL-side-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/P365XL-side-350x197.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p> <p>In January of 2018, Sig Sauer rescued us from this endless tedium with something that was actually a little bit different: the P365. It looks like a single stack nine. It\u2019s the same size as a single stack nine. But, they somehow managed to cram ten rounds into this little clown car of a magazine. The typical single stack 9mm magazine holds 6 to 8 rounds, but this is not quite a single stack magazine. The top three or four rounds in the magazine are more or less stacked right on top of each other, but then the mag tapers outward and at the bottom, the rounds are staggered like a double-stack.<\/p> <p>The gun was a big hit. It won all kinds of awards. There were some reliability issues early on, but the worst of those seem to have been worked out after the first year or so. In May of last year, Sig released a version with a frame-mounted, ambidextrous manual safety. And then last July they rolled out this version: the Sig P365 XL.<\/p> <h3><strong>The Sig P365 XL<\/strong><\/h3> <p>It\u2019s got the same slim profile as the original P365 but with a longer barrel and a slightly longer grip for flush-fitting 12-round magazines. Sig also makes an extended 15-round magazine. It\u2019s about 3 ounces heavier than the standard P365 at 26.3 ounces loaded. Most of that additional weight comes from the longer slide and barrel which is 3.7 inches instead of 3.1. It is available with or without a manual safety &#8212; this one has the safety. It has the XSeries straight trigger &#8212; that\u2019s only available as an aftermarket upgrade for the original P365 but it\u2019s standard on the XL. And it also has, as standard, a set of Sig X-RAY3 night sights and a slide that\u2019s machined to accept a micro red dot optic.<\/p> <figure id=\"attachment_8361\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8361\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/P365-15-rd-mag.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8361\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/P365-15-rd-mag.jpg\" alt=\"Sig P365 XL with 15-round magazine\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/P365-15-rd-mag.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/P365-15-rd-mag-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/P365-15-rd-mag-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/P365-15-rd-mag-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/P365-15-rd-mag-350x197.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8361\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sig P365 XL with optional 15-round extended magazine.<\/figcaption><\/figure> <p>It\u2019s worth asking why I\u2019ve taken an interest in this particular gun, or the P365 in general. I\u2019m content to carry around a snub nose revolver most of the time. A glorified single stack with a couple of extra rounds in the mag doesn\u2019t do much for me. If I\u2019m going to seriously consider a carry gun for my own personal use, it has to be very easy to shoot, very easy to carry, and it has to meet my personal standards for safety. I\u2019ll get back to those first two in a minute. Let me get the safety thing out of the way first. Or maybe \u201crisk management\u201d is a better term.<\/p> <h3><strong>Why Choose the Manual Safety Version?<\/strong><\/h3> <p>If you\u2019ve been watching my videos for a while, then you know that for semi-autos, I typically <a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/why-switched-double-action\/\">prefer hammer-fired guns<\/a>, whether they\u2019re double action only or double action\/single action. I like to have the ability to pin the hammer with my thumb so it\u2019s physically impossible for the gun to fire while it\u2019s being reholstered. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/dont-glock-yourself-a-review-of-the-striker-control-device\/\">Striker Control Device<\/a> that\u2019s available for Glocks is the next best option. It does the same thing as a hammer when you\u2019re reholstering. A manual safety is a distant third option, but depending on how it\u2019s designed, I\u2019ll consider it for a carry gun.<\/p> <p>I don\u2019t think safeties are for everybody. I\u2019m especially reluctant to recommend a manual safety for a novice shooter, or for anyone who doesn\u2019t practice fairly regularly. But I\u2019m going to be drawing and reholstering a carry gun thousands and thousands of times, both in dry practice and at the range. Every reholster has the potential to turn into a catastrophic accident. All it takes is one distraction &#8212; one momentary lapse in attention.<\/p> <p>So in addition to following all of the best practices for safe gun handling and safe reholstering, I like there to be at least one extra layer of mechanical safety to help mitigate risk. I especially like it if that extra layer doesn\u2019t compromise the usability of the gun. Whether this manual safety does that or not is debatable.<\/p> <p>I\u2019m about to pour a lot of love all over this gun and talk about how amazing it is. But this manual safety is not good. It\u2019s also not horrible. It\u2019s not like the miserable little nub of a safety you\u2019ll find as an option on the Smith &amp; Wesson Shield. And it&#8217;s not as bad as that weird safety on the LCP .22 LR <a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/ruger-lcp-ii-22lr-review\/\">I talked about a couple of weeks ago<\/a>. It has a very positive click on and off and it\u2019s ambidextrous. It could still be much better. It\u2019s not wide enough and it needs to be positioned about a quarter inch farther forward on the frame.<\/p> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/P365-safety.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8364\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/P365-safety.jpg\" alt=\"SIg P365 XL manual safety\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/P365-safety.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/P365-safety-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/P365-safety-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/P365-safety-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/P365-safety-350x197.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p> <p>I don\u2019t know why gun companies keep screwing this up. I think it\u2019s further evidence that the people who are making these design decisions don\u2019t actually shoot the guns. There are plenty of examples of good manual safeties out there, so there\u2019s not really any excuse for not knowing what one should look like.<\/p> <p>I\u2019ve mentioned the safety on the M&amp;P 22 Compact before. This is an excellent safety. It\u2019s not big at all, but it\u2019s wide enough that you can rest your thumb on it while you\u2019re shooting. When you grasp the gun, the knuckle of the thumb naturally comes down on top of the safety to disengage it. You can\u2019t miss it. The P365 safety is just barely big enough to be usable, and just small enough that I\u2019ll miss it on the first try every once in a while. And if I rest my thumb on it, this sharp edge on the rear rubs against my thumb when the gun recoils.<\/p> <p>At first, that was just annoying, but on a long range session, it will actually cut my thumb open. Right now, I\u2019ve got a nice little blood blister there that\u2019s under the scar tissue from the first couple of times it happened. Honestly, I could live with that if the safety was just wider and easier to disengage. Sig, please take some of that sweet, sweet cash from charging 50 bucks each for these magazines and give it to your R&amp;D team so they can fix this safety.<\/p> <p>Okay, now I can talk about all the good stuff.<\/p> <h3><strong>Sig P365 XL Size Comparison<br \/> <\/strong><\/h3> <p>The appeal of the Sig P365 XL is not simply that it is small and therefore easy to carry. A lot of pistols are small. This gun is small and shootable. And it\u2019s small in a different way than other pistols. Let\u2019s look at some size comparisons so I can show you what I mean.<\/p> <p>Here on the right we have the world\u2019s most ubiquitous compact 9mm, the Glock 19. On the left is Glock\u2019s single stack 9mm, the Glock 43. It\u2019s not the smallest 9mm out there, but I think it\u2019s among the smallest nines that are still reasonably shootable.<\/p> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/2-Glocks.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/2-Glocks.jpg\" alt=\"Glock 43 and Glock 19 size comparison\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/2-Glocks.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/2-Glocks-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/2-Glocks-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/2-Glocks-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/2-Glocks-350x197.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p> <p>I\u2019m going to overlay these two and align them by the grip tang. That\u2019s the highest part of the grip where the web of your hand would go. Obviously, the 43 has a shorter slide and grip and the trigger reach is also a bit shorter.<\/p> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/glock-overlay.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-4\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/glock-overlay.jpg\" alt=\"Glock 43 and Glock 19 overlay\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/glock-overlay.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/glock-overlay-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/glock-overlay-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/glock-overlay-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/glock-overlay-350x197.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p> <p>If we look at them from the back, the 43 is significantly slimmer. I measured the widest part of the grip, not including the magazine well and it\u2019s .81 inches for the 43 and 1.31 inches for the 19.<\/p> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/width-comparison-3.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-5\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8369\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/width-comparison-3.jpg\" alt=\"Glock 43, Sig P365 XL, and Glock 19 width comparison\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/width-comparison-3.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/width-comparison-3-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/width-comparison-3-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/width-comparison-3-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/width-comparison-3-350x197.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p> <p>Now let\u2019s throw the P365 XL in there. Just as you might expect, it\u2019s right in between the two. Maybe a little closer to the 43 with a grip that\u2019s just 1 inch thick. But let\u2019s go back to the side view.<\/p> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/3-pistol-overlay.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-6\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8357\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/3-pistol-overlay.jpg\" alt=\"G19, G43, and Sig P365 XL size comparison\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/3-pistol-overlay.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/3-pistol-overlay-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/3-pistol-overlay-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/3-pistol-overlay-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/3-pistol-overlay-350x197.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p> <p>Again, the Sig is right in the middle in terms of slide length and grip height. But check this out; look at how much shorter the distance is between the top of the slide and the bottom of the trigger guard. And then look at how short the grip is from front to back. If we rotate the Sig a few degrees to adjust for the atypical grip angle of the Glocks, then you can see an even bigger difference.<\/p> <p>I\u2019ll do one more size comparison because I\u2019m not trying to just pick on Glock here. This is a Walther PPS M2. It\u2019s a tragically underrated single stack 9mm pistol. I think it\u2019s easily the softest shooting of any of the polymer single stack nines. It\u2019s also a little bigger than most of them.<\/p><p><\/p> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/P365-PPS.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-7\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8362\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/P365-PPS.jpg\" alt=\"Walther PPS M2 and Sig P365 XL size comparison\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/P365-PPS.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/P365-PPS-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/P365-PPS-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/P365-PPS-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/P365-PPS-350x197.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p> <p>Here, it\u2019s loaded with a 7-round magazine and let\u2019s overlay the Sig again. They\u2019re about the same length, but the Sig is smaller in every other dimension.<\/p> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/P365-PPS-overlay.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-8\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8363\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/P365-PPS-overlay.jpg\" alt=\"Walther PPS M2 and Sig P365 XL overlay\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/P365-PPS-overlay.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/P365-PPS-overlay-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/P365-PPS-overlay-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/P365-PPS-overlay-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/P365-PPS-overlay-350x197.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p> <p>From the rear, we can see that the grip is also about the same width.<\/p> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/width-comparison-4.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-9\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/width-comparison-4.jpg\" alt=\"Glock 43, Walther PPS M2, Sig P365 XL, and Glock 19 width comparison\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/width-comparison-4.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/width-comparison-4-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/width-comparison-4-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/width-comparison-4-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/width-comparison-4-350x197.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p> <p>What this means in practice is that the Sig P365 XL is a lot less bulky than you might expect. You can\u2019t tell just how concealable it is and how little room it seems to take up in your waistband by just looking at the specifications on paper.<\/p> <p>Of course, that all depends on having a good holster to go with the gun. I\u2019ve been using this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phlsterholsters.com\/shop\/phlster-classic-holster\/\">Phlster Classic appendix holster<\/a> with a Mod 4 clip from Discreet Carry Concepts.<\/p> <p>I know that holster selection is a very individual thing. There\u2019s not a single holster out there that\u2019s going to work for everybody any more than there\u2019s a single gun that works for everybody. But I\u2019ve been really happy with this setup. There\u2019s a wedge built in to the bottom of the holster so that the grip stays tucked in close to your body. Then they\u2019ve got this thing here called the TuckStrut and that levers against your belt to help keep the gun close to the body along the other axis.<\/p> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/phlster-holster.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-10\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8367\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/phlster-holster.jpg\" alt=\"Sig P365 XL with Phlster Classic holster\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/phlster-holster.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/phlster-holster-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/phlster-holster-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/phlster-holster-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/phlster-holster-350x197.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p> <p>This has been my &#8220;pandemic setup.&#8221; I\u2019ve been carrying this pretty much all day every day that we\u2019ve been on lockdown. It\u2019s great for just sitting around and watching Netflix, but I\u2019ve been busy. I&#8217;ve been working on some projects around the house. I rearranged and cleaned out the garage, I cleared a bunch of brush in the yard, and then I built a chicken coop. That\u2019s been a lot of stretching, squatting, crawling, reaching, and lifting all while wearing the P365 XL. I don\u2019t feel like it\u2019s ever really been in my way.<\/p> <h3><strong>Sig P365 XL Performance at the Range<\/strong><\/h3> <p>Let\u2019s talk about shooting this thing. I\u2019ve got a little over 2000 rounds through it. So far, I haven\u2019t had any malfunctions or mechanical problems of any kind. In the year 2020, this is actually a fairly low bar for a modern semi-automatic pistol to pass. But I wanted to mention it because there were some known issues with the early P365s. I don\u2019t have any reason to believe this particular gun has any of those problems. It even ate through 500 rounds of some nasty water damaged Tula steel cased ammo. At least half the rounds in that box had visible rust on them. The Sig went through them with no issues. I don\u2019t know whether that\u2019s a credit to Sig or to Tula, but either way I think it\u2019s pretty impressive.<\/p> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/shooting-P365XL.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-11\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8368\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/shooting-P365XL.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Baker shooting the Sig P365 XL\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/shooting-P365XL.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/shooting-P365XL-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/shooting-P365XL-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/shooting-P365XL-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/shooting-P365XL-350x197.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p> <p>I\u2019ve said this gun is shootable and that\u2019s always a difficult thing to quantify. Obviously, not everyone is going to find it to be as shootable as I do. I ran a couple of drills to at least give you some idea of how its performance compares to other guns for me.<\/p> <p>For comparison, I chose the Beretta PX4 Compact, which I have more trigger time with and shoot better than any other compact 9mm. I also ran the drills with the Walther PPS M2. I shoot that better than any other polymer single stack 9mm. The drills were the Failure Drill, which is two to the body, one to the head and the Bill Drill &#8212; six shots to the body. Both are fired at seven yards starting from the holster with concealment. I shot the drills four times each with all three guns. Here\u2019s the average of my best three runs with each gun.<\/p> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/drill-results.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-12\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8358\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/drill-results.jpg\" alt=\"shooting drill results chart\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/drill-results.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/drill-results-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/drill-results-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/drill-results-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/drill-results-350x197.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p> <p>The times are all pretty close. Most of the difference between the PX4 and the smaller guns actually came from the draw speed. It\u2019s always easier to grab a larger gun out of the holster. I missed the A-zone a couple of times with the PPS and I added a quarter second to my times for every miss. Otherwise, it was right on par with the Sig in terms of raw speed.<\/p> <p>The split times were basically identical between the three. That seems counter-intuitive because you would expect the larger gun to have the lower split times. The PX4 Compact is an incredibly soft shooting gun. I think it has less felt recoil than even most full size 9mms. But for me, the sights don\u2019t always track straight up and down. I think maybe because of the rotating barrel, they tend to wobble a little bit under recoil and don\u2019t always return exactly to the same spot. The PPS and the P365 have a little more snap to them, but the recoil path is more predictable. So those things kind of cancel each other out and I end up with similar split times.<\/p> <p>Again, that\u2019s just for me. That might have to do with the way I\u2019m gripping the gun or with how my eyes perceive the sights. For you, it might be completely different. 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Then the lockdown thing happened and it wasn\u2019t going to be practical for me to borrow the P365 like I had planned. But once I started shooting and carrying the XL, I also kind of lost interest in the other gun. This is such a good shooter and it\u2019s been so easy to conceal that I\u2019ve never felt the need for it to be smaller.<\/p> <p>Even so, I should probably mention that, just like the Sig P320 series, the P365 has a serialized fire control unit. That means the part that legally counts as a firearm is inside the frame. So if you have a P365 XL, for about 40 or 50 bucks, you can pick up a standard P365 grip module. It takes about 30 seconds to swap the parts around and then you have the shorter grip with the longer XL slide. Of course, you also have to drop another 50 bucks for one of the smaller 10-round mags to go with it.<\/p> <figure id=\"attachment_8366\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8366\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/P365XL-w-std-module.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-13\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8366\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/P365XL-w-std-module.jpg\" alt=\"Sig P365 XL slide with standard P365 grip module frame\" width=\"1200\" height=\"676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/P365XL-w-std-module.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/P365XL-w-std-module-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/P365XL-w-std-module-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/P365XL-w-std-module-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/P365XL-w-std-module-350x197.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8366\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sig P365 XL slide with standard P365 grip module<\/figcaption><\/figure> <p>I\u2019m pretty happy with the size of this gun as-is, though. And really, there\u2019s not much in general I would want to change here, other than what I already mentioned about the safety. It would be nice if the texture on the grip extended all the way up to the slide so you could get a better grip with the support hand. So far, I can\u2019t find much else that needs major improvement.<\/p> <p>The trigger is nice right out of the box. It\u2019s got some take up and then a smooth rolling break. It\u2019s not crisp like a single action. This is actually what I prefer a trigger to feel like, though. I want there to be constant motion &#8212; constant tactile feedback as I\u2019m putting pressure on the trigger so I know exactly when it\u2019s going to break. I don\u2019t like a trigger with an abrupt wall of resistance that just kind of stops until you press hard enough for it to break unless it\u2019s a super light single action. This is a good carry trigger. I measured it at about 6 pounds on our trigger pull gauge but it doesn\u2019t feel like 6 pounds. It\u2019s a flat face trigger, so you can put more pressure toward the bottom of the trigger and that makes it feel lighter than it is.<\/p> <p>The SIG X-RAY3 sights that come with the gun are also very nice and I almost never say that. For low light, they\u2019ve got a three-dot tritium setup, but in normal light, the rear sight is basically black and the front sight has a highly visible neon green ring. If you don\u2019t like that, of course you can just go with a red dot. There are two screws in the bottom of the slide. If you remove those, this plate and the rear sight come off so you can mount a micro red dot optic.<\/p> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/front-sight.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-14\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8359\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/front-sight.jpg\" alt=\"Sig P365 XL X-RAY3 front sight\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/front-sight.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/front-sight-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/front-sight-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/front-sight-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/front-sight-350x197.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p> <p>Factory optic cuts are gradually becoming more common on handguns, even smaller ones. I\u2019ve decided to finally set aside some time this year to seriously train with a red dot optic on a pistol. I\u2019ll be talking about that more sometime down the road. The Sig P365 XL slide is cut for the Sig ROMEOZERO optic, which shares a footprint with the Shield RMSc. It will also fit the soon to be released Holosun HS507K and the Swampfox Sentinel.<\/p> <p>These are some of the smallest pistol optics on the market and I expect them to be super popular as more people add dots to their carry guns. I\u2019ll be trying out a few of these and I\u2019ll let you guys know when I think I can recommend one of them for serious use.<\/p> <h3><strong>The Verdict<\/strong><\/h3> <p>I can\u2019t tell you whether I\u2019ll end up carrying this gun long term. I\u2019m always trying out different stuff and somehow I end up back at a snub nose revolver anyway, so I\u2019m probably not the best example to follow. That said, this gun does everything I could ask a carry gun to do. It\u2019s reliable. It\u2019s easy to conceal and it\u2019s comfortable to carry all day. I can shoot it just about as well as anything else I would ever consider carrying. It\u2019s supported by all of my favorite holster-makers. I can shoot it for long practice sessions without it wearing me out. I wouldn\u2019t hesitate to take it to a high round-count shooting class.<\/p> <p>It\u2019s a compromise gun that doesn\u2019t really feel like much of a compromise. If you were to tell me that I had to choose, right now, just one pistol to be stuck with forever &#8212; that I could never carry or practice with any other handgun. Today at least, I think my answer would be the Sig P365 XL.<\/p> <p>But they have got to do something about that safety.<\/p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a guy who loves DA\/SA autos and snubby revolvers, the Sig P365 XL probably seems like an odd choice. &#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/the-sig-p365-xl-a-really-good-pistol\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8353,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[46,47,173,17,51,169],"class_list":["post-8350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-review","tag-9mm","tag-concealed-carry","tag-reviews","tag-self-defense","tag-sig","tag-sig-sauer"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Sig P365 XL: A Really Good Pistol<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A Sig P365 XL review with video and range testing conducted by Chris Baker. 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