SIG Sauer P365

Sig Sauer P365
P365 micro-compact handgun left side showing controls, rail, and extended tab 10 round magazine
Type Semi-automatic pistol
Place of origin United States
Production history
Designed 2017
Manufacturer Sig Sauer, Inc. Newington, NH
Produced 2017
Specifications
Weight 500 g (18 oz)
Length 147 mm (5.8 in)
Barrel length 78 mm (3.1 in)
Width 27 mm (1.1 in)
Height 109 mm (4.3 in)
Caliber 9 x 19mm Parabellum
Action

Sig Sauer

Short Recoil Locked Breech
Rate of fire Semi-automatic
Feed system

Box magazines:

  • 10 round (optional finger extension)
  • 12 round magazine with grip sleeve
Sights Tritium Night Sights, Three Dot, Combat Sighted

The Sig Sauer, Inc. P365 is a compact polymer frame handgun.[1] The P365 replaces the P290RS (now discontinued). The P365 is a double-stack magazine 9 x 19mm Parabellum handgun rated for +P pressure.[2] It is shipped with X-Ray Night Sights and two ten round magazines, one flush fit and the other with an extended finger tab. The P365 is produced in Newington, NH United States.[2]

Features

The P365 is a striker fired, short-recoil handgun with a stainless steel slide treated with a Nitron black finish. The slide has serrations on both front and back for easy slide manipulation. The polymer grip accepts a double-stack 10-round magazine. A 12 round magazine was offered as an option.[1] The magazine is released by a triangular button on the grip located at the undercut trigger guard section. Per Sig Sauer the P365 has the lowest bore axis ratio of any handgun currently made (Reference Live Broadcast from the Shot Show 2018)

Sights are green tritium 3-dot night sights that are made of steel and are capable of being used to cycle the slide in the case of one handed use being necessary. Aiming is by combat sighting. A proprietary rail is located below the barrel.[1] Both red and green lasers and a light will be offered as accessory items for this proprietary rail.[3]

The grip encloses a stainless steel fire control unit (FCU) similar to that in the Sig Sauer P320.[1][4][5] Disassembly requires no tools and does not require that the trigger be pulled.[6] Due to recent drop-safe issues with the SIG Sauer P320 the P365 was drop tested over 500 times using an enhanced testing protocol which dropped the pistol at different angles from varying heights to ensure that no such problem would occur.[1] For US states that require it, an external safety will be offered in the future (Reference Live Video Transmission from Shot Show 2018).

The striker firing system is nearly identical to that in the SIG Sauer P320 handgun. The short recoil locking system is the Sig Sauer System created by SIG Sauer in 1975 for a Swiss Army contract by the then existing Swiss Industrial Group (oder "Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft": SIG) which improved upon the Petter-Browning design which SIG had licensed from SACM (the French model 1935) in 1947 for their P210 handgun design but is not the same system having been considerably improved upon. [7]

Comparisons

Compared to the P290 the P365 is slightly larger and has a lighter striker trigger pull of 5.5 to 6.5 lbf (24 to 29 N) versus the P290 at 9 lbf (40 N).[1] The P290RS has restrike capability, but also has a long double action only trigger pull. The takedown system is similar to that of the Sig Sauer P320 in that a lever is turned down with slide locked back to release the slide from the frame.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Introducing the SIG SAUER P365". Soldier Systems Daily. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 "P365". Sig Sauer. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Sig Rolls Out LIMA365 Laser, FOXTROT365 Flashlight for P365". Personal Defense World. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "New From SIG SAUER: P365 Micro-Compact Pistol [VIDEO]". The Truth About Guns. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "SIG Sauer Announces P365 Pistol". The American Rifleman. National Rifle Association. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  6. ↑ "Breaking: The New SIG Sauer P365". Omaha Outdoors. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  7. ↑ "Evolution of the Sig P210". Firearms News. Issue 3 (February 2018). February 2018.
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