By a combination of buying, selling, trading, and unfortunate boating accidents; I have had a few pistols go through my hands through the years. I like guns and am always looking for equipment that will better mitigate my lack of abilities when it comes to personal protection. I get bored, I am fickle and I love new stuff.
A few years ago I acquired a Glock 27. I immediately found it to be 100% ugly and utterly boring. It just doesn’t feel "special," it lacks a personal feeling to me. I am drawn to weapons that make you imagine it was made by elves and delivered by the "Lady of the Lake." The Glock 27 feels like it was mechanically "crafted" in a plastic hanger factory; which in a way it was. When compared to other weapons in my humble arsenal I am tempted to call the G27...soulless.
I have also found the plastic fantastic to be 100% reliable, robust, and durable. In short it is 99.9% trustworthy. Why not 100%? Because all machines run over a long enough period of time will fail. I have felt this way towards other handguns. I have this same confidence in some Sig Sauers, HKs, and others I have come to know. However, the Glock does all of this without fuss and it is without fail more rustproof, lighter, and smaller than other guns in similar calibers and capacities. And it seems to look better when it is a bit used looking so I drop it; eh, no biggie.
So now there is greener grass on the other side of the fence. Sig Sauer just dropped the p365 bomb. I have yet to handle one and thus cannot attest to anything other than its size, weight and capacity. Many are claiming that the little Sig will cut into other manufacturers sales and if this gun proves reliable and durable; it likely will. Why carry a similar sized single stack 9 when this gun will give you 10 +1 rounds instead of 6 or 7 +1, right? So as I considered what guns I own that the p365 might displace for carry I again considered the Glock 27.
Nope; if I had a Glock 26 then the p365 May make more sense, but try as you may sig, you just won’t fit 9 rounds of 40 s&w into the p365. The reason I have always (somewhat reluctantly) gravitated to the g27 is because it is the ultimate Goldilocks gun IN 40 S&W. In 40 caliber, Glock has conquered size efficiency.
Perhaps Sig has conquered size efficiency in 9mm in the p365, time will tell and if it proves as good as it claims to be I will buy one. However, the boring, awesome, soulless, comforting little 40 will always annoyingly remain...thank goodness.
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