Newly purchased SIG P365X failures

[AlwaysCarry1]

Hello everyone, I purchased a SIG P365X (Red dot model) last week and took it to the range today to run some rounds through the gun and zero the optic. I fired 212 rounds through the gun, 50 124g CCI Blazer aluminum, 100 115g Winchester White Box, 50 Federal 124g, and 12 Speer Gold Dot 124+ P. I lubed the gun prior to the range trip.

Both myself and my wife shot the pistol, My wife had roughly 25 failures where pistol would fire and when the slide reciprocated it would feed the bullet about 95% of the way into the chamber but fail to go fully into battery. Just a very light tap on the rear of the slide would seat it fully and then the gun would fire.

I've read some reports online of people having problems with the Sig having return to battery failures. Has anyone experienced this? I have the regular 365 model and haven't had any issues with it.

[Shyster]

Hello everyone, I purchased a SIG P365X (Red dot model) last week and took it to the range today to run some rounds through the gun and zero the optic. I fired 212 rounds through the gun, 50 124g CCI Blazer aluminum, 100 115g Winchester White Box, 50 Federal 124g, and 12 Speer Gold Dot 124+ P. I lubed the gun prior to the range trip.

Both myself and my wife shot the pistol, My wife had roughly 25 failures where pistol would fire and when the slide reciprocated it would feed the bullet about 95% of the way into the chamber but fail to go fully into battery. Just a very light tap on the rear of the slide would seat it fully and then the gun would fire.

I've read some reports online of people having problems with the Sig having return to battery failures. Has anyone experienced this? I have the regular 365 model and haven't had any issues with it.

If it worked fine for you but not her I almost guarantee she was limp-wristing it.

[JimSig]

If it worked fine for you but not her I almost guarantee she was limp-wristing it.

^^ +1 on This.

handgun with shorter slides usually have stronger recoil spring in order to slow down the slide during a very short travel distance to control lock timing and proper slide operation. As such, the gun requires more wrist strength and grip force to hold the frame in a stable position to allow the slide to do the reciprocating cycle. The stronger the recoil spring the more it demands grip force and wrist strength to stabilize the frame. A more efficient use of her support hand (weak hand) by gripping more on the gun grip and her shooting hand altogether would help in providing the needed support for the gun to function flawlessly.

[JohnJak]

Next time she is shooting wrap a bright ribbon on her wrist and explain limp wristing. Every time she begins to shoot, the ribbon will remind the brain to tighten up the wrist before pulling trigger.

[AlwaysCarry1]

Thank you for the quick replies everyone! I figured she was limp wristing it as well. The weird part is she shoots my regular P365 with no issues.

[moe.ron]

The first 100 rounds through mine last week were flawless, and so fun!

The ribbon trick is a good idea.

[wizzi01]

If it worked fine for you but not her I almost guarantee she was limp-wristing it.

Yep, I took my buddy shooting one day and he had my 229 doing all kinds of malfunctions. I've shot thousands of rounds and never had one issue. I told him to hold it tighter and fixed the issue.

[Scoop]

If it worked fine for you but not her I almost guarantee she was limp-wristing it.

My first thought as well, especially with a pistol of this size.

[Scoop]

Thank you for the quick replies everyone! I figured she was limp wristing it as well. The weird part is she shoots my regular P365 with no issues.

How old/how many rounds through that one? If its' the OEM recoil spring and you have tons of rounds through it, it won't be as stiff.

Maybe swap out the recoil spring/assembly from your P365 with the P365X and have her shoot both again (I believe the internals should be the same, but double-check first).

[dirtmcgirt76239]

If it worked fine for you but not her I almost guarantee she was limp-wristing it.

Yep. A girl friend was able to limp wrist a glock 17 and jamb it almost every other shot. I showed her a video of people trying to limp wrist it, holding it weird etc explaining it is basically jamb proof, but she found a way.