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Took the gun down to install a manual safety. Taking it apart was a 2 minute breeze. Installing the safety was an all night nightmare. I got to bed at 6:00 AM, the job undone.
The vendor's 3:00 minute video shows you how easy it is, which is great for sales. Not so easy as you might think. Another video running 9:00 minutes had much more detail that helped with the installation. The devil is in the details. The safety was in and I couldn't get it out. The safety rubbed, grated, and was not square to the slide. Then it locked up. I lubed the assembly with silicone and today at noon I got it to work.
The battle isn't over. The gun will not go back together. The slide goes on up to the last 3/16 of an inch, the the guide rod starts to pop out of the front of the slide assembly. The usual suggestions don't seem to work. An internet review indicates lots of P365 users can't get their gun back together. It seems to take manipulation of the take down lever and the slide hold open device. Except in the SAS these parts are so abbreviated that the process is very difficult and appears to require 3 hands.
My age is showing. This little gun is plastic, stampings and springs. It may be the marvel of the western world and everybody wants or has one, but I'm reminded of the children's fairy tale, "The Emperor's New Clothes."
I might use this thing for a fishing sinker and carry something John Browning designed. I might even carry a revolver.
My granddaughter bought one and we shot ours together. They worked fine. She went home to clean it and couldn't get her's back together again. She eventually got it. She hasn't spoken about her 365 SAS but I thing she dumped it and went back to her Ruger.
The vendor's 3:00 minute video shows you how easy it is, which is great for sales. Not so easy as you might think. Another video running 9:00 minutes had much more detail that helped with the installation. The devil is in the details. The safety was in and I couldn't get it out. The safety rubbed, grated, and was not square to the slide. Then it locked up. I lubed the assembly with silicone and today at noon I got it to work.
The battle isn't over. The gun will not go back together. The slide goes on up to the last 3/16 of an inch, the the guide rod starts to pop out of the front of the slide assembly. The usual suggestions don't seem to work. An internet review indicates lots of P365 users can't get their gun back together. It seems to take manipulation of the take down lever and the slide hold open device. Except in the SAS these parts are so abbreviated that the process is very difficult and appears to require 3 hands.
My age is showing. This little gun is plastic, stampings and springs. It may be the marvel of the western world and everybody wants or has one, but I'm reminded of the children's fairy tale, "The Emperor's New Clothes."
I might use this thing for a fishing sinker and carry something John Browning designed. I might even carry a revolver.
My granddaughter bought one and we shot ours together. They worked fine. She went home to clean it and couldn't get her's back together again. She eventually got it. She hasn't spoken about her 365 SAS but I thing she dumped it and went back to her Ruger.
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