So I just got the newest offering to law enforcement in the P365 series. This is the X Macro with the non comped slide, 3.7” barrel, the new aluminum magwell and 3-17rd mags. It shoots well, compared to the G48, it feels a bit better. It’s not quite as smooth as the Shadow Systems MR920 but it shouldn’t be. I have high hopes for it. Just put a few hundreds rounds thru it and it was flawless. I really like the mag well and grip texture.

Why LE only? Totally stupid.

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Originally posted by 12131:
Why LE only? Totally stupid.

I’m not sure on that. I’m guessing it won’t stay LE only for long.

Is the magwell removable?

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Originally posted by 92fstech:
Is the magwell removable?

It is

I can resist anything except temptation:
If only this P365 has a magazine well (abbr: magwell), where do the magazines go in/on/under/over the older guns?

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Originally posted by sigfreund:
I can resist anything except temptation:
If only this P365 has a magazine well (abbr: magwell), where do the magazines go in/on/under/over the older guns?

I realize what you're getting at, and I agree that "funnel" is more accurate term, but "magwell" is the term in common usage to describe the device in question, and calling it anything else is likely to confuse people...and then we have to have this discussion, which we're now having anyway...so yeah.

Thanks for the response OP. Have you had a chance to shoot the comped version of the gun yet to be able to offer a comparison between the two? I've shot the comped version and was very impressed...I'm wondering how much of that was the comp, and how much was just the increase weight and grip size compared to a standard P365. The Macro is the first variant of the gun that really interests me, and I've come close to ordering this version as it's quite a bit cheaper than the comped one...but I'm curious if it will yield the same shooting experience as the one that I shot.

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Originally posted by 92fstech:
I realize what you're getting at, and I agree that "funnel" is more accurate term, but "magwell" is the term in common usage to describe the device in question, and calling it anything else is likely to confuse people...

I personally don't care what people call it. Just like I don't care when people call a magazine a clip. But since sigfreund pointed it out, I was just playing along. You wouldn't be confused, when you deal with the HK people, where they actually call it correctly, would you?

Edited to make a correction of a major error. I don't care.

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“Field grade literacy test.”

That's excellent!

Wait. So mag well isn't the correct term or is it that mag funnel is just more correct? I prefer mag well because I think of a funnel as something you pour a liquid into.

When I was assigned to a command headquarters many years ago I had a sign on my desk, “The Ogre.”
One day a new major walked in, saw the sign, and asked, “The o-gree?”
When he left, the master sergeant in the same office smirked, looked at me, and said, “o-gree?”
My response was, “Field grade literacy test.”

But yes, none of it matters any more. None. Not that majors didn’t know what an ogre was even 35 years ago—much less today. Not that people believe “AR” in AR-15 means assault rifle. And of course it certainly does not matter if someone does not know what a magwell is. None.

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It’s a magwell. Always will be. I don’t care what anyone else says.

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Originally posted by 92fstech:

Thanks for the response OP. Have you had a chance to shoot the comped version of the gun yet to be able to offer a comparison between the two? I've shot the comped version and was very impressed...I'm wondering how much of that was the comp, and how much was just the increase weight and grip size compared to a standard P365. The Macro is the first variant of the gun that really interests me, and I've come close to ordering this version as it's quite a bit cheaper than the comped one...but I'm curious if it will yield the same shooting experience as the one that I shot.

I haven’t shot the comped version but it does handle better the the original 365 by a fair amount just from the grip. I have XXL hands and never could hang on to the original P365.

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Originally posted by Paten:
Wait. So mag well isn't the correct term or is it that mag funnel is just more correct?

Every semi-automatic, detachable-magazine-fed handgun has a mag well, else where would the magazines go?

Calling a mag funnel a mag well is alike calling a magazine a clip.

Hey! I got it: "Clipwells!" Yeah, that's the ticket

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Every semi-automatic, detachable-magazine-fed handgun has a mag well

I don't think so. wells go down or hold liquids or something like that. the correct term is mag receptacle to define that you have to insert it...

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never could hang on to the original P365.

My problem as well. I got rid of my original P365 for that reason. I never thought I'd be thinking about buying another, but the 17 round mag and a hand-filling grip on a gun that is much more carry-able than my P320, but almost as shootable, is making me reconsider. This could be an awesome off-duty gun.

For a carry gun, it looks like it would print quite a bit. That grip is way too long.

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I like it and want one when/if they’ll sell them to lowly non-LE.

With that said, I basically have two already: 365XLs with new slide versions with a Macro module thrown on. Only thing it lacks is the funnel…which I don’t need any way.

I’ve been carrying 365s since they came out and now I can replace every carry/HD pistol with one platform.

I just need a couple more!

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Originally posted by 92fstech:

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never could hang on to the original P365.

My problem as well. I got rid of my original P365 for that reason. I never thought I'd be thinking about buying another, but the 17 round mag and a hand-filling grip on a gun that is much more carry-able than my P320, but almost as shootable, is making me reconsider. This could be an awesome off-duty gun.

My thoughts as well for an off duty gun but it will be tough to replace my Shadow systems.