A Dot and a Miss: Sig P365XL and Romeo 0 Review Podcast 321

Last week I shot competition with a Sig P365XL and Romeo 0 Dot. I shoot this competition about every other week right now and love it.

What I've learned about the Sig P365 serious of guns:

The Good:

They are a great sized gun
Love the family of sizes
12 rounds in the XL makes a full grip even for my giant hands
Reloads go easy with the correct flare on the bottom the pistol
15 round mags that work with both grip sizes
Accuracy is amazing for such a little gun
Reliability on a clean gun has been 100% out of all the ones that have been through classes and the ones I've shot
The trigger is good
Aftermarket support is everywhere
The Cons:

When training with them they get really hot, right where you put your thumbs on a thumbs forward grip
The trigger is a long way from the frame and the shot breaks a long way from the frame (something it took my realizing before I could shoot the pistol well)
I would have liked a little longer barrel in the XL, 3.9-4" I think is the best there is, the Sig XL has a 3.7" which is just a hair short on the sight radius
It recoils up a little more than I would like it to. But that is mostly because of it's small size and weight
The Sig Romeo 0 Dot

The Good:

It sits as a dot sight should. Far enough down where they put a notch in the back that replaces the rear sight and you can still use the front sight. It puts the gun on the same plain when you draw it and helps with the learning curve and switching guns.
They seem to be holding up with everything I've seen. I haven't seen a broken one yet on the range or in a class
The Bad:

Seeing a reflection of the dot where it isn't sucks! I don't know if every dot does this, but I don't like it at all
The auto-brightness setting can screw you when shooting from a dark place to a bright place. A manual up/down would be great. I'd rather have a huge starburst from being too bright in low light than not being able to see it at all in the bright light.
It looks like it will break. I haven't seen one break yet, but it looks weak.
If you want one of these set ups, you should get one. It's a great gun and Dot. I'm always looking for perfect and still haven't found it. But I think this set up will be my next carry gun. Or I'm also looking at a Sig M17 with a Romeo 1 Pro on it. Hopefully I can shoot one of those too.

Stay Safe,

Ben

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Stay Safe,

Ben

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