The Guerrillas Deck Gun – Pistol Division, by GuerrillaLogistician
Reference – 18C
This all began just like how the US is going right now. History rarely repeats itself, but it almost always rhymes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3giTYRttoRQ
You sit in a small bar with low lights and that musty beer smell of most dive bars. Across from you is a contact suggested to you by a friend of a friend who knew a guy who may just be able to help you out. Until two days ago, you were a die-hard enemy of people like this; you would have scoffed and belittled them as maggots, but that had slowly broken apart in just a few short days. Now you were sitting across from a man that you absolutely would have despised 48 to 72 hours ago, begging for any help to protect yourself because you knew you had said things that didn’t entirely fall along specific agenda lines. It didn’t matter anymore who you worked for or with as long as you stopped the destruction of the society you grew up in, even though you knew your old society had its issues that needed to be fixed. You had been sure that some things needed to be fixed with society, but how much and how you went about that change had been flipped upside down.
Just two days before, you watched in shock and horror as young socialists screamed and cheered the beating of a professor on a makeshift stage. They shouted at this professor who was spreading false claims and was trying to tear our country apart violently as he killed children. Young socialists chanted and jeered as they dragged this man out on the stage, a thick boat rope around his neck tied like a noose for a lynch mob. You were appalled at seeing a black man being drug around by a noose and never thought anyone in this day and age would allow this. You stood in shock and fear as the heat of the crowd, both physically and emotionally, hammered you like a storm. The police would stop this, wouldn’t they? Sure, you had supported ACAB because people like the professor had been innocently killed, and something needed to be done, but this was over the top, and he needed help. His hands were tied behind his back, and his face was bloody and smeared with grime. You remember clearly the bullhorn chanting and the crowd replying until everyone was told to calm themselves. This professor has been charged with several offenses, but no police were in sight, and no judges were present. The only thing holding this man was the mob and the accusations that held him there. They claimed this man had pushed genocidal beliefs and was directly responsible for the death of at least three children. As the allegations were listed, you started realizing what you had suspected in the first place. Your friend, a professor at a local Community College, had never once spoken any lie purposely to hurt anyone, but here he was being charged with insanity. They said that because he wasn’t a doctor, he could not say there were only two sexes, and everyone knew there were more than two genders. The people standing around weren’t all socialists, but many had back the blue wave and pronoun pins. As each one of the accusations was presented, the crowd booed and hissed as you realized how terrifyingly bad the situation was for your friend. What could you do, though you had no power, no ability to defend anyone, or even a bullhorn to counter the comments?
Up until this point, you were a diehard Democrat; you believed in the cause of protecting innocent people and not vilifying individuals because of their skin color or where they were from. Hell, your professor friend felt the same way, but here he was standing at a mob trial; both of you had been to rallies against Trump and his deranged lunatic MAGA supporters. How could anyone with that much power who’d been charged many times with different criminal accusations get away with it? You knew you had to fight against that kind of power…right? Your reality was starting to crack as you saw this man on stage in fear for his life. You watched this lifelong liberal black man stand on stage who always was kind to everyone and supported these people’s cause constantly, a friend, not always a close friend, but a friend nonetheless being lied about. You watched as he cried and said he supported them, and he didn’t understand why anyone couldn’t know that he meant it was the sex of an individual and not the gender.
That didn’t matter though because they had said this man had killed Sarah, who used to be Tom, even though you knew Sarah and she had a horrible drug problem. She was a sweet person and didn’t mean any harm to anyone, but she came home crying to one of her boyfriends about how evil the professor was for misgendering her. Much like every accusation like this, it ran viral across the Internet, but you didn’t spend time seeing this or disputing it. You were too busy fighting the Orange Man supporters on X.com to see what was happening locally. Democrats don’t lie, and you knew this as a child growing up in your family. How often had Trump been caught lying about not using spray-on tans or other such nonsense? You knew the Democrats were the right people because they always called out the lies, but here you were now, watching as they lied about your friend.
That day, however, the lies had taken the life of your friend in the most brutal way you’d ever seen in your life. An elderly man whom you respected and was highly knowledgeable had been beaten with sticks, and the last coup de grace was something you couldn’t see because of the crowd. Unlike most situations when the shot rang out, the crowd didn’t run, but they cheered, as an enemy against their ideology and faith finally took his last breath, and you lost a mentor and friend. Both of you had voted Democrat your whole life, and both of you believed in the world they had been building, but no longer could you look in the mirror and believe that it was the Republican Party that had built this horrible trial by the mob. This was not the Democratic Party you were brought up in, and you knew that almost no one would understand that without being there and watching the vicious nature of what had happened. They wouldn’t understand without seeing that, along with the next 24 hours of TV and media coverage playing up your friend’s connections to right-wing extremists while covering almost nothing about what had really happened. What was said was, “ A group of his peers had found him guilty,” and that he was executed after that. Unlike an older execution, your friend, the professor, had been hung up with a sign around his neck that said counter-revolutionary.
Now you are sitting with a guy begging for his help for any protection, even though you knew the protection he offered was already illegal within the city limits. If the revolutionaries had their way, it would soon be prohibited throughout the whole state. You wanted one of those big terrible weapons you used to advocate against, like an AR15 or an AK, and you’ve made that clear to all of your contacts so far. The people who had moved you along this trail made it reasonably clear that you would never get one of those without some heavy information, and even then, you’d have to support their cause. They discussed simple things with you and explained their point of view, which you would typically have rebuked with articles from CNN and MSNBC, but when the veil of lies had been shown to you that day, you didn’t know what to trust. You honestly didn’t know if what these guys had said to you was correct, but you had realized your party had been more insidious and deceitful. One of the few things that kept you going in dealing with these people is they weren’t some zealot supporters of Trump like everybody had said, nor were they racist. They were just against what was going on in their country. Many of them weren’t even remotely interested in Trump at all, including one guy who had mocked Trump but also had voted for him twice because your party had offered up far worse options. This had dulled many of your fears, and you realized how many people were like this the whole time, but you had been spoon-fed a belief system through the media and the echo chambers you stayed in.
“Look, man, I know what you want, but I’m not giving those out to just anyone, especially someone I don’t know,” your newest contact continues, “I frankly don’t care what you want or what our common acquaintance said you can do for us.” “First things first, you do stuff for us, then we do stuff for you, and not before,” he adds. He casually sat at the booth with you, secluded to one side of the bar, partially drowned out by the music playing yet still understandable without screaming. He didn’t look like Han Solo, but somehow, his relaxed attitude and confidence reminded you of the scene with Greedo, and you knew this guy would shoot first if you crossed him. You realized this little area was perfect to talk about such things openly because no one could hear you, and how the booths were built hindered anyone seeing what you were talking about. Your previous contact said this man was careful and checked for listening devices, although you never saw him do this. You just hoped you weren’t walking into some trap and, per instruction, didn’t wear any watches or have a cell phone with you, which were both at home charging. The doorman had searched you, unlike others who walked in without so much as having a wand pass over them.
“I understand, and I have some information that they said you might want,” you say to him, almost pleading for the help you want, willing to give away a lot to feel safe once again. You take out a small MicroSD card that you had been fingering in your pocket the whole time. Hoping this would be enough information, you slide it over discreetly to your contact. You talked about why you came to meet him, which was your contact verifying your story and looking for any tells. He looked at the little card, nodded to someone who came over, took it, and left in one of the cleanest handoffs you almost didn’t catch. Someone had said this guy used to be a card shark and could tell when people lied, so you were told never to lie to him. You didn’t know if that was true or just a way to scare you off if you weren’t totally on board. Forty-five minutes later, with a few beers in your system, you and the still-sober contact went outside. You followed this guy outside, and he handed you a little slip of paper with instructions on a location and a booklet on how to shoot a pistol drawn up like a Vietnam cartoon manual with a hot woman included on the front.
“It isn’t a high point, but it isn’t some fancy shadow system or something, and I don’t trust you enough to train you, but there are two boxes of ammo.”, the card shark told you as he slipped you the instructions. “There is a small backstop and target, so shoot a magazine or two,” he continued, “If you work out, we will get you an instructor and train you up; until then, we will be in contact.” For the first time through this process, the man held out his hand and shook yours, “I hope you become a brother to the cause, and you seem like an honest guy; just let go of the old ways of thinking you had and be careful.” With that, you both departed and 30 minutes later, your hand was digging under a log down a dirt trail that took 5 minutes for you to walk. You were in the middle of nowhere out in farmland country when your hand blindly found a brown paper package with a diamond-shaped skull and resistor logo painted on it. This package has been sitting out here for a while, as you can tell by the dirt clinging to the wax coating from previous rain. You pulled apart the paper with your trusty headlamp, carefully unwrapping an almost solid green pistol. You spent some time looking at the little Vietnam-style cartoon manual; as goofy as it seemed, it showed you how to operate the weapon. On the side of the firearm, you saw Palmetto State Armory West Columbia, South Carolina. You rehearsed the operations for the next little while with an unloaded weapon, learning to handle it just like your friend suggested before firing it. Reviewing the cartoon manual with the hot woman, you learned to do a function check, load, and unload the pistol safely. After shooting a magazine through the gun at the target conveniently hidden from the path and hitting the target, you felt a bit more confident with a new weapon.
After making it home that evening, you went to see your friend. The friend you thought was moderate and had started the process to get here said you’d gotten a pretty decent gun considering how scarce they had become; it wasn’t what he recommended, but considering it had been low-cost and functioned, it didn’t matter. Ultimately, your friend had a few extra spare parts and magazines, which helped you make the trigger more comfortable to shoot. As time progressed, you would get asked for more information, and you would provide it. They would offer you more training and more opportunities to help stem the insanity you would accidentally support most of your life. Even though you had options to get better firearms, this was your first handgun ever, and you had fallen in love with it. Nowadays, you supported what you began to call freedom fighters and genuinely believe that was what they were. Still, you also had an uncanny ability to slowly convert those who would trust mainstream politics to your side. A relatively cheap pistol, a horrible tragedy, and months later, you are slowly unraveling the destruction just like you had slowly opened up the wax paper to reveal the gun that not only brought you comfort but safety from a tyranny produced through good intentions.
The Review Comparison
I am not a gun tuber, nor am I an expert on everything firearms. These are my opinions and mine alone, just like everything else I write; I will always say that I have limited experience even though I’ve shot a hell of a lot of weapons. Your experiences may vary versus mine, but hopefully, I will give you the essential information you will need. First of all, I hate writing about firearms because so many people write about them, and they have so many autistic opinions without the nuance required to express or understand the subject they talk about clearly. I have been and probably still am one of those autistic people, so feel free to disagree with me.
I will review my limited experience with the Palmetto State Armory’s compact dagger and SIGS 365 pistols. The unfortunate thing about SIG and many other good quality pistols is that they are costly for what they are, and realistically, if you’ve been prepping correctly, it hasn’t been just guns and ammo, which hurts your budget sometimes. I am a prepper who believes in doing things manageably and wants to keep costs down without compromising too much on quality. Like the character above, many people get a jolt of realization but don’t get the needed advice. Realistically, almost every firearm on the market these days that is around $350.00 or above is reasonably reliable and suitable for light-duty self-protection if appropriately treated. Several weapons cost too much and are very durable, and some guns that are not very well-designed cost nearly the same. If you start looking at firearms, I recommend getting a pistol first for prepping. Even though they are more challenging to learn, they are the one weapon that, throughout civil unrest, has been the most coveted. Read any books about prepping, from Surviving the Economic Collapse of Argentina by FerFAL to anything to do with Eastern European countries in the ’80s and ’90s to modern civil wars; pistols do a lot of heavy lifting. You will see that the pistol is easily concealed and affords more protection than the rifles in various legal situations.
Many preppers like to talk about the world Without the Rule Of Law, but this has never been the case in almost every location where our world has devolved into chaos. Many times, laws are enforced continuously with varied enforcement depending on time, location, and even affiliation, and that’s why pistols are far more commonplace in these types of situations. Rifles are still vital to us, but a pistol should be your go-to weapon for day-to-day operations and low profile, especially if you’re working around your house. Realistically, I wish we could carry rifles everywhere as they are easier to operate, aim, and defeat a target. Still, it’s not always possible, even in a nonpermissive environment, just because of the size of a rifle. How many shootings in California happen by gang members carrying rifles? How many of those gang members are carrying pistols because they’re easily concealed from what law enforcement can operate in California? When you become the undesirable part of society, will you be able to hide a rifle everywhere you go?
The Palmetto State Armory Compact Dagger
I have always been and will always be a big fan of Walther products. One of the guns I love to tell people to buy is the Canik series of pistols, which were clones of Walther, just like the dagger is to the Glock. Although Canik, I believe, pays for the rights to build their weapons based on the Walther, the trigger is excellent, and the guns are very functional and durable for the price, especially during COVID when they were almost the only weapon on the market you could get for a reasonable price. So why isn’t this a review of a Canik instead of a PSA dagger? Simple because, just like COVID, logistically, the most reasonable pistol I could get during a collapse probably will be the PSA dagger. If you don’t think logistics will play a huge part in anything they could go on in the US, you are an idiot. I didn’t select Guerilla Logistician because I thought it would be super cool and trendy; it’s because absolutely everything we do is based on what we can get and how we can use it. Like the lubrication article, I may not have access to an infinite supply of my favorite fancy top-dollar lubrication or my favorite fancy pistol for my buddy. With how Palmetto State Armory is doing its production and sales strategies and now producing ammunition along with companies like Fenix Ammunition, Bartlein Barrels, etc so what you can get regionally might matter. So, reviewing the Canik pistol would be enjoyable. That said, an edict from a president could shut off my access to Canik or an embargo placed on Turkey. This includes magazines, replacement parts and springs that wear out over time. Until they shut down all the production of weapons in the US, many of these weapons will still be available, whether legal or not.
The main reason I bought this pistol was not because I wanted another Glock clone or because I thought this gun was functionally better than all other guns on the market. True to Palmetto State Armory’s goals for their AR15 platforms, they want to produce something at a reasonable price that they can put in the hands of everyone without breaking your budget. I’m not saying that their primary brand lines are some fantastic products; frankly, I need more experience with their Saber line to make any conclusions, but their basic rifle kits have done well and lasted longer in my hands than Garand Thumbs experience. Nothing built by man is ever perfect, so we need to keep that in mind. My experience could be different for tons of reasons. Love or hate PSA, their goal to make guns impossible to ban is a noble idea, even if they are making tons of money from the endeavor. Likewise, PSA sells everyone else’s guns as well, so there are always options sometimes, though the options get narrowed by time and money.
I know I can get a reasonably well-designed firearm clone of a Generation 3 Glock for about double the price of a high point. While Glocks have improved over time, I hate the gun because of the grip angle and being left-handed. Glock has dramatically improved that with their later generations, but the bad taste in my mouth and the two I own have yet to really impress me. That said, I have promoted Glock as much or more than any other weapons platform because of its ease of use, interchangeable parts, and upgradability of the platform. So much so that I fell in love with the shadow system, which I think is highly overpriced for an entry pistol. Many Glock owners out there will talk about how they have easy access to cheap magazines, which are very accurate, and that is a reasonably good argument for buying any of the clones out there. PSA has made a decent pistol that is very comfortable with a redesigned grip. This thing shines compared to my over $850 shadow system and older Glocks when it comes to price vs what you get. It doesn’t shine in terms of overall quality in comparison. The Dagger reminds me of the older Gen2 or even Gen3 Glocks that were available, which were functional and worked, but there was nothing to write home about regarding the trigger and comfort for the shooter. They were just good, hardworking guns, and this dagger seems to have been cut from similar cloth. It comes with a pre-cut RMR mount for optics; some come with a threaded barrel and an elevated site for both a suppressor and use in conjunction with an optic. Replacement sites from PSA with tritium are around $80.00, which is cheaper than almost every other firearm on the market’s tritium night sights. The trigger is OK, but it is a standard rough Glock trigger that requires you to do some polishing or replace the trigger package entirely, which is possible with this firearm.
Not only does PSA sell upgraded trigger systems, but many other companies do, which means you can put almost anything in this firearm and turn it from a decent, reliable pistol into something closer to my shadow systems. The shadow system out of the box is a way better pistol and it is everything I would do to a Glock to get it more in line with what I want. So I don’t think it’s a one-for-one, but a lot of the features are the same for less than half the price. As time passed, Glock also increased the price of their pistol substantially, mainly to go along with the increase in the cost of pistols throughout the marketplace. I, however, have felt they’ve been behind the times in making their firearms more capable of being optics-ready. I don’t understand why anyone is producing pistols now that aren’t optics-capable from the factory. There will be times and places for sports shooting where optics are not what people want, but realistically, if you have a modern pistol and are going to use it for anything other than collection or competition, it should have an optic cut on it. The one downside to the dagger I do not like is the lack of ambidextrous mag release on the pistol; it is one of the main reasons I will never carry one of these pistols as a daily driver. However, for a sub $450 gun, I ended up with something I could hand to someone or build up as money permitted. You can do the same with Glock, which is why so many people also fall in love with them.
If you like Glocks or have been recommended to buy one and are right-handed, this is probably a pistol you should look at as a first-time gun owner because it is constructed reasonably well and has a pretty durable design. My other big argument against this weapon is the rails that hold the slide on. The rails could have been built a little longer to help slide the gun together uniformly. This means that you have to pay a little attention when putting the weapon together, although I have not seen any issues with the accuracy or functionality of the gun, which has over 1000 rounds through it. I also suspect they did this to bypass Glock pattens just like Polymer80 and to make this gun easier with varied tolerances in the weapon, which I will bring up later during my review of the SIG.
Another thing that PSA is doing is giving you the option of where you want your rear sights. Some people like their sites behind the optic, while others prefer those in front of the optic. Unfortunately, there are so many options with PSA that there’s no way to recommend something specifically for you. Look at their extreme carry cut slide, which I will link below, but there are more options than just this, and you can also piece a weapon together for an affordable price, so think about that before you hit the purchase button. If I were back in South Carolina and had time to sit in the store, I would do a more in-depth review of these weapons, how they are slightly different, and what advantages there are. For now, though, this covers most of why the dagger is an affordable, excellent beginner pistol for the everyday prepper or a backup gun for a friend you might acquire.
$350 No frills
https://palmettostatearmory.com/psa-dagger-compact-9mm-pistol-with-extreme-carry-cut-doctor-slide-non-threaded-barrel-2-tone-flat-dark-earth.html
$450 with ten freaking magazines is probably the best new to guns go to
https://palmettostatearmory.com/psa-dagger-compact-9mm-pistol-with-extreme-carry-cut-doctor-slide-non-threaded-barrel-with-10-15rd-mags-and-bag-black.html
$380 forward rear sight setup
https://palmettostatearmory.com/psa-dagger-compact-9mm-pistol-with-sw2-extreme-carry-cut-rmr-slide-threaded-barrel-2-tone-sniper-green.html
$800 combo set for the beginner
https://palmettostatearmory.com/psa-16-nitride-m4-5-56-moe-rifle-w-mbus-rear-odg-psa-dagger-compact-9mm-sw1-rmr-pistol-2-tone-sniper-green.html
Upgrades
If you think a standard Glock trigger out-of-the-box is good, you haven’t shot firearms long enough, and one of the things everyone does is upgrade their Glock because it is so easy. If you’re a new shooter, you can wait to upgrade the trigger until you get to be a decent shot and shooting most guns makes the trigger better by wearing the surfaces. Dozens of companies probably produce 100 variations of triggers for Gen. 3 Glocks. I will list a few that are nice, but shoot one or at least pull the trigger on one that a friend has before you go and buy one. Some of these triggers are uncomfortable for every shooter’s grip and finger length so be picky before you invest 100+ dollars in a budget pistol.
https://palmettostatearmory.com/cmc-glock-trigger-kit-gen1-3-except-g43-70501.html
MCARBO
https://www.mcarbo.com/Glock-Flat-Trigger-Best-Glock-Trigger
https://www.mcarbo.com/glock-trigger-spring-kit-gen-1-5.aspx
My overall conclusion on the dagger is if you want a spare gun or feel the necessity to collect an extra firearm, possibly for someone else, this is a great starter pistol that should be functional for quite a while and retain its functionality in austere conditions. With the basic design of a Glock and only slight modifications to the grip trigger system and a few negligible internal components, I think this is a reasonably powerful purchase for the cost.
The SIG 365 Macro
One of my good friends, who I don’t talk to much anymore do to work and life, got me interested in this particular SIG a while back. I had been carrying a Walther PPS Gen 1 for years, with a whopping 6/7/8 round magazine +1 in the chamber. This was a single-stack magazine; at the time, this was one of the smallest pistols on the market that you could easily conceal. Being in the South and sometimes going in non-permissive environments meant a reduction in ammunition to hide appropriately. I chose this weapon because it functioned extremely well and shot reliably, even though other weapons had come out on the market, like Kahr, which would toss extractors. Walther, at the time, held the place of reliable and compact, and as time progressed, other companies, including Glock, got into the compact firearm business. I was not a fan of the Hellcat and still am not, although it’s not horrible. I felt I was a better shot with my Walther than that and other smaller pistols. Even with the short sight radius, I could shoot pretty long distances accurately day and night. However, as we progressed in technology, SIG hit it out of the park with their new magazines, and I bought a SIG 365 XL. This was the more extended slide variation and could carry the 12-round magazines and accept the 15-round magazines. Outside of combat, if you watch anything like ASP on YouTube, you will know that self-defense shootings generally go on as long as no one is hit or until the magazine is out of ammunition.
Very few people of the 30,000 he’s reviewed have reloaded their weapon other than off-duty police officers, a few competition shooters, and prior military. Mind you, I fall in one of these categories nicely and another partially, plus I do a lot of training when possible. The reality is under stress, I know I may shoot just like the lowest common denominator shooter, and I also want to push myself to get firearms that make my life a little bit better if I’m going to purchase a gun in the first place. I love my XL, and with a magazine spring replacement, I got 14 rounds in the flush-fitting magazines. One of the significant issues I had with this pistol was that it was almost too small for my hands, and I had tiny hands in the first place. Another thing I liked about the Walther P99 I had initially purchased was that the back strap on the pistol could be interchanged, which was novel then. Fast forward to this last year and the introduction to the macro with its back strap replacements, 17-round magazines, and only a slight increase in the footprint of the grip compared to my XL. I was interested. Many of you might ask why I didn’t upgrade my XL, which was possible and part of why I’m bringing this gun to your attention. Much like the great grandfather, the 250, and the father, the 320, SIG has made the 365 in a modular platform, opening the door to many modifications and customizations for this weapon. From grip changes to Wilson combat to brand new slides, custom threaded barrels, etc, the sky is the limit on modification. Many companies are now springing up or developing parts for the 320, 365, and Glock. One of my favorite companies to buy aftermarket parts from is a company called M Carbo in Florida, and they have many guns for which they carry modifications. More on them later.
SIG XL 12rd, 15rd PMAG for glock, 17 rd SIG Macro
I’ve gone away from the 365 XL to the macro because people with larger hands have a more comfortable shooting experience with this gun; not only that, but it seems to be a little more controllable. Even with my smaller hands compared to most, I have faster acquisition and recoil management, according to my Mantis X10. There are currently two slides for sale for this weapon. Sadly, SIG has made too many names for the same basic firearm as they roll out new combinations. There are three basic grips for the 365 and two slide lengths. The macro is the largest of all of these, and you can get the ported slide versus the standard slide if you wish. SIG has also listened to their customers and started putting the slide cut a bit forward of the rear sites. This allows the slide to retain both your iron sites and your optic just in case, unlike the older generations, which was one of the reasons why I didn’t just upgrade my XL lower frame to a macro. I also plan to keep the XL, possibly for a loved one, as I already have several magazines, and I feel the XL is a reasonably good gun for women shooters with smaller hands, even though I almost fall in that grip size myself. The size of the weapon should draw you to the SIG macro. It is not very large. If you have to shove it in a pocket, it still fits and is concealed to an extent. Although I don’t suggest you put it in a pocket or shove it in your waistband, it prints much less than the dagger compact. While a few more rounds shouldn’t make a massive difference, I think it’s important to point out that I’m getting 17 rounds for a smaller printing firearm than your compact Glocks that only carry 15 rounds. While the stock trigger isn’t amazing, it is ok, ranging around 6lbs, much like that of a newer Glock. The nice thing is we can also upgrade this pistol, just like we can with the Glock.
Upgrades
MCARBO
If you don’t make one of these, buy one. It is cheap, and it helps with a lot of springs in many different guns; buy 2
https://www.mcarbo.com/gunsmith-shank-installation-tool.aspx
This reduces the trigger pull, but not too much; think competition spring strength. I also keep the old spring set as a backup.
https://www.mcarbo.com/sig-p365-trigger-spring-kit
Add to that the trigger replacement. I will say they are upgrading this trigger and are coming out with a better design. For some reason, manufacturing trigger bars and components have a very tight tolerance system, and this trigger didn’t drop in and function. They gave me recommendations, the option for a refund, no questions asked, and a new design to address the rare problem. It cuts down travel and is an excellent trigger if it works (I tried it on a friend’s gun).
https://www.mcarbo.com/sig-p365-short-stroke-flat-trigger
A bit more costly, this fixes the weakest and, in my opinion, cost cut SIG shouldn’t have done. Also, buy some spare Slide cap pins. I haven’t done this to mine (I’ve seen it in person), and it is worth it. This will be my next upgrade on the Macro first and then the XL. It is costly and unnecessary unless you are in your gun doing detailed cleaning. A good weapon cleaner like CLP is necessary, but some guys must pull everything apart.
https://www.mcarbo.com/Sig-P365-Titanium-Striker-Assembly
https://www.mcarbo.com/Sig-P365-Slide-Cap-Pin-and-Spring.aspx
Grip Modules to upgrade your XL
Icarus
https://www.icarusprecision.com/online-store/AIR-Polymer-XMACRO-Grip-Module-p418079793
Wilson Combat
https://wilsoncombat.com/grip-module-wcp365-xmacro-no-manual-safety.html
One of the things that I think is most essential to compact firearms is bridging the gap between the idea of a pocket pistol and a full-sized weapon. No matter what weapon you choose to carry, from tiny weapons to large ones, the reality is pistols are always a compromise, and variations in the sizes and capacities of these pistols are also compromises. What SIG has done has given us the option to drastically change the weapon to suit our needs, which means you can ultimately rebuild this gun as necessary for different seasons and expect the same trigger pull and basic functionality year-round. If I had an unlimited budget or I wanted to go for a better pistol than a dagger, this would be one of the options I looked at, especially if concealability was necessary. This is also one of the weapons that I would recommend for people of more diminutive stature, as the print of this pistol in a pocket is about the same size as a cell phone and wallet. Again, it’s a terrible idea to carry your gun in your pocket, but sometimes I need to go out and get something from my car and don’t feel like strapping on a holster to walk outside or answer the door. This is where the SIG shines over several other weapons on the market.
Ultimately, there are other options. Glock has a great compact pistol on the market now, so you may wish to shop around for something I haven’t talked about. This article addressed pistols in a Guerrilla fighting lifestyle and prepper environment and got you thinking about them. Both were purchased with my money, and I only really love one of these, but I see the Dagger just like I see the Glock, something I don’t necessarily enjoy but is a good option for others. So, I don’t think I am just trying to shill for either company; if Walther comes out with anything comparable, I will probably toss both of these in a heartbeat for my old faithful smooth trigger pull. Until then, I will make do with my SIG 365 Macro.
@GLogistician on X, if you want to tell me how dumb I am, go for it.
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