P365 airsoft - Best $129 I ever spent?

[hollohas]

I picked up the SIG Proforce P365 airsoft gun. This is legit. So much so, the trigger is even close (unlike most airsoft guns including the SIG M17 airsoft pistol I have).

I'm a huge fan of using airsoft for at-home practice and even more so now that I have a nearly exact model of my carry gun (my real P365 doesn't have the manual safety). Draws and reloads with airsoft are so much better than dry fire. I like dry fire but have always been concerned that too much firing and racking creates bad muscle memory. I've seen that in real life. I shot 16 yard trap for many years. One shot at a time. Then, the very first time I went upland hunting, I shot, missed and didn't shoot again despite having a shot. Muscle memory is real and I'm excited to have a tool to practice with at home that will reduce chances of bad habits.

Some airsoft pistols have weak blowback. The blowback on this is forceful and semi realistic. I've had airsoft guns with hard blowback before and they suffer from durability issues. Hopefully this doesn't but only time will tell. There's a lot more metal in this than those older gas blowback pistols that wore out.

Weight and balance on this are spot on. Shoots a tiny bit little low out of the box and it doesn't have an adjustment hop-up which is disappointing. But it's not meant to be a bullseye pistol so it'll do.

It'll also make for a great training aid to introduce the kids to pistol shooting. I've already used airsoft ARs to teach the kids but only had full-sized airsoft pistols. This will be much easy for little hands to learn.

All-in-all, this is well worth $129.
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[Sawin]

Some of them are exceptional replicas and you certainly get what you pay for. I have a top shelf G19 replica too and feel the same way. It’s incredibly accurate too.

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

So this uses metal BBs? Do you charge the magazines from a big CO2 tank or do you have to use the small little scuba looking tanks. I’m seeing it on Evike for $99, just wondering if that is the real deal.

[Sawin]

Mine uses green gas that goes into the magazine along with a stack of plastic airsoft pellets, not metal bb’s. Reloading is just like a normal pistol. It even locks open on empty.

[Erni]

Kid has a 1911. CO2 tiny one time cartridges and plastic BBs. Tons of fun. Set up a shoot house in the basement and you too will believe.

[hollohas]

So this uses metal BBs? Do you charge the magazines from a big CO2 tank or do you have to use the small little scuba looking tanks. I?m seeing it on Evike for $99, just wondering if that is the real deal.The $99 one I have seen on evike is a BB gun, not airsoft. SIG makes both, so be careful you get which one you want.

Some airsoft guns, like the M17, can use either CO2 or green gas depending on which magazine you get. As far as I can tell, the P365 is only available to use standard CO2 cartridges right now. In my experience the CO2 gives you twice as my shots per refill as green gas. But green gas is much easier to refill. Green gas also contains lubricants and is flammable, so may not be the best if you intend to use in a non ventilated basement for example.

[Squeeze]

Some of them are exceptional replicas and you certainly get what you pay for. I have a top shelf G19 replica too and feel the same way. It’s incredibly accurate too.

Same. I love my G19 Airsoft replica. Threw my Streamlight TLR7-A on it and it fit perfect in my holster. Great little training tool.

[HBARleatherneck]

Could you guys post links to the good ones? G19, g43, and others?

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

Mine uses green gas that goes into the magazine along with a stack of plastic airsoft pellets, not metal bb’s. Reloading is just like a normal pistol. It even locks open on empty.


The $99 one I have seen on evike is a BB gun, not airsoft. SIG makes both, so be careful you get which one you want.

Some airsoft guns, like the M17, can use either CO2 or green gas depending on which magazine you get. As far as I can tell, the P365 is only available to use standard CO2 cartridges right now. In my experience the CO2 gives you twice as my shots per refill as green gas. But green gas is much easier to refill. Green gas also contains lubricants and is flammable, so may not be the best if you intend to use in a non ventilated basement for example.
I’m even more confused now…

https://www.sigsauer.com/p365-air-pistol.html

4.5mm metal BBs? Not .177 bbs or 6mm airsoft…

The pics make it looks like you hook up a green gas to it…

[crays]

4.5mm is .177 cal (4.5 x .03937 = .177165)

[hollohas]

I’m even more confused now…

https://www.sigsauer.com/p365-air-pistol.html

4.5mm metal BBs? Not .177 bbs or 6mm airsoft…

The pics make it looks like you hook up a green gas to it…

You have to be careful with SIG. They make airguns and airsoft. They make many guns in both airguns (.177 BB) AND airsoft (6mm plastic BB). Sometimes it's not immediately obvious which you're looking at. Airsoft will have orange tips, airguns won't.

This is the P365 airsoft, CO2 only:

https://www.sigsauer.com/proforce-p365-airsoft-pistol-co2.html

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

Thanks. I think because it is out of stock, it doesn?t show up on the list of guns on the SIG website in their online shop? The only one I see listed on their website is the 4.5mm gun.

ETA: Actually, they have a bunch of ?air gun? pages, with the airsoft guns separate from the other guns?

[Erni]

See if Airheads in Erie is still around. They carried a nice selection. I think there was a shop in south Denver too. I?d go local and see what feels right.

[scratchy]

Now that we have a BB gun/Airsoft thread, can anyone recommend an indoor trap that I can mount a rabbit target to?

[hollohas]

Thanks. I think because it is out of stock, it doesn?t show up on the list of guns on the SIG website in their online shop? The only one I see listed on their website is the 4.5mm gun.

ETA: Actually, they have a bunch of ?air gun? pages, with the airsoft guns separate from the other guns?Whoa. Sold out quick.

Their website wasn't showing the airsoft version correctly even when it was in stock. No amount of searching their site directly allowed me to find the extra mags for it either But Google found the extra mag page on SIG's site for me.

[hollohas]

Now that we have a BB gun/Airsoft thread, can anyone recommend an indoor trap that I can mount a rabbit target to?I just use a box stuffed a few alternating layers of cardboard and a bunch of waded up old tshirts. Then a piece of plywood in the back in case anything makes it past that. As the front gets shot up, I just tape a new paper target over the hole. Shuffle the stuffing around a bit and move your main point of aim so you don't just beat a hole through all the stuffing by shooting the same spot hundreds of times.

It'll stop my .22 air rifle, but not repeatedly in the same spot. It stops airsoft forever.

[scratchy]

I'm lazy. Think a self sticky carpet tile, stuck to a 22 cal bullet trap will work? Basically, I am qwietly hunting wabbbits