This is not a grop strength issue. I just bought a 365xl and am fighting to get 5 rounds in. I stood them up on the base on a counter and literally could not depress the rounds past 5 with any type of tool. It appears thet the follower tips from the front and allows the rounds to lose the proper angle and lock up in the mag itself. The top plastic does not depress evenly when I thumb cycled them out the bottom 2 rounds were at the odd angle of level and unless I depressed the rear of the round to ‘pop’ the bullet back into the nose up orientation there is no way it would be able to cycle. I have emailed customer service.

 

disassemble, clean and lube. get a loader and fill 'em and leave them full.

 

Oh wow! Old thread brought back to life 🙂

 

Thanks for the response. I did disassemble those thinking they were defective. I will again today and lube them up. I’m hoping you are all correct. Not one on any of my other pistol mags allows the follower to nose dive within the mag walls they all maintain the proper angle regardless of where you depress on the follower. Maybe that shouldn’t matter and I am just overreacting. Uplula has already been ordered. But I find that frustrating that you need a tool to load pistol mags.

 

First, as someone before me said, disassemble them and:

• clean inside of mag body, then lube the inside with a dry lube
• also look for burrs or plastic flash on the follower - remove if found (either an xacto knife, or file / sandpaper
• re-assemble and finger cycle the follower down, this does 2 things:

a. checks that follower keeps initial orientation being depressed
b. checks to see if the follower hangs up - specifically on the upper cut out. I have experienced, as have others here, the follower lower edge get caught (or drag) of the cutout sharp edge - I check for this with every mag find most do even a little. I will then take a small file and slightly bevel this area of the (removed) followers lower edge so it slides right past the cutout.
- load full and store that way for awhile - periodically unload and reload to cycle the mag. Shoot it a few times too and see then how it performs.

While I can, with thumb effort, hand load other guns mags - they all get tougher near capacity. Doesn't take much of that to get thumb tender. Uplula in your range bag is faster with less damage to your fingers - best $40 you'll spend (on gun "stuff")

 

I am going to be honest and blunt. Suck it up, load the magazines and move forward.

 

I'm a geezer with arthritic wrists and thumbs, yeah the mags are hard to load. But four pages of maglula, uplula.
Is there no love for Speed Beez? I've been using the Beez and can load the 12th. Round without any problem. Most impressed with a number of the Speed Beez mag loaders, Speed loaders and loading trays. Do yourself a favor and look into these alternative products.

 

I use the ETS CAM Loader and they work great for P365 mags. I can load all 12 rounds in one go. The Macro 17-rd mags take two passes of 10 and 7 rounds. Only tips I have is I don't press against my chest like in the video but on a table top and I sprayed some dry lube in it before first use.

 

Maglula

 

I keep one of these loaders in my range bag, it isn't fast but it loads all my mags including .45.

 

Super tight when new, but the will loosen a bit eventually. I used a speed loader to save my thumbs from harm.

 

I'm so glad this thread is back so we all voice our joy about loading a P365 magazine. Precisely why I've had a custom holster made that has a spot for my maglula uplula. I never leave home without my uplula. If it goes down and I have to reload, I want it right there in my holster ready to go. It's fast too...I can load a mag to capacity in about a minute and a half.

I'm also considering another custom made holster for a re-loader so I can make the ammo and then load it at the same time.

 

I'm so glad this thread is back so we all voice our joy about loading a P365 magazine. Precisely why I've had a custom holster made that has a spot for my maglula uplula. I never leave home without my uplula. If it goes down and I have to reload, I want it right there in my holster ready to go. It's fast too...I can load a mag to capacity in about a minute and a half.

I'm also considering another custom made holster for a re-loader so I can make the ammo and then load it at the same time.

I'll grant, I've never heard of someone making a HOLSTER for their Maglula.

My hat's off to you. Well done.

 

If you are really really careful get some 220 grit and only slightly sand the parts of the follower that contact the side walls of the mag. Only so slightly. Im not a pro but it worked for me. got 5 10 round mags that I load by hand. go thru about 200 rnds / range day

 

Like others mentioned uplula works great, my gun is barely 6 months old and I keep the mags fully loaded now they load easily, they break in just give it some time.


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Just picked up a new 365 Fuse; same here - the mag springs are super stiff.