Several of us helped/suggested/encouraged the maker to pickup where GAP Industries left off. He has made many design changes for the G26/27/G43 versions and went from there.
I was a plastics QC engineer in another life and another life. The maker started out using cavity molds etc for the first gee plates. That is very expensive, and the cost is offset over time. He was encouraged to do different models but imagine that? Ouch! He's using shape ways, and of course they need their cuts.

I'd really like them cheaper and the cost of shipping is STUPID, but it's the only game in town and they work!

Sorry for the hijack.

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Since making the above statement I have been on youtube investigating 3D Printing.
and
Yes there is Laser 3D Printing (see #2 Below: SLA)

I have learned that there is a few different technologies in 3D Printing.

1) The first is FDM:

It 3D Prints using plastic filament such as PLA, ABS, Nylon, Flexible PTG and on and on
Here is a example of a FDM 3D Printer:

2) Next is SLA: 2 kinds: UV Laser & Resin or UV Light on Light Hardening Resin.

*This 3D Printing base has a vat / container filled with UV Curing Resin and a UV Laser.
The UV Laser is located below the UV Resin and cures the UV Resin a layer at a time.

* There is also a Resin that hardens in UV light (different from the resin used with a UV Laser) usually in dark light resistant bottles because the resin will begin to harden once in UV light and a UV light source from below cures the 3D image.

This IS a LASER 3D Printer:

3) Color Jet 3D Printing:

This IS what ShapeWays uses...
It prints layer by layer in a bed of Powder.
It uses a glue to hold it together.
The glue also holds the pigment and then the piece is dunked in like a Super Glue to give it it's strength and then coated with a UV resistant coating.
This is not generally done at home and is more of a professional 3D Printing solution but that will probably change with time.

If you go to the link for ShapeWays what happens is a Designer / Developer sends the Software Design for whatever is being printed and ShapeWays prints the object and then it is sold with both gaining revenue.
I do not know what ShapeWays charges for the manufacturing of the 3D object.

So if you see a Mag baseplate or other 3D Printed gun part at ShapeWays it's not being sold from someone sitting at home with a 3D printer and making the part for .04c
It's more of a Symbiotic relationship between the parts Designer and ShapeWays Manufacturer.
Like most free enterprise: Design, Manufacturing Costs then Sales & Distribution.

ColorJet 3D Printing Video:

Video discussing 3D Technologies.

There is also 3D Printing with Clay and others not listed here..but I think this is a good start with the most common forms of 3D Printing.
So there you have it...
If you wonder how that gun part was 3D printed you now know more.
You can of course Design it and just do it yourself
OR
Maybe be a bit happier just paying the $$$ and let someone else do it for you... because you have much better things to do! LOL!

 

I got this tool for my Glock mags. Works great and cost only $11. Found it on ebay. NcStar VISM VTGLMAG MagPopper Magazine Disassembly Tool for Glock Magazines

 

Quick and dirty of the gee plate installed. I'll be getting rid of my picky extension. The plates were snug going on. I removed the spring and worked then off and on until they went on reasonably easily. Doesn't feel like a cheap part at all.

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So, adding the Hogue grips counts as a modification, then?

 

Anyone else want a slightly extended magazine release?

I have medium-large hands but struggle to get the release pressed without shifting my hand way too much, and when I get there my palm is keeping the magazine from dropping free.

I’ve been experimenting with dropping the mag with my support hand before reaching for the spare on my belt, which lets me loosen the palm contact with the magazine so it drops freely.

I’ll probably pick up a spare stock release and see if I can build it up with something – or has anyone in the aftermarket offered one yet?

Otherwise only contemplating changing to an orange front sight...how are folks liking their Night Fision sights?

Commo

 

Anyone else want a slightly extended magazine release?

I have medium-large hands but struggle to get the release pressed without shifting my hand way too much, and when I get there my palm is keeping the magazine from dropping free.

I’ve been experimenting with dropping the mag with my support hand before reaching for the spare on my belt, which lets me loosen the palm contact with the magazine so it drops freely.

I’ll probably pick up a spare stock release and see if I can build it up with something — or has anyone in the aftermarket offered one yet?

Otherwise only contemplating changing to an orange front sight...how are folks liking their Night Fision sights?

Commo

I just made this suggestion the other day to a member on this forum about using the support hand thumb to release mag. He said in his 57 years he never seen or heard of this. So I guess you cant teach an old dog new tricks?

Also try this see if it helps.
https://www.full30.com/watch/MDA5ODI5/pistol-reload-made-easy

Good luck

 

what makes the Gee Plate so much better? and why does it come to somewhat of a point?

 

The gee plate gives the advantage of a pinky rest without the extra length. On a g26 for example it is very helpful. On the p365 it isn't necessary. With that said it acts a hook under the ring finger and acts as a pinky extension. I have them and love them.

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I think the geeplate would help with a draw from a pocket holster while not adding size. It might help you get and keep a grip on it while drawing. I thought about getting one for my g26 but never did.

I have the Lima365 green laser back on, and put a drop of hot melt on the button with a piece of electrical tap wrapped around the grip to help ease the activation. Maybe a manufactured grip might fit over the button and look better, but I'm not sure the added thickness and tackiness would help on the draw, or even if it would work.

All these mods don't really cost that much when compared to the cost of ammo....or restaurants....or whatever. You only go round once in life. Blah, blah, blah. That's what I tell myself.

 

I knocked down the texture on the grip with some sandpaper.

I also tried the Hogue grip but the finger molding doesn't leave enough room under the trigger guard for it to be a comfortable grip. I may smooth it out by shaving the finger groove off it and try it again later.

 

Here is my list of completed and planned P365 modifications:

1) GeePlate on magazines
2) Lima laser on order. Will return immediately and wait for Crimson Trace, if any issues.
3) TruGlo TFX Pro sights, when they are released in Summer 2019.
4) Robar NP3 coating of internals (barrel, striker, etc.).

 

Rather than a Gee Plate why not try using a 12 round Magazine.

I really do think that it "Completes" the P365 and gives you not only the best feel in your hand but 2 extra rounds to boot.

I would bet that if you went to your LGS and they had the 12 round magazine and the P365 that they would let you put the two together so you could actually feel how the the P365 feels in your hand with a 12 round magazine.

Or better yet just buy a 12 round magazine and take it to the range...
It will at the least give you a couple extra rounds before you have to Reload.
I bought four 12 round magazines so when I am at the range I can shoot almost an entire 50 round box before I have to Re-Load.
I hate Re-Loading at the range!

I sold both of my 10 round magazines to a fellow SigTalk member.

The 12 round magazine does not increase the 365's printing.
I used to carry the M&P Shield and I still EDC my P320c RX so the P365's printing with a 12 is way less than both of those.

Does anyone here get the USCCA "Concealed Carry" magazine?
There is a good article in the January "True Stories Issue" (page 36) entitled "Flakka" talking about Synthetic drug's that can hype individuals up so much that they can just keep coming (at you) after being shot many times over.
You may want those 2 extra rounds before you have to reload.

 

Rather than a Gee Plate why not try using a 12 round Magazine.

I really do think that it "Completes" the P365 and gives you not only the best feel in your hand but 2 extra rounds to boot.

The 12 round magazine does not increase the 365's printing.
I used to carry the M&P Shield and I still EDC my P320c RX so the P365's printing with a 12 is way less than both of those.

Depending on how you carry. I tried the 12 round mag in my pocket and while it's not a huge difference, it's enough to bother me, even sticking visibly out of the pocket depending on which pants I'm wearing, and also enough to potentially hang up on the draw, which is the very last thing I want.

Incidentally, I don't know how many pocket holsters have come out yet for the 365, but a De Santis Nemesis pocket holster for the P290 also fits perfectly for the P365. Just sayin'.

 

Alas, being in commie NY state, 10 is all I can hope to have.

 

NY just sucks. Upstate NY should become the 51st state! Then just dump NYC in the ocean... liberals included, of course.

 

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That's alright..you can still have the 12 round magazine feel with just 10 rounds..

First is NDZ Performance:

Then there is ShapeWays which adds a 12 round Baseplate for a 10 round Magazine:

https://www.shapeways.com/product/DBBLFH3W9/sig-p365-full-grip-base-pad

You CAN have your Cake and Eat it Too!
Screw that Fascist State!

For those of us that DO NOT live in a magazine specific State..
Here are 12 round magazines for $34.99..(free shipping over $100.00) So buy 3 of them!
However there is a fixed Shipping charge available which for Florida was $3.95 so it's not terrible.
Great deal and they are "In Stock" so Go Get 'em!
That's a Great P365 Upgrade / Modification!

https://www.osagecountyguns.com/sig-sauer-mag-365-9-12.html

 

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That's alright..you can still have the 12 round magazine feel with just 10 rounds..

First is NDZ Performance:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwemWrYq6uo

Then there is ShapeWays which adds a 12 round Baseplate for a 10 round Magazine:

https://www.shapeways.com/product/DBBLFH3W9/sig-p365-full-grip-base-pad

You CAN have your Cake and Eat it Too!
Screw that Fascist State!

For those of us that DO NOT live in a magazine specific State..
Here are 12 round magazines for $34.99..(free shipping over $100.00) So buy 3 of them!
However there is a fixed Shipping charge available which for Florida was $3.95 so it's not terrible.
Great deal and they are "In Stock" so Go Get 'em!
That's a Great P365 Upgrade / Modification!

https://www.osagecountyguns.com/sig-sauer-mag-365-9-12.html

I wish they had showed how to take the NDZ bases back off the mags...
I didnt see a center hole in the NDZ base pad to use a tool to push the spring to remove the NDZ base.

Nice to see that they scratched the mags all up where they put the bases on. I sometimes wonder if these guys aren`t just hack artists.

 

Removing the NDZ Baseplate...
It's what the hole on the bottom of the baseplate is for..just because it is not in the center does not matter.

 

Vedder makes a nice pocket holster.

 

I added a modified Hogue Jr grip, does that count as a modification?
Hmm, can't recall if I've done anything else, am I forgetting something?
Anyway, here's the Hogue Jr grip mod:

 

Blackhawk Ambi multi-fit, size 02.

 

I am from Upstate NY . Lived there 50 years. Beautiful area about one month every year unless you enjoy cloudy days , ran snow and mud. less than 80 sunny days a year.!Repressive liberal government, overtaxed and a majority of good jobs are gone. Left 20 years ago. Returned in June about 10 years ago and the highest temperature that week was 65. Don’t miss it and will never go back.

In 2009 I was transferred from South Florida to Rochester, NY.
I was a Digital Specialist Installing and Servicing X-Ray Equipment.
I had lived in South Florida all my life..It was the first time I saw Snow.
First Summer it hit 80 one day.
Next Summer there was a lot of 80+ days.
I lived walking distance to Lake Ontario.

In my job I went to Syracuse, Buffalo, Ithaca: Cornell University, Oswego, Watertown, Sonyea (Serviced the Nuclear Power Plant there) Corning,
My Company also has contracts with Federal Prisons Nationwide..
I Serviced Elmira Correctional, Groveland Correctional.
Near Groveland is Angelica, NY the home of the Famous "Cartwright's Maple Tree Inn"
Open from Feb. 12th to April 14th this year and that's it till 2020.
Every time I went to Groveland Correctional I made sure to go to Cartwright's Maple Tree Inn.
I would pick up extra bags of Buckwheat Pancake Mix and their Maple Syrup!
Amazing...there would be tour buses full of people stop to visit there and eat.

https://www.cartwrightsmapletreeinn.com/

Then there are the Waterfall's.. I saw almost all of them...

https://www.newyorkupstate.com/outdoors/2016/05/waterfalls_upstate_ny_new_york_see_in_person_best_outdoors.html

The Farms that were located on the roads in Upstate NY in front of Huge Cornfields, apple trees etc. small farmers Markets for each farm..
They sold the most amazing Corn on the Cob, Apples...Produce in general etc..
The produce here in South Florida is a joke compared to the taste and quality of Upstate NY!

One of my favorite places for Apples was Ontario Orchids in Oswego NY.
The Best Honey Crisp Apples that you will ever sink your teeth into.
They Sell Honey Crisp Apples here in South Florida and they are nothing compared to Upstate NY's
But they Charge for them as if they were the same quality..it's a joke!

https://ontarioorchards.com/

Living in South Florida there are few Fresh Water Lakes to fish.
In Upstate NY there are Parks after Parks with beautiful Freshwater Lakes...The Finger Lakes!
I'd take my Fishing pole with me and fish my way home from Buffalo or Syracuse or Ithaca etc...

Hiking galore..
Chimney Bluff State Park: Click on the Photos link on page..

https://www.alltrails.com/parks/us/new-york/chimney-bluffs-state-park

This just scratches the surface..
Of course compared to South Florida..It was amazing..Then I was brought back home to South Florida in 2012.
I do miss my few years in Rochester and Upstate NY.

I also spent 3 months in NY City..
Blocks away from Little Italy, Greenwich Village, China Town and a short Subway ride to Times Square!
I went to the Last NY Yankees vs Red Sox game in the old stadium on August 27th, 2008..
Met Alice Cooper at a Broadway Show..

But that's another Great Story.
A Great Gig doing X-Ray...
Thankfully I have Video & Pictures from almost every day of it!

But I Digress...Now back to the Subject at hand...P365 and Modifications!

 

Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Ithaca (especially ithaca) nothing but liberals.
Rochester & Syracuse has the Dinosaur BBQ, the only BBQ place worth eating at... that is until george soros bought the businesses & name.
Upstate NY is the most beautiful place you`ll ever see, (as you already know) but has been ruined by liberalism... and super high taxes, and no jobs. Ask me how i know of all this!
At least, when i mod my guns, i can still go out in my backyard and test them on several of my private gun ranges... for now, until UN-SafeAct2 hits us.
They are wiping out the gun ranges here... cant build any new clubs in most places. Insurance carriers are being run out. Without ins, no club.
Even Ted Nugent stopped hunting here in Corning NY area. They ran him out of here too! I live near elmira... shootings there everyday now.

One of my latest mods, Fusion sights, nice. (#6 front, #8 rear) POA/POI

 

I hear ya...
NY is not a good place for the 2nd. Amendment!

I can understand NYC but Upstate NY and places like Elmira...I don't get it...
There are daily shootings in a lot of US Cities.
There have always been bad people.
In the Wild West it was the likes of Billy the kid etc.

If we figure that of the US's 360 million people just 1% of the people are really bad then that's 3.5 Million Bad people...
That's a lot of Bad people...it's just a matter of numbers not guns...
These bad people will use guns, knives, fists, baseball bats...anything that they can get their hands on.
You say Shootings everyday but if you checked there are probably also Rapes, Assaults, Muggings..just Bad people being Bad!
We need to fix the Bad People..
Society could literally take away every Gun, Knife, Baseball Bat, etc. and there would still be Bad people just being Bad!