I purchased a p365 with safety.

 

Thanks, @Rich Jenkins! Gonna go out on a limb and predict 65/35 no/yes... will be interesting to see.

 

Where is the both option?
I have both. And like both. Don’t really prefer one over the other. I generally carry a 1911 so safety manipulation is common practice for me.

 

There is no both option. I wanted to see if there was a preference, hence just two choices.

 

Living in California, I wasn't allowed a choice. CA-compliant guns are required to have them. I prefer without, and I despise the extra $200 price-hike forced on me. Would I purchase another new gun? Highly doubt it.

 

I wouldn't make the choice based on popular opinion. Choose the style that you are the most comfortable. Too many make firearms choices based on what's popular. Made the mistake myself a few times but in the end, you have to be comfortable with what you are carrying/taking to the range.

 

My P365X is my only manual safety gun i own, but I do like having it, there is a degree of comfort, I carry iwb.

 

All (3) of our P365s have manual safeties. The safety is off when in the holster so it is just a draw and pull the trigger. The safety is invaluable, though, for administrative handling (loading, unloading, removing from the holster, etc.).

 

If the P365 had the same trigger as my 1911’s, I’d insist on a manual safety. But it doesn’t, so I carry it without one (giving it a bit more respect when handling and holstering, of course).

 

This poll runs for 6 months???

Are we getting factory coupons for participating? 🤣🤣🤣

 

This poll runs for 6 months???

I felt 6 months was a compromise between a short-run poll which might not allow enough folks to vote, as opposed to one that doesn't close, in which the thread can be topped literally years later.

Hence including "2024" in the title. Someone down the line can revisit this in future, if they choose.

 

I have no problem swiping off a safety. Available safety models are why I have switched from Glocks to Sigs.

 

I don't own a P365, but if I were buy one it would have a manual safety. My only pistol without a safety is a Gen 3 G23 that lives by the bed. I won't buy a pistol to carry unless it has a manual safety.

I've been using 1911s for about 20 years, so use of a safety is automatic. If I'm going to move my thumb to activate or deactivate a safety, the lever might as well be there to be moved.

 

I like a manual safety. I grew up on 1911s so it’s second nature.
that and I pocket carry. That close to my junk I like another level of safety.
In all seriousness though you handle a gun about 100x more than you shoot it if you are a ccw participant. That’s a lot of putting on, taking off, etc. where you are introducing the possibility of a problem. I’ve never understood the argument against the manual safety

 

I carry my 938 as much or more than my 365x. Being also, as other posters, used to a 1911, I see no downside to a manual safety. Especially after upgrading the trigger because.....(see 1911 reference), it needed it.

 

I bought a P365 with a manual safety because that ‘s what I wanted.

 

So far it's 40 with a MS and 17 w/o a MS.

 

I have a P365 with the manual safety.

 

P365 Manual Safety.

 

my p365 has a manual safety. I don't use it when its holstered in an IWB holster but will use it if in a pocket holster or anytime its outside of the IWB

 

I first purchased a P365 in 2019 and it didn't have a manual safety. I added one later in time. The safety is engaged when the gun is stored. When I carry the gun on my person the safety is disengaged.

 

For me ”without “.

 

I have a p365 with a manual safety.

 

I bought one with a MS in 2020 and got my LTC (Lic to Carry in Texas) In the Military I was used to carrying the M9 with a drop down leg holster. I was new to IWB civilian carry. I originally would engage the MS while holstering in my IWB Kydex holster. As soon as the P365 was safely in the holster I would disengage the MS. That's the only time I'd use the MS when reholstering. I wouldn't have to remember to disengage it while drawing. I trained extensively and that plan worked great for about 2 years. That's when I improved my grip and recoil control by gripping the pistol higher along the backstrap rear tang with both thumbs high and forward. I started having issues every now and then accidentally engaging the MS while firing. I didn't want to change my grip that I had trained and was very happy with. And since the only time I was using the MS was when reholstering, I bought a non-MS Grip Module and removed the MS. I always look at my holster and holster very slowly making sure finger off trigger and no shirt or anything else is in the path of the gun entering the holster. I trust my fully covered trigger in my kydex holster. I get the heebie jeebies when I see other guys reholstering as quickly as they draw from the holster and some of them do it without looking.

 

Both my P365s have no safety. I carry in a leather pocket holster that fully covers the trigger, and I have the discipline to keep my finger out of the bang hole until I'm on target. But what I really want is something the size and capacity of a P365, with the smooth DA/SA trigger and decocker of the classic SIGs. To me, that is a no-compromise balance of speed and safety.

 

P365's striker is 100% cocked after racking a load.

Think about that.