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I ordered one but was curious about others experiences. A hammer fired gun the size of a P365 was interesting to me. Bought it last night cause it was 9/19 and I felt inspired. |
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| I've only got about 1000 rnds thru mine but I really like it. The only problem was both mag springs were very stiff out of the box. When new I could not insert a fully loaded mag when the slide was forward. It's getting better but still take a good solid push to insert a full mag slide down. |
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I do use a LULA to load the mags. The springs are stiff. But, the problem wasn't that. It's very hard to insert a full mag with the slide forward. Start with the slide back, insert full mag, drop slide, remove mag & top off... Then it's hard to reinsert the full mag with the chamber loaded and slide forward. When it was new I just couldn't get the full mag back in. With use it is getting better. |
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Originally Posted By Mountaineer_Shootist: I do use a LULA to load the mags. The springs are stiff. But, the problem wasn't that. It's very hard to insert a full mag with the slide forward. Start with the slide back, insert full mag, drop slide, remove mag & top off... Then it's hard to reinsert the full mag with the chamber loaded and slide forward. When it was new I just couldn't get the full mag back in. With use it is getting better. Sounds like what I experienced with my Shield Plus. |
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I have one. Really like it so far. Preferred the egos over a hellcat but not as much as the 365. Just couldn't bring myself to buy a Sig. If I trusted Sig more I would have purchased a 365 Pros- Grip texture is very aggressive Sights are great Trigger pull Carries great Cons- Must be very aware of fully resetting the trigger. Easy to have a false reset resulting in a dead trigger Trigger doesn't stay in a rear position if hammer is down. Could make you believe it is cocked and ready to fire. |
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Originally Posted By CNC-Northerner: I have one. Really like it so far. Preferred the egos over a hellcat but not as much as the 365. Just couldn't bring myself to buy a Sig. If I trusted Sig more I would have purchased a 365 Pros- Grip texture is very aggressive Sights are great Trigger pull Carries great Cons- Must be very aware of fully resetting the trigger. Easy to have a false reset resulting in a dead trigger Trigger doesn't stay in a rear position if hammer is down. Could make you believe it is cocked and ready to fire. I appreciate the heads up on the trigger. |
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Recently grabbed both a regular Reflex and the XL, only a couple range trips on the XL and one on the regular. Triggers are very nice, the XL I’m really enjoying, it’s accurate, great capacity for its size, and I’m hoping after a couple more range trips I’ll be comfortable carrying the regular size one. I did add Handleit grips to the smaller one, the texture I know will bother me carrying it appendix. I’ve already sold off my Hellcat that was my carry gun the last few years, and was so impressed with the XL that I sold my Echelon 4.0c, the XL being smaller and same capacity. I’m definitely happy with both and haven’t had any issues in limited usage so far any way, and as someone else said, the mags are super tight for that last round or two but I’m sure they’ll ease up with more use Attached File |
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Originally Posted By Mountaineer_Shootist: I've only got about 1000 rnds thru mine but I really like it. The only problem was both mag springs were very stiff out of the box. When new I could not insert a fully loaded mag when the slide was forward. It's getting better but still take a good solid push to insert a full mag slide down. That's good to know that its not just me. Have you fired it more, if so, has the slide moved into battery easier on the full mag? |
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I'm up to about 2000 rounds. It still takes a good push to insert a full mag with the slide forward but it will go in every time now. The slide closes easily when picking up the first round. The trigger pull feels a little smoother that when new. The accuracy is still good. Someone above mentioned a problem with the floorplate thickness hindering mag insertion. I check mine and the floorplate clears the frame about 1mm. I can't force the mag in far enough to make the floorplate touch the frame on mine. I like it enough that it has replaced a Sig P938 as a carry gun. |
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Originally Posted By Mountaineer_Shootist: I'm up to about 2000 rounds. It still takes a good push to insert a full mag with the slide forward but it will go in every time now. The slide closes easily when picking up the first round. The trigger pull feels a little smoother that when new. The accuracy is still good. Someone above mentioned a problem with the floorplate thickness hindering mag insertion. I check mine and the floorplate clears the frame about 1mm. I can't force the mag in far enough to make the floorplate touch the frame on mine. I like it enough that it has replaced a Sig P938 as a carry gun. I wanna try the guts from a Mec Gar Hellcat mag in a Reflex mag body. |
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Originally Posted By Mountaineer_Shootist: I'm up to about 2000 rounds. It still takes a good push to insert a full mag with the slide forward but it will go in every time now. The slide closes easily when picking up the first round. The trigger pull feels a little smoother that when new. The accuracy is still good. Someone above mentioned a problem with the floorplate thickness hindering mag insertion. I check mine and the floorplate clears the frame about 1mm. I can't force the mag in far enough to make the floorplate touch the frame on mine. I like it enough that it has replaced a Sig P938 as a carry gun. I like just about everything about the reflex, but I can't imagine why FN would ship a gun that needs this much break in. Guess I'll have to break it out and send more rounds downrange. |
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I've had mine a few years back. It's a fantastic gun with a phenomenal trigger. It's accurate and easy to shoot. The only "issue" is that because it's hammer fired the hammer has to be cocked all the way back after each shot meaning the slide has to travel farther than a striker-fired handgun. Some cheap 115gr range loads won't fully reset the hammer and you end up with a dead trigger. I've never had any issue with subsonics or with any kind of defensive ammo. I run either Critical Defense or Underwood Xtreme Defender 90gr+p and both have been flawless. |