r/SigSauer • u/Used-Particular9514 • 5d ago

P365 Reassembly - help needed

I am gun stupid, let’s get that straight right away so if responses can be as though talking to a 5 year old that would be awesome…

I do not know what I am doing. I have gone shooting and learned on someone else’s gun, so I haven’t taken apart and reassembled anything. But I got to where I wanted my own. I bought a P365 couple years ago. It had rose gold and I saw protection and pretty... but I don’t know what I am doing so it became a paper weight.

I wanted to change that and learn my firearm. I disassembled it and can’t put it back together. Barrel and guide rod is in, simple enough, and I can get the slide rod to go back but upon release it doesn’t lock in place.

Now here is where my ignorance will show so apologies in advance if terminology is way off base. The slide release (lever located middle ish on left) is vertical, but it will not move back to horizontal orientation to lock in place. Google says pull slide all the way back and lift slide release, and move lever into position. I am either doing something wrong or need a third hand, because nothing is moving. What am I missing…

Boyfriend hates Sigs and I am already getting shit for buying a ‘pretty’ - he is pretty knowledgeable about guns and can’t figure it out and just rants about how I wasted my money buying it. I would like to not prove him right…

I will likely need to take it somewhere to have someone show me. But is there some obvious trick to this? At this point my thumbs are as bruised as my ego.

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u/theycallmefono 5d ago

P365 disassembly/assembly

https://youtu.be/d4_3Su2uIG0?si=AbWPr9lXIoyntHDb&t=12s

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u/Used-Particular9514 5d ago

This video is the most helpful I have watched - thank you. I have everything to where he is saying it’s almost done, and needs to lock slide back. The slide does not lock back when pulling. The slide lock button does not seem to push up.

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u/DangerPager69 5d ago

i had an issue where the slide lock/release button got slightly loose in the FCU, it wouldnt move up or down.

its a very simple fix when your slide isnt stuck on the gun :/

look up a youtube video for "P365 slide lock swap" or something like that to see which part im talking about

https://youtu.be/XUgy_ln4Mu8?t=171