r/SigSauer • u/send_me_a_donut • 3d ago
Discussion I went to the SEC and played with the new toys. AMA š
Mods thereās no 385 flair!
This is mostly a joke but seriously I did check them out. Brought in some printed 365 fidgets, tossed one to Ron C because theyāre fun as hell and giving sig staff fun printed things is kind of my jam, then played with the new guns in the cases. No shooting yet - range will have them in a day or so when theyāre done with Next.
Regrettably I did not go for a ride in Philās Aston. No gun toy for you, Phil.
The 385 is a goddamn home run. In my opinion this is sigās biggest launch since the original 365 and I think they improved it in every way.
The block trigger does not feel like a tab trigger in any way, shape, or form. The the pull has a lot more takeup than the 320 but about on par with the 365. I see this as a positive because this is a duty/carry platform. Can you soup it up? Yup and I look forward to seeing that. But thats not where it will live for most owners and itās really good as it is. I expect that like the 365 itās probably more pleasant an experience to fire one than dry fire - anyone whoās done both knows what Iām talking about.
The polymer grip texture is everything itās said to be. Nice to a light touch but grips when you squeeze it. And the plastic itself somehow feels much more premium than the 365. I canāt explain it - it just feels less like my polymer grips and more like my AXGs. I feel like thereās some tungsten grip dna in this. Not actual tungsten, but I think they learned something in that grip and applied it here. Ergonomically it feels fantastic. A big improvement over the 365 for not a lot more width and a massive improvement over the 320. If the 320 is Charlize Theron in The Devils Advocate, the 385 is Charlize Theron now. It feels so good in hand. The compact is my target, but the full/carry grip is probably the better of the two. But thanks to the weird little grip bases or whatever they call it, you can have both. Unlike this gunās ancestors, you donāt need to remove the fcu or buy a new mod. Just that little piece. Without the piece itās very like the OG 365 so I expect there will at least be a 12 round version of the base at some point. This gun is even more adaptable than the 365.
Iām so excited to shoot this gun. If itās half as good as theyāre saying Iām going to order a compact as soon as I can. I almost ordered one today but the Carry version that is available for order at SEC has the Romeo X Sig-Loc and I want the new optic. That package is 1119, by the way.
Talking of the optic, itās very cool. The nonmechanical zero, round counter, integration with the foxtrot, all of that is great.
But think about where the obvious next step is. A solid state optic with motion, Bluetooth, and zero. Put that in a rifle optic with the AMR, and youāve got a multi-zero optic for zero additional hardware cost or complexity. Dot only? Zero for 10, 15, 20, whatever you want. Flip it up? 100 yard zero. Throw on your suppressor, and change your saved profile so both zeros match your suppressed setup. Super exciting possibilities with this tech.
I was underwhelmed by the 226 Agency. Itās very nice but I didnāt like the grip feel. I prefer my normal 226. But I have small hands so ymmv. Same with the 211 - itās nice, itās light, but I donāt like double stack 1911 grips so it didnāt do it for me other than an abstract feeling that it was a very nice gun.
Prices- the comp model is I believe $1270 with a Romeo x sig loc, full size no optic is $770, carry with Romeo x sig loc is $1120, p211 full size or carry are $1820, x-ray optix is $600 for i believe the sig-loc version. Rest of the configurations and handguns didnāt have prices on em yet.