I hate to disagree, but most problems show up in the first 50 rounds, in my experience.
I guess we would have to count, but I have heard many stories of problems surfacing at or near a thousand rounds. The Military Arms Channel is just one example (and I think he had problems with more than one).
If it isn't when most problems occur, it is certainly when some of them do, and it just takes one serious problem. In the case of the MAC, I believe it was the trigger return spring if my memory serves me correctly (i.e.his trigger went dead approaching a thousand rounds).
I heard striker tips breaking was another issue that showed up later (but that's based on third-hand information). Certainly the striker drag was something that showed early on, as was some reliability issues.
Of course a lot of the stories I am recollecting occured many months ago before I became interested in a small thin pistol again (other than my .380), so I can't remember exactly how many reviews and posts I've read mentioning failures that occurred later in life, but the point is that they do, and still do, as plenty of stories are circulating even now (this year). And although I have heard of at least one or two people with a few thousand rounds, by and large I don't see huge round counts yet.
Now contrast that with the release of the Smith & Wesson Shield back in 2012. This is a comparable debut because both pistols took the market by storm when they were introduced. It wasn't all that long before we were getting reports from James Yeager, for example, that he had 10,000 rounds through his Shield without a single hiccup as he loaned it in classes, and that was many years go. Since then professionals with the ability to but many rounds through a gun have put the Shield through its paces earning it an outstanding reputation for reliability.
There were some mild complaints of the magazine release of the M1.0 getting inadvertently ejected with the dominant hand crushing the grip (I even experienced this on mine), others complained about the trigger (e.g. its reset), but nothing major stuck out even though EVERY pistol has problems at some point, especially during the beginning.
In fact, over the last year or so I read an old New York Times article from the 1980's or early 1990's (I can't remember exactly), where the FBI reported that when testing Glock pistols they discovered a drop safety issue where the guns inadvertently fired. That was the first I heard of that, and I read an entire book dedicated to the development history of that gun.
In fact, I don't think I am going on a limb when I say that I have heard more complaints about the P365's reliability in the time it has been out than all of the problems reported about the Shield since 2012 combined! That's over seven years! And as you know, until the P365 came out and started at least addressing some or most of these issues, the Shield had become one of the best selling guns, sometimes the best selling gun, and still is. Furthermore, I can't remember a gun that ever debuted with as much praise for its design. That magazine was the long-awaited "game changer", so more than any other gun I can remember people really wanted to love this gun. Remember, when the Shield came out, many people questioned the need for such a gun (due to its size). In fact, when I sold my Shield, I stopped carrying single stacks (I had tested five all together). I felt my G26 was thin enough (that is until recently when I started revisiting appendix carry again).
Anyway, I don't own a Shield anymore, so I don't have a dog in the fight. I sold mine many years ago. In fact, I sold my last Smith & Wesson last year after owning five M&P's over the last 13-14 years. Moreover, one of my current carry guns, and my favorite one at that, is my SIG P229, so I am not SIG bashing either. The whole point of this post was to get some help talking me out of a P365 because my brain tells me it is in terrible need of establishing a reliable track record, but my heart really wants to throw caution into the wind to try it.
That said, I recently watched a video were the person laid out on a table the top five selling guns at his gun store. In the picture it looks to me as if maybe the Shield and P365 aren't as close in width as others suggest. It certainly appears to be no significant difference in the slide, but looking from this angle I am starting to question it (thinness being one of the questions I posited here). What do you and others think? Is it my imagination? I don't think it's the camera angle as the Shield is technically closer to the lens. I don't think it is a dealbreaking difference, but I am looking for an option that is significantly thinner than my Beretta PX4 Storm Compact otherwise I have no need to give up 16 rounds for even a P365. [ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZlocIa2iYI[/ame]
