Springfield has about a week to bring this thing to market before I buy the S&W Shield....
Springfield has about a week to bring this thing to market before I buy the S&W Shield....
"It's your gun, so shoot it the way that is most comfortable to you, not the way some board critic thinks you should shoot it." -Mega
I would love to see a head to head comparison with the Shield.
"If, however, we went but a single generation without the warriors who are willing to confront human aggression every day, then within the span of that generation we would truly be both damned and doomed."
- Lt. Col. David Grossman, U.S. Army (retired)
Well, thought I'd weigh in with my XD experience. I have the XD9 Tactical and I used it primarily for USPSA competition so it didn't see a lot of slow fire. To date I have 18k+ rounds through it and the only problem was a broken trigger spring around 15k rounds. I change out recoil springs around 5-6k.
Guns require maintenance and springs are gonna break. No big deal.
I too am looking forward to see and touch the XDs.
cant believe that thing is 29 oz, 21 sounds much closer
Last edited by fail wagon; 08-02-12 at 01:20.
My XDs with Trijicon HD sights in orange.
My XDs on the scale:
Fully loaded 5+1 with SD loads. 3 Gold Dot 230gr and 3 Liberty Ammunition Halo Points.
Completely empty XDs.
My iPhone4 didn't capture the scale photos really well. Hopefully you guys can make out the readings, I will break them down below.
Fully loaded: 1lb 9.2oz - 25.2oz
Completely empty: 1lb 3.6oz - 19.6oz
-Size comparisons of my current XD family-
XDs .45ACP vs XDm .40S&W 3.8 Compact vs XDm .40S&W 4.5:
XDs .45ACP vs XDm .40S&W 3.8 Compact:
With these two images you can really see where the "slim" part comes into play.
Another closer image of the XDs .45ACP vs XDm .40S&W 3.8 Compact:
An image of the XDs .45ACP vs XDm .40S&W 4.5:
Last edited by CLJ94104; 08-02-12 at 02:43.
Pretty good review of this handgun here...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QG71E...AmCEP-Tu6YliUQ
Never had a SA XD, but I might give it a try.
This might be my next CCW.
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