![]() ![]() 40 S&W round in sub-compact pistols a bit too violent for my tastes. ![]() It should also be noted that the XDs is now available in. She already made her choice when she confiscated the one with the all-steel black slide! So, I had to order another XDs sample for myself and went with the stainless steel slide. This happens more often than you might believe. After my wife shot my sample, she “confiscated” it. As you’ll see in the pics accompanying this article, I have two XDs samples– one with the all-steel slide, and one with the stainless steel slide. For ten bucks, it is well worth it to install the Pearce Grip extended floor plate on the gun, in my humble opinion. EVERYONE who shot my XDs 9mm (and 45 ACP) samples picked the pinky catcher extension over the factory-supply mag floor plate. However, with the Pearce Grip extended mag floor plate, the pinky finger has a place to go and it gives the gun an entirely different and more secure purchase when holding and firing it. The flat one that comes with the gun just doesn’t do it for me. This allows the user to choose which floor plate they want to install on their guns. I mentioned to the powers-that-be at Springfield Armory that they should include the pinky catcher mag floor plate that is made by Pearce Grip with each gun. You can check out full specs on the Springfield website. There is also a grip safety on the XD line-up, a la the 1911 you can’t fire the gun or chamber a round if you don’t have a firm grip on the gun! Then we have all the other goodies– a holster, dual mag pouch, cleaning rod, and a very sturdy carrying case. Each gun comes with two magazines– one that holds seven rounds and an extended 8-round mag with the Mid-Mag X-Tension. Weighing in at a mere 23 ounces, the gun is a light weight. The gun has a polymer frame and can be had with an all-steel (blackened) slide or one in stainless steel. There’s a red fiber optic front sight that is very fast to pick-up and a steel rear sight with two white dots. We have a dual recoil spring system with a full-length guide rod. However, savvy gun carriers wanted more power in a sub-compact gun, and the entire gun industry is now making very small, easily concealable handguns in 9mm.Ī quick look at the XDs in 9mm is in order, and it isn’t much different than the. To my way of thinking, maybe they should have come out with the XDs in 9mm first. Springfield Armory saw the demand and had numerous requests for the XDs in 9mm, and they are producing guns in the guns in this caliber. One thing you can count on, at Springfield Armory, is that if there is a problem with any of their guns they jump right on it and correct it without hiding the problem or denying it, like some other gun makers do. There was no such problem with JHP loaded ammo. The top of the barrel’s chamber wasn’t contoured, and the FMJ rounds were hitting it and falling back in the gun. It was an easy fix, which I passed along to Springfield. 45ACP wouldn’t always eject a loaded FMJ round. 45ACP version, I discovered another problem of sorts– the XDs. However, aside from the minor problem that resulted in the recall of the. It wasn’t the gun it was a limp-wristing problem, which is common with polymer-framed pistols. Several of our readers who lived neaby were also having a different sort of problem with their guns, and so I had them come for a visit. However, there were some teething problems with the first batch, and Springfield Armory was quick to take care of this minor problem. The little XDs 45ACP was, and is, an outstanding concealed carry handgun. We have many contacts in the firearms and cutlery fields and quite often get a first look at new products. We covered the Springfield Armory XDs 45 pistol when it first came out, and I believe SurvivalBlog was the first in the media to cover this outstanding little pistol. ![]()
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