The Glock 30 is an excellent pistol and oneyou will be very pleased with. I personally favor Glocks over the XD's mainly due to the simple design of the Glock. My only question is: have you actually handled the Glock 30 yet? Reason I ask issome find the grip of the Glock 30 to be a litle big for their hands. You should probably handle the XD, Glock 30, and the new Glock 30SF side by side and go from there, if you have not done so yet.