ORIGINAL: driftrider
I've got a question related to this topic that I just have to ask...
From all the reading I've done here it seems that the XD pistols have a great following among the folks here, and many of the magazine writers also are singing its praises (I usually take them with a grain of salt, as a 5-star review CAN be the result of a large advertizing contract). Is this because they are relatively inexpensive compared to other semi-auto pistols, or are they really just that good, or both?
Mike
Hi driftrider,
I had heard and read good things about the XD. But hadn't given it any more notice than any other new guns that come out. My brother-in-law bought a 4" XD in .40 S&W and a number of us, (including several women), collectively put about 400-500 rounds through it the first day out. His wife liked it so well she made him get her a 4" XD in 9mm for her house gun. (She didn't care much for her KelTec P11 (9X19) because of its recoil.) The next time we went out we again collectively put several hundred rounds through each of them! Both the .40S&W and the 9X19. There were two or maybe three stoppages in the grand total of shots, (same two shooters), and once we explained to those shooters to not "limp wrist" the grip on the pistol.....we had no more malfunctions.
A very short period of time of go I picked up a 4" XD in .40S&W, (couldn't help myself
)! One thing I had noticed shooting both of my brother-in-laws, and mine since, is that the XD points very naturally for me. Additionally mine during the first several hundreds of rounds I have already fired has exhibited a tendency for very good accuracy from a combat pistol. Recoil is easily controlled in the XD, follow-up shots are smooth and quick, it has NOT malfunctioned once...with either magazine, and it points well, and carry's well in a FIST ultra thin Kydex IWB.
Only time and continued shooting will answer the question as to its extended durability and reliability! But in a nutshell.....I like it quite a bit!
Dave