RE: Springfield Armory XD
 

I agree thateither cartridgemakes an excellent LE or self defense round but the .45 does not have a lot more energy or knock down power. The ballistics of the two arevery close.

RE: Springfield Armory XD
 

"GUNS" June 2007 had a cover story about the Springfield XD .45 ACP. It sounds to be a very well designed and excellent overall choice. From one of the older, experienced guys at the gun store I frequent, he had good things to say about it.
I was actually looking to buy one and may eventually will for other purpose. For now I bought a handgun (Ruger Redhawk .44 Mag - 4") as a backup sidearm when we hunt Elk that borders on big bear country.
I think the Springfield XD .45 ACP is certainly worth a close look as a "carry" or personal protection sidearm though.

RE: Springfield Armory XD
 

Does the XD have a trigger reset similar to the Glock?

RE: Springfield Armory XD
 

But it does have more power?
Does it recoil more?

RE: Springfield Armory XD
 

In many loadings you have to go to a "+P" loading tohave more "power"in the .45 ACP. I do not want to be on the business end of either one. Go to Winchester, Federal, and others and compare the ballistics of the two.Do a google search forDoubleTap ammo as they produce some excellent self defense ammo.

I actually find that the .40 S&W has a snappier or sharper recoil than the .45ACP. I personallyam a little more accurate with my .45ACP than I am with mytwo .40 S&W's.I don't think you can go wrong with either choice. I also don't think you would go wrong with a 9mm either.

RE: Springfield Armory XD
 

Funny thing is, Federal's site doesn't have .45 ACP, it has .45 Auto.

Same for the Winchester site.

I think that's weird.

So, .40 S&W has higher velocities than the .45 Auto, in every comparison I did. SO I guess the .40 S&W would have more advantages.

What kind of advantage does the .45 ACP have? Is the ammo cheaper?

RE: Springfield Armory XD
 

ACP(Automatic Colt Pistol)and Auto are the same thing. In fact on the slide of my Glock 21 it says .45 Auto. It is more of a personal choice on the two cartridges as they are so close in performance. I carrya Beretta 96(.40 S&W) daily as my duty weapon. When I am off duty, I carry a Glock 23(.40 S&W) or a Glock 21(.45 ACP). I don't feel undergunned with either pistol. Did you look at the Double Tap site? If not, look around there and you will see how close these two really are.
http://www.doubletapammo.com/php/catalog/index.php

RE: Springfield Armory XD
 

With the .45 you can get a bigger bullet. I believe a 230 gr. where with a .40 the biggest is a 180 gr. I am just going off memory with those two numbers. And .40 S&W ammo is cheaper, and then 9mm is even cheaper. ;)

RE: Springfield Armory XD
 

With the .40 you can get a 200 grain bullet(Double Tap), although there are probably better choices.

RE: Springfield Armory XD
 

I own an XD45 and I think it's a fine pistol, zero problems and no FTF issues to date. You can break this thing down and put it back together in under 20 seconds......no kidding!