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I have several friends with XD's. While I tried very hard to like them, I could not.
1) My hand is very large and the grip is very small. I tried, and tried, and tried but could not find any thumbs forward grip variation that would work with my hand and the gun. I can pull it off fine with smaller guns such as the m&p 9c and glock 19, so its the geometry of the gun rather than the size. The only way I could shoot it was with a weaver, and even then it was unpleasant to shoot.
2) XD's have excessive recoil for their caliber in my hand, even when comparing apples to apples with the same grip in competing guns.
3) The trigger is mushy, the reset is long, and the 'trigger safety' bothers my finger a lot more than the glock. Between the lousy purchase I get on the grip, the lousy trigger, and the high recoil it is extremely slow shooting.
4) The ones I have shot have not impressed me with their accuracy.
5) The reports from trainers and range masters about frequent failures, the lack of parts, and the failure of any significant adoption by law enforcement are three huge red flags.
Of all the guns that get mainstream discussion on this board, the XD is about the last one I would personally want.
Last edited by calvin118; 08-04-2009 at 05:37 PM
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