Picked up my first handgun last night. After comparing to some of the competitors, I selected the XD9 Service based off of comfort, offerings, reliability and price. A few things is like to point out:
Grip: really like the grip more than a G19, as I like a full purchase and not a finger hanging off. It also feels more natural to me to grab than the competitors as well.
Sights: while they might not be night sights, they are steel which is good in te fact that I won’t need to change them out right away in the event that I had to manipulate the slide one handed. The glock also has a plastic? Guide rod?
Price: sure, the G19 was $150 more but I was able to get an extra mag, a fobus paddle holster (SB11) and an uncle mikes (size 16) and 100 rounds of ammo for the price the LGS had on the G19. Holsters may not have been top choice but I’m new to hand guns so they are enough to get me started.
Ill be making a shooters log that keeps up round count as well as failures, ftf’s, fte’s, accuracy, brand, grain, all of the details. I’ll make the first range trip next week and give an update. In sure most of you guys know enough about the XD/HS family to probably tune out.
I did purchase some ammo for carry, Federal HST Tactical 147gr. +P. I’ll let you guys know how that works as well.
If you have recommendations as far as sights, holsters, trigger, anything shy of selling it (GLOCK GUYS!!!) post up and let me know why.
Congrats! I’m one of the few weirdos here who has an XD and shoots it regularly. There are plenty of threads with XD hate, so no need to rehash it yet again.
Picked up bulk ammo from a local guy. 250 rounds mixed assortment. Will sort out and get some range time and data. Looking forward to sharing my findings!
Congratulations on your XD. A well made, accurate and reliable handgun. Now, find a better place to have a decent discussion about them. Enjoy your XD!
A buddy of mine has and XD9 bought in 04. It has 10K+ through it and runs fine and he doesn’t really baby his guns. The only feeding issue was caused when he dropped a mag, bent the feed lips and tried to keep using it after bending back the lip with a Leatherman. He learned his lesson and ditched the mag. YMMV
gonna run some fmj and hollow points tomorrow afternoon. 100 of Magtech 115 gr FMJ Brass and I got some Federal HST LE Tactical 147gr +p as well. I know that the HST will be my carry round so I need to run it too but should a few suffice or should I run a mag full?
I don’t baby mine either, but I also don’t beat the hell out of them intentionally. Use them as tools. Take care of wood and metal but to me, if a gun runs dirty, it’ll run clean. Not sure how I feel on break in though. Thoughts? Suggestions?
The XD went from crazy overrated when it was cheap to crazy underrated once it got expensive(ish). I have never owned one but I have a buddy who shoots his (a 9 and a super compact 45) nearly every week and they have given him one hell of a lot fewer problems than his or my Glocks. They seem pretty good in my limited experience.
They get crapped on a lot here. The two main issues to watch out for are the aforementioned fragile mags, and the grip safety’s potential to become jammed with gravel or other debris. I think there are worse choices, and always shot them well when I tried them.