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The only thing I really don’t like about the XD line is the grip safety.When is the rest of the XD line being dumpstered?
The only thing I really don’t like about the XD line is the grip safety.
A couple times at the range when drawing from the holster, I had a firm enough grip, but had to choke up a little on the grip to get it to fire. Just another possible point of failure.Honest question, what do people not like about the grip safety? I have an XDS 3.3 and the grip safety doesn't bother me at all. I mean, I'd rather not have it but it's there and hasn't caused me any issues.
A couple times at the range when drawing from the holster, I had a firm enough grip, but had to choke up a little on the grip to get it to fire. Just another possible point of failure.
That's why p@rnhub exists, to practice "chocking" that grip.A couple times at the range when drawing from the holster, I had a firm enough grip, but had to choke up a little on the grip to get it to fire. Just another possible point of failure.
Honest question, what do people not like about the grip safety? I have an XDS 3.3 and the grip safety doesn't bother me at all. I mean, I'd rather not have it but it's there and hasn't caused me any issues.
The penchant for the XD's grip safety (and myraid other parts) to break and render the gun completely inoperable is well documented. Stop buying shit guns.Honest question, what do people not like about the grip safety? I have an XDS 3.3 and the grip safety doesn't bother me at all. I mean, I'd rather not have it but it's there and hasn't caused me any issues.
FWIW, I think Baker's analysis is spot on. The XDe 9mm 3.3" is a very reliable gun, but it looks and kind of feels like somebody put a normal-size gun in a hydraulic press and flattened it a bit. Even so, it isn't effectively as thin as it could be because of the safety. Take that same idea, scale it right for 9mm, give it a slightly wider grip with a staggered 10-round magazine, replace the safety/decocker with a decocker-only that doesn't make the gun wider, and I'd probably buy it. Who was going to carry it 1911-style, anyway?
The penchant for the XD's grip safety (and myraid other parts) to break and render the gun completely inoperable is well documented. Stop buying shit guns.
.Why Springfield XD Pistols Are Not Duty Grade (Migrated from Facebook)
From the Facebook post located (at least at the time of this post) here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PSPrimarySecondary/permalink/1109343995778766/ My original question: Why is the Springfield XD (or "rebranded Croatian HS2000" as Prime referred to them) series of pistols not considered...primaryandsecondary.com
You're welcome, Vaya con Dios.Well documented? That link itself acknowledges the "data" is anecdotal. But thanks for the input.
I wonder how much better Langdon makes the SA trigger. As a DA revolver shooter, I don't have any problem with the DA, but the SA trigger is a little mushy. It doesn't move far before it breaks, but after take-up and if I really try, I can make it move slightly a couple of times before it breaks on the third. That doesn't really matter for self-defense, but I like to see what I can do at the range, marksmanship-wise.Ltt xde option is pretty nice. Takes a bit getting used to reminds of shooting a high bore axis sig 226. nice To have da - decocker as an option.
Just my novice take, but hammer/polymer guns just seem like an odd choice in today's market. Plus, I'm betting they have a lot of sku cannibalism in sales. Hellcat eating into XD sales and Hellcat and XD eating into XD-E sales. Cut the fat and concentrate on the most popular models.
hellcat with optic ready makes the xde useless. i like the xde single stack for easy concealment and +1 on mags w extension so I can get 10+1.
i won’t win the masses but I love the ltt version of the xde.
Meh, HK has done hammers on plastic guns since the 90s. They're fine, but dumb marketing idea for someone not a strong player....This is going to be a weird, unfounded, and controversial statement, but I personally don't like hammers on polymer guns. Hammers on full metal guns: good. Hammers on Glock-like guns: no bueno. I have no math to show as backup. Just my take, but I feel like I can't be the only one.
I'm not sure because I try to adapt, if possible. While not target grade, the XD-e didn't seem terrible to me, though for some reason it took me several hundred rounds of practice before I had it sorted out. I think it had more to do with where it was breaking (closer to the palm than I would like) than it did with any other aspect of the trigger. Using the pad of the finger closer to the tip and pressing straight back instead of hooking the trigger and pulling as I would with a DA revolver seemed to fix it.I heard the xde stock is horrendous
Very true. Dumb of me for forgetting about HK. I'd give them a pass there, but I'd also give them a pass on goofy euro mag releases as well, where I wouldn't with other manufacturers. They're a special class in my mind I guess. Not sure they deserve to be, but iconic for sure.Meh, HK has done hammers on plastic guns since the 90s. They're fine, but dumb marketing idea for someone not a strong player....
You have an uncanny resemblance from your profile pictureThe XDE was not built for you. It was built for.... this guy...
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"I only carry guns wit a hammah and a manuel safety. Them striker guns are from the devil. "