OK, I admit it: I don’t like women with big muscles, and I don’t like boxy looking guns with plastic components – especially those with pseudo-macho Picatinny rails and ugly tan or green frames. That just ain’t the way Mr. Browning meant for guns to be. What’s more, I’m too old and cranky to change my mind about much of anything… except maybe about them ugly, boxy, plastic guns, with Picatinny rails.
My new XD in .45 caliber shoots rings around my wonderful (soon to be my ex-wonderful) .40 caliber SIG P229 SAS. Hand held, IPSIC style, standing in a normal shooting position, I can consistently group shots from the SIG within a 3 - 4 inch circle at 15 yards. That’s not exactly shabby; but with the XD, I can consistently shoot 2 inch groups – and from a gun that cost me ½ the price of the SIG and comes with a lifetime warrantee to the original owner. In the hand, the XD feels and fits almost like my 1911. I suspect that's why I shoot it better than the SIG (which is a bit too large in the grip for my hands).
Now, unlike some of you, I do not belong to a SWAT team, live in Hell's Kitchen, or intend to take on a pack of drugged-up Bikers single handed, so the XD's 14 round capacity (13 and 1) was not a major condiseration. Besides, I prefer to aim and shoot rather than spray bullets. The large capacity is nice of course, but I'm very happy with the 9 round capacity of my Baer (8 and 1... using CobraMag magazines from Tripp Research), and with the 6 rounds in my .44 magnum Ruger Akaskan.
What’s more, my ugly XD is near as much fun to shoot as my Les Baer 1911 (with which I can shoot 1 inch groups at 15 yards... but then, my LB cost 4 times as much as my plastic gun, so it had better well be a star performer). On that note, I should mention that the LB frame-to-slide fit is still tight as a drum yet silky smooth after 6,000 rounds, but the XD, new, exhibits a slight amount of shake in that regard.
I don’t know why I let the salesman talk me into buying the XD… except that he’s an old friend who hasn’t steered me wrong yet. Even so, I regretted the decision as soon as I got the gun home and field stripped it. I knew I wouldn’t like it. And then, today, I put 200 rounds through my new wonderful, beautiful, lovely, accurate, tan-framed plastic gun with Picatinny rails! I'm thinkin' maybe I should take another look at them big muscled women. Who knows what you'll like until ya try one?
My new XD in .45 caliber shoots rings around my wonderful (soon to be my ex-wonderful) .40 caliber SIG P229 SAS. Hand held, IPSIC style, standing in a normal shooting position, I can consistently group shots from the SIG within a 3 - 4 inch circle at 15 yards. That’s not exactly shabby; but with the XD, I can consistently shoot 2 inch groups – and from a gun that cost me ½ the price of the SIG and comes with a lifetime warrantee to the original owner. In the hand, the XD feels and fits almost like my 1911. I suspect that's why I shoot it better than the SIG (which is a bit too large in the grip for my hands).
Now, unlike some of you, I do not belong to a SWAT team, live in Hell's Kitchen, or intend to take on a pack of drugged-up Bikers single handed, so the XD's 14 round capacity (13 and 1) was not a major condiseration. Besides, I prefer to aim and shoot rather than spray bullets. The large capacity is nice of course, but I'm very happy with the 9 round capacity of my Baer (8 and 1... using CobraMag magazines from Tripp Research), and with the 6 rounds in my .44 magnum Ruger Akaskan.
What’s more, my ugly XD is near as much fun to shoot as my Les Baer 1911 (with which I can shoot 1 inch groups at 15 yards... but then, my LB cost 4 times as much as my plastic gun, so it had better well be a star performer). On that note, I should mention that the LB frame-to-slide fit is still tight as a drum yet silky smooth after 6,000 rounds, but the XD, new, exhibits a slight amount of shake in that regard.
I don’t know why I let the salesman talk me into buying the XD… except that he’s an old friend who hasn’t steered me wrong yet. Even so, I regretted the decision as soon as I got the gun home and field stripped it. I knew I wouldn’t like it. And then, today, I put 200 rounds through my new wonderful, beautiful, lovely, accurate, tan-framed plastic gun with Picatinny rails! I'm thinkin' maybe I should take another look at them big muscled women. Who knows what you'll like until ya try one?
