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Originally Posted by SilentSoul  Well I went today I purchased an OD green and black, Springfield Armory XD-40 5'' tactical model. I had originally went to purchase the black and stainless 4'' until I held the Tactical 5". The gun is primarily a truck gun, maybe slid into the waist for a few minutes here and there it will now be a full time conceal because it is to large.
On to the Range:
I left the gun store and went straight to the range after buying ammunition. 100 Rounds WWB. 50 Rounds CCI Blazer. 50 Rounds Wolf. 20 Rounds Remington Bonded Golden Sabers.
The gun is flawless. Everything Is very tight like it should be on a new gun. The polymer makes the gun very light and the 5'' model is a little muzzle heavy but only due to the plastic handle. The gun will shoot as well as you can hold it. I shot about 100 rounds of various named rounds, to include mixing rounds into the magazine. She never thought about having a problem. Ate everything and kept asking for more.
The gun does throw the empties to get them out of the gun. I think that is why there are so few problems with failure to extract with springfield guns because they get rid of the spent casing in a hurry*maybe let the guy next to you at the range know*
The recoil of the 40 on the 5'' Is snappy, It doesn't want to jump out of your hand like a 10mm or anything but you can tell you fire something with some balls. The recoil I would think would be VERY manageable with good shooting habits and getting use to the gun. The trigger has a big of creep due to the safety that was probably the biggest learning curve of the gun. I would explain it a lot like a Sig trigger.
Overall my initial thoughts on the gun are nothing but good. Took it apart, It is very easy to do cleaned it and have it back in the box.
The only problem I had and this is dealer not gun. They gave me one 9mm mag and a 40 cal mag. My fault for not checking though. So i have to drive 59 miles back to the dealer to get it replaced. All and all, I would recommend the XD-40 or any in the XD line to both novice and seasoned shooters alike.
Hope that helps anyone that is interested in the Xd series and if you have any question please feel free to ask I will answer as best I can. |
SilentSoul,
I just purchased the xd 9mm 4 inch and I love everything about the gun. Have to admit that the safeties are a challenge for me. Never shot a gun with a grip safety before and I am having an adjustment period with that. I do have ejection jams but I am the only one who does, have tried several ammos and several people so I know its something to do with mr grip. I shoot left handed and that is when I have the most problems. Tried shooting right handed and it only happened once out of several clips, so I've narrowed down the problem and am working on the issue. I've shot and handled several 9mm guns and I have to say this one is the best