First Firing of New Springfield XD .45

[angsniper]

I carry an XD40 everyday and love it! I had a XD45 and liked it also but it just didn't fit my hand right for some reason.

 

[Keelty]

Just as a follow-up thought. Since shooting the .45 with the 4" barrell, I've begun to wonder about the XD .45 with the 5" barrel.

I know that it wouldn't make a very good CCW, but have any of you had experience with shooting both 4" and 5" XD's? If so, what are your opinions on the 5"?

Thanks for any replies.

I shot my new XD45 with the 5" yesterday and I love it! It has become my new bedside gun!

 

[B96brig4CC]

I own an xd-9 4" service and an xdm-40 5" tactical. I haven't noticed much difference in my groups, but then again I have only put about 50 down range with xdm-40. I am not the best example, because I didn't do them back to back at the same yardage. I was shooting much further away than I would with the xd-9 and didn't put much range time in. I will go this week and do a comparison back to back and post what I find. Now you have me wondering. I would guess with the 5" MATCH barrel it should be a huge difference. We will see.

 

[buddgye]

I have the XD 45 tactical compact and I love it.

 

[mmchambers06]

The 5" XD-45 is a real sweetheart to shoot. The one I had was very accurate.

 

[neginfluence04]

I love my XD .45 Tatical model its amazing but my XDM's are just as sick

 

[A.J.]

To me, an extra inch of barrel isn't as hard to deal with carrying concealed as the full-sized butt, unless you're using an OWB under an un-tucked shirt.

 

[BuddyL]

Just as a follow-up thought. Since shooting the .45 with the 4" barrell, I've begun to wonder about the XD .45 with the 5" barrel.

I know that it wouldn't make a very good CCW, but have any of you had experience with shooting both 4" and 5" XD's? If so, what are your opinions on the 5"?

Thanks for any replies.

The XD45 Tactical is the reason I no longer have Glocks, not that Glocks are not good hanguns, its just I did a WHOLE lot better with the 5" XD. To me it seemed liket the recoil came straight back instead of up, maybe that was it.
YMMV.

 

[septic_shock]

I switched from a Glock 23 to a xD 45 compact. The Glock 23 was perfect, but the grip of the Glock always seemed to make me want to shoot high. The xD, on the other hand feels a lot more natural in my hand. I've put over 800 rounds through my xD and have never had a single failure. Plus, I seem to be more accurate with the xD than any other handgun I've shot.