Thursday, January 19, 2012

Of COURSE this intrigues

I already like XDs, I've been hankering for a single stack polymer I'd like, and then Springfield comes out with this:  XDS.  It's not even up on the Springfield website, yet (as of Monday night).

This gun is right in my wheelhouse. .45ACP goodness, even. 

Thanks SHOT Show reporters.

It's like they read my mind.  Of course I'll have to try it first.

The only thing that would have made it perfect would be a 1911 magazine.  But it won't be that, certainly.  Another detail is, I'd rather have 7+1 than 5+1 magazines, but that's not as big a deal to me as for most.

It all depends on how I shoot it, how it feels to me.  We shall see.
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9 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 19, 2012 at 8:25 AM

    Guns America says it's a 'game changer'. Just like the Glock 36 and the Kahrs that have been around for years.

    -SayUncle

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  2. New Jovian ThunderboltJanuary 19, 2012 at 8:33 AM

    Oh yes! After the mini-380s faded and before the mine 9s really peaked, Springfield SKIPPED the .40 and jumped all the way to .45!

    Game... Changer...

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  3. Bubblehead Les.January 19, 2012 at 11:01 AM

    Thought you did not like the little Lever in the Triggers?

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  4. New Jovian ThunderboltJanuary 19, 2012 at 11:17 AM

    I don't like the little levers. No gun is perfect, yet.

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  5. Boat GuyJanuary 19, 2012 at 1:19 PM

    If Glocks were all that good, Springfield would have been in Chapter 11 by now.
    I want one of these! I've been looking at all the "usual suspects" (e.g. LC9). Don't care if this doesn't change anyybody else's "game" it's damn sure changed mine.

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  6. Old NFOJanuary 19, 2012 at 8:43 PM

    Good luck with it... I can't get any of the XDs to point straight, but that's just me!

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  7. FrozenJanuary 20, 2012 at 1:18 PM

    I love my XD-45 (tactical) and it's still by far the pistol I shoot best. If (LMAO) we actually get CCW in MD, however, this is a problem as the 5" barrel and double stack 13+1 of .45 ACP hardly makes the thing compact for IWB or other forms of CCW (save perhaps a shoulder rig...not exactly ideal to have a cover garment in hot, humid summers). Having a pocket XD with controls I'm already intimately familiar would would be wonderful.

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  8. BGMillerJanuary 20, 2012 at 8:15 PM

    My EDC for shorts weather is a Walther PPS. If they offer extended mags like Walther does I will have a new year-round EDC. If they don't...aw heck, I'm still going to buy one. I've already got a pair of XDs in .45. Another in the safe/on the hip will be welcome.

    BGM

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