Posted: 1/16/2012 5:07:53 PM EDT
Looks like their releasing a single stack 45!
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Wow 79 views and no comments? Figured there would be more excitement about a single stack XD as that seems to be one of the complaints about folks who don't want to carry any of the current XD/XDm's due to their size? I don't have any problems with carrying a 4" service XD in 45ACP or my XDm in 9, however I will definitely take a hard look at this when it hits the stores.
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It's being talked about in GD here.
http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/1278117_The_first_Game_Changer_of_SHOT_2012__S_A__XDS_single_stack__45.html |
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I couldn't find the other thread, from about a month ago, dealing with this. But....NO! I wasn't referring to the 3.8 Compact 45ACP SA XD. THIS is the one that I couldn't remember the name of. After you've been in a coma from brain injuries, names are a bit hard to remember. This is the sub compact XD 45 that I was "dreaming up" in my mind. ;) I have a "few" XD's, and like this idea...I won't get rid of my SA Micro45, but I might have to check this one out.
As for the Glock comments, if I wanted the grip angle of a Glock, I wouldn't be carrying ANYthing but a Glock. I will carry ANYthing before a Glock. Thought I'd share some of the reciprocal "Love" for our XD's. Carry what works for you, leave the rest for those that THEY fit...I prefer XD and 1911 grip angles... |
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I like it so far. I'm typically an XD<Glock<M&P guy (having owned all three), but this little guy looks handy.
If they offer it with a +2 extended baseplate mag, it would help the pistol do double duty as a perhaps more reasonable capacity nightstand gun (with the addition of a compact light). |
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Well here is my video from shooting the thing, I like it but I am a known XD fanboy.
YouTube XDs video 
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I like it so far. I'm typically an XD<Glock<M&P guy (having owned all three), but this little guy looks handy. If they offer it with a +2 extended baseplate mag, it would help the pistol do double duty as a perhaps more reasonable capacity nightstand gun (with the addition of a compact light). I like my M&P full sized but really wanted a compact. I waited for what seemed like forever for S&W to come out with a compact M&P 45,. A month after I gave up and got the full size the compact came out.... 
This looks interesting as it will be both smaller and thinner than the M&P so I will have to check one out when the frenzy settles down and there is some range report data that starts coming out. |
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The same size as my Kahr P40, but with a grip safety and MUCH better trigger... Heck yeah!
Oh no, 5+1... IF ONLY there were some doodad that you could use to make the grip a tad longer and hold one or two more rounds... 
I like being able to CCW a pistol without needing to buy bigger pants... This is HUGE. (pun intended) I'd even be interested in a medium sized XD in single stack... |
I'm liking it alot the more I look at it, just wondering where the price point is going to be?? For those bitching saying carry a 1911 that's fine and all but not all of us go tactical with gun belts and such everyday especially in summer. When it's above 75 I breaks out the cargo shorts and flops and hell no to a belt so this in a crossbreed will do nicely or maybe even a cargo pocket carry..............
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I'm liking it alot the more I look at it, just wondering where the price point is going to be?? For those bitching saying carry a 1911 that's fine and all but not all of us go tactical with gun belts and such everyday especially in summer. When it's above 75 I breaks out the cargo shorts and flops and hell no to a belt so this in a crossbreed will do nicely or maybe even a cargo pocket carry.............. This. Im liking it ore and more for a summer gun. that and as a buckup as well or a glovebox gun. Im starting to see the uses and since I already have an XD .45 compacat I can use the same ammo. |
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Whats the cost difference from a compact 1911? If I'm looking for a thin concealable .45 I'd take a 1911 compact with 7+1 over an XD with 5 + 1 Cool idea though. is this the "s" factor?
<––––––-owns three different XD/XDm's and loves all of them. Most likely, the XD-s will run around $500 OTD, so at the price of a compact 1911, you can carry 2 XD-s, so you have 10+2!
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