Posted: 4/6/2006 9:29:20 PM EDT
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I am looking at buying the Springfield XD 4inch 06 Package (.45 ACP) either tomorrow or Sat. A local dealer has the 06 pkg for $534 but I talked to a guy who is selling the same thing at a local gun show this weekend for $475 so I may wait an extra day (if I have the patience). But I have a few questions. I have owned many Glocks and the finish is pretty tough. How does the black finish hold up on these XD's? Does anyone actually carry a new .45 ACP XD as a carry weapon? How do these compare to Glock as far as durability, lifespan, etc. I know lifespan may still be a question. I have tried looking for all the reviews I can find on XD's and I am really seeing mainly positive responses and find that surprising since its such a relativley newer gun. I have yet to see a major flaming of the XD series. Any thoughts/opinions are welcome! Thanks! JP |
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I recently bought a new XD45 ACP. I am very pleased with it. It shoots extremely well. It points naturally. I especially like the trigger. It is a robust design and I expect it to last through many, many thousands of rounds. As to the finish, I do not know. Popular opinion on this board is that it will last longer than the old finish. We'll see. Buck |
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i carry my 5" tactical several times a week. i have ZERO trouble with the finish, that said my cary guns get oil and wiped down once a week. regardless of need. for daily carry it is a bit on the heavy side. they sell here retail for 475.00 for the 4" and 499 for 5". 549.00 to me sounds high. the accesories they come with other than the mag loader are crap. throw them out and don't consider them a "perk. can't answer the lifespan question but my 9mmxd has4-5000 rounds through with no gun failures. as for relibility i have almost 1000 rounds through the gun now and have mixed mags with various loads of crap soft lead to gold dots in the same magazines and can happily report ZERO failures to fire. If you are used to a glock the grip angle may be an issue for you. the XD has a proper grip angle that puts the bore inline with your arm vs pointing at the sun and having to adjust your grip.  this has quickly become my favorite handgun, and JMB forgive has replaced my 1911 for carry. |
| The XD-45ACP has a Melonite finish much like Glock's tennifer. It is the only XD that has this finish......for now. It's in the talks that the other models may be coming out with the same finish, but for now they are all the old bruniral finish except for the 45 ACP. |
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I purchased a Service Model 40sw last June. Only problems Ive had were finsih issues That being said I have the Bi tone the stainless steel on the slide never rusted,but all other "black metal parts" did no matter how much I cleaned it lubed it or whatever. I called springfeild the said send it in so I did. They reemburst me for overnight shipping and refinished all the black metal parts took about 3 weeks. Ive been trying to make the damn thing rust since and no luck they did a supieor job and I shoot the hell out of it and carry it in the texas heat IWB. Check out this website Its much like this for XD's I learned alot over their XD Forum Hope this helps |
| I read a review somewhere on the internet where a guy put 20,000 rounds of ammo through the gun without a single jam. Somewhere near the end of those 20,000 rounds he put it through the 1,000 round glock test (throwing it in sand, dirt, mud, water, driving over, freezing it all that crap) and it didn't even jam through that. The guy also claimed he threw it off of a mountain and the only thing that broke was the loaded chamber indicator. I can't remember what caliber this particular gun was, but sounds like a nice piece of work. |
This guy is Chaim Stein He is a member at the XD Forum his 20,000 round torture test was published in Hanguns magazine . Anways heres a link to that torture test thread. I talked to Mr Stein he is very nice and helpful with any questions. Also has some great lookin sight he invented Check it out XD forum 20,000 rounds |
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Actually here's a better link to his article 20,000 Torture TEst |
thanks for that link 
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