Posted: 10/10/2006 12:14:58 PM EDT
| I am in the market for a new pistol (my first), and I am interested in an XD 45. I have shot several pistols but have never owned one. The main thing I am trying to aviod is on a few of the pistols I have shot it felt like I had to pull the trigger back a freaking mile until the pistol fired and it felt very unatural to me I did not like it at all. The first was a 9 mm ruger, and the second was a 45 cal I am not sure which manufacturer. My question is how does the trigger on an XD feel and if it is like the previous pistols I have had experience with is there a way to make it where the trigger breaks sooner? |
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The trigger on the XD line of pistols is actually pretty good from the factory, but like all new pistols, to make it smoother, lighter and crisper, your going to want to have a trigger job done. I sent mine to SA to have it done. Others swear by Canyon Creek. Either way, once its been done, your tigger pull will be lighter, and the overtravel and reset will be reduced. If you can, shoot one that has had a trigger job and one that hasnt. The difference is night and day. Of course if you dont want to spend the dough for the trigger work, you can always buy some snap caps or a bunch of bullets and just break it in the old fashioned way. And no, you dont have to pull the trigger a mile before it breaks. Hope that helps. Good luck with your decision. |
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I just bought one and shot it Sunday. I like it. Another shooter taught me to hold the trigger after each shot and only let it forward just enough to reset the sear (? i'm not real familiar with striker fire control). Its a very subtle click, but helped maintain a consistent grip. This technique was news to me, but I suppose is well known to guys that have more pistol experience. I like the trigger, but I've shot enough crap pistols (and not enough nice ones) that the xd45 trigger really impressed me. |
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I think both of the pistols I shot that had the crappy triggers were rugers one was a 9mm the other was a 45. Both were black and silver I think silver slides and black bottoms. The triggers on both were horrible the first time I fired the 45 I thought I did not have the hammer cocked and did a quick check racked the slide and a round came out, I was comletely shocked. Then I pulled harder next time and it felt like I had to pull the trigger all the way back to the grip before it fired, it was the most unatural feeling firearm I have ever shot. I really do not want to buy a pistol and have this problem, I would end up never using it . |
Yep - the trigger reset you are talking about is the best way to shoot Glocks and XD's accurately. I had shot my Glock for about a year before I was let in on this little tidbit of knowledge. |
I have been bugging our range, to have the gentleman who helped me, teach a class in pistol shooting, as a follow-on to the Ohio CCW classes. The point being, if you ever have to use the CCW in real life, you won't have to empty the magazine at the bad guy. Plus we fund our youth program through the CCW / pistol classes, and I want to buy new rifles for the kids! |
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I find that the reset point is pretty far out there on my stock XD, and I would like to have it a bit shorter. Derrick how much did SA charge for the job? I just have not made up my mind to do the snap cap version or send it in and have it done. Of course doing it with ammo is more fun :) -Corn |