XD(M) - The Firearms Forum

carver · 05-22-2010, 11:57 AM

I've been looking at the new XD(M) from Springfield Armory, in.45, and I like what I've seen so far. Do any of you have this gun? If so let me hear from you. What I'm most interested in with this gun is the trigger pull.

http://www.the-m-factor.com/video_2.html

pickenup · 05-22-2010, 01:19 PM

I have been waiting for them to release this model too.
Just got the email (yesterday?) that they have started shipping them.
The trigger pull is why I had not got an XD model yet.
I am curious too.

Prizefighter · 05-26-2010, 06:17 PM

The XDm is the cover story of the latest Handguns magazine. Here's the article's rundown, and a couple quotes.

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The XDm's Minimal Reset Trigger is probably the best I've felt on a polymer gun. Its reset is, indeed, the shortest of any polymer pistol on the market. Trigger reach and travel are also quite short.

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The standard XDs I've tested have all shot great, but the addition of a match-grade barrel certainly didn't hurt, as evidenced by my test gun''s outstanding accuracy.

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Once they put on the appropriate size of backstrap, every one of my friends - from a 6'3" police firearms instructor to a 5'7" recreational shooter - said it fit their hands perfectly. It is the first time I've seen so many people agree on the fit and feel of a pistol's grip.

Type: striker-fired, short recoil, locked breech, semiauto
Calibur:9mm luger, .40 S&W
Capacity: 19+1; 16+1
Barrel: 3.8"
Overall Length:7"
Width:1.075"
Height:5.6"
Weight:27.5 oz.
Slide/Frame: matte stainless or matte black melonite slide; black polymer frame
Grips: textured, molded polymer
Sights: steel 3-dot front and rear
Trigger: 6 lb. 4 oz. tested; 5.5lbs.-7.7lbs. factory spec

gdmoody · 05-26-2010, 11:20 PM

I can't say anything about the .45 but I bought an XD(m) in .40 a while back. I only kept the thing for a couple of weeks. The trigger was terrible and it just didn't feel good in my hand. I don't know what it was but I just did not like it!

Later I thought I would give the Springfield another chance so I bought a "regular" XD in .357 Sig. I kept that one a little longer because I couldn't find anyone who wanted it, but I did finally get rid of it for the same reasons.

Prizefighter · 05-27-2010, 01:10 PM

Can you be more specific about what you didn't like about the trigger? The pull distance or weight? The minitrigger safety?

Shooter45 · 05-28-2010, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Prizefighter

Can you be more specific about what you didn't like about the trigger? The pull distance or weight? The minitrigger safety?

I was wondering about that comment also. I owned a couple of XD's and encountered zero problems with either weapon. The report is in this forum somewhere. Excellent duty weapon without the glock dislikes. I even won a match just after break in. A trigger job can be done and is pretty simple. The mainspring housing can be changed to better fit your hand or bring up your point of aim and there is plenty of custom work available from Springfield Armory or you can do it yourself.

Terry_P · 05-29-2010, 08:33 AM

I went on the Springfield web site to have a look and the XDM part will not load. Tried yesterday and today. I like the looks of the XD45 compact so it may be a moot point anyway. I'm thinking that will be next on the horizon which is quite a ways away right now.

tcox4freedom · 05-30-2010, 03:25 PM

I really like my XDM 40.

I can't speak about the 45; but you can go to www.xdtalk.com and learn all you want to about any XD. They have several XDM 45 related threads and an XDM sub-forum over there.

JLA · 05-30-2010, 05:21 PM

I have a standard XD.45 and the trigger is in the 5 lb range. Cant say I care much for the trigger safety but it is a sweet shooter

lucky-gunner · 06-01-2010, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by carver

I've been looking at the new XD(M) from Springfield Armory, in.45, and I like what I've seen so far. Do any of you have this gun? If so let me hear from you. What I'm most interested in with this gun is the trigger pull.

http://www.the-m-factor.com/video_2.html

Carver

I have the XDM 40 and 9. While the trigger on the M series are better, than that of the standard models they are still striker fired. I would say if you don't like the feel of a striker fire pistol then you won't like the XDM45's trigger either. Both of the M series had a bit of a gritty feel at first but that loosened up after a couple hundred rounds. The triggers on all XD's do get better with time. My 12k rd XD9SC trigger is about as smooth as I've felt out of a striker pistol.

So if you can get past the striker feel; they do make great range guns.

Happy Shooting

gdmoody · 06-02-2010, 07:48 PM

I really can't totally explain what I mean about the trigger. Possibly it was the length of pull and the weight just seemed very heavy to me, I don't know for sure. It just didn't feel right to me. I shot my son's Glock .40 this morning and didn't like the trigger on it either. I guess it is just I don't like those striker fired pistols!?!?

JLA · 06-02-2010, 08:38 PM

the striker fired ones are a bit difficult to get used to especially if youre accustomed to a crisp 1911 trigger...

trex1310 · 06-06-2010, 07:44 PM

I bought a XD(m) in .40 s&w. I didn't like it at all. The "feel" just wasn't right for me. I traded it in on a regular XD service .40 s&w bi-tone. Now I'm happy.

gdmoody · 06-07-2010, 12:58 AM

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Originally Posted by trex1310

I didn't like it at all. The "feel" just wasn't right for me. I traded it in on a regular XD service .40 s&w bi-tone. Now I'm happy.

I'm glad I am not the only one that partially judges a pistol by the "feel" of it.

carver · 06-07-2010, 11:36 AM

I haven't handled one yet, but you bet that if it don't feel right in my hand, it won't come home with me.

05-22-2010, 11:57 AM	#1
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,266	XD(M) I've been looking at the new XD(M) from Springfield Armory, in.45, and I like what I've seen so far. Do any of you have this gun? If so let me hear from you. What I'm most interested in with this gun is the trigger pull. http://www.the-m-factor.com/video_2.html __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old. -->

05-22-2010, 01:19 PM	#2
pickenup Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains Posts: 6,838	Re: XD(M) I have been waiting for them to release this model too. Just got the email (yesterday?) that they have started shipping them. The trigger pull is why I had not got an XD model yet. I am curious too. __________________ The gene pool needs chlorine

05-26-2010, 11:20 PM	#4
gdmoody Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northeast Georgia Contributor Posts: 6,334	Re: XD(M) I can't say anything about the .45 but I bought an XD(m) in .40 a while back. I only kept the thing for a couple of weeks. The trigger was terrible and it just didn't feel good in my hand. I don't know what it was but I just did not like it! Later I thought I would give the Springfield another chance so I bought a "regular" XD in .357 Sig. I kept that one a little longer because I couldn't find anyone who wanted it, but I did finally get rid of it for the same reasons. __________________ NRA Endowment Member GeorgiaCarry.Org Member Retired US Army Postal Worker Personally, I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to take an ass whoopin'.....author unknown (but obviously brilliant)

05-27-2010, 01:10 PM	#5
Prizefighter V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: North Carolina Contributor Posts: 412	Re: XD(M) Can you be more specific about what you didn't like about the trigger? The pull distance or weight? The minitrigger safety?

05-29-2010, 08:33 AM	#7
Terry_P Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: NH Posts: 2,513	Re: XD(M) I went on the Springfield web site to have a look and the XDM part will not load. Tried yesterday and today. I like the looks of the XD45 compact so it may be a moot point anyway. I'm thinking that will be next on the horizon which is quite a ways away right now. __________________ NRA and NAHC Life "Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms." -Aristotle

05-30-2010, 03:25 PM	#8
tcox4freedom Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: South Carolina USA Posts: 944	Re: XD(M) I really like my XDM 40. I can't speak about the 45; but you can go to www.xdtalk.com and learn all you want to about any XD. They have several XDM 45 related threads and an XDM sub-forum over there. Last edited by tcox4freedom; 05-30-2010 at 03:27 PM..

05-30-2010, 05:21 PM	#9
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,318	Re: XD(M) I have a standard XD.45 and the trigger is in the 5 lb range. Cant say I care much for the trigger safety but it is a sweet shooter __________________ It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze. The latest caliber or gear is no substitute for experience and skill. Rifles and cartridges don't make hits -- shooters do. Fact of life: After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!

06-02-2010, 07:48 PM	#11
gdmoody Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northeast Georgia Contributor Posts: 6,334	Re: XD(M) I really can't totally explain what I mean about the trigger. Possibly it was the length of pull and the weight just seemed very heavy to me, I don't know for sure. It just didn't feel right to me. I shot my son's Glock .40 this morning and didn't like the trigger on it either. I guess it is just I don't like those striker fired pistols!?!? __________________ NRA Endowment Member GeorgiaCarry.Org Member Retired US Army Postal Worker Personally, I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to take an ass whoopin'.....author unknown (but obviously brilliant)

06-02-2010, 08:38 PM	#12
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,318	Re: XD(M) the striker fired ones are a bit difficult to get used to especially if youre accustomed to a crisp 1911 trigger... __________________ It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze. The latest caliber or gear is no substitute for experience and skill. Rifles and cartridges don't make hits -- shooters do. Fact of life: After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!

06-06-2010, 07:44 PM	#13
trex1310 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Mobile, AL Posts: 72	Re: XD(M) I bought a XD(m) in .40 s&w. I didn't like it at all. The "feel" just wasn't right for me. I traded it in on a regular XD service .40 s&w bi-tone. Now I'm happy. Attached Images __________________ Vietnam Vet 67-68 NRA Life Member Certified in laziness Certified in watching TV Certified in napping Certified in BBQ on the Green Egg

06-07-2010, 11:36 AM	#15
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,266	Re: XD(M) I haven't handled one yet, but you bet that if it don't feel right in my hand, it won't come home with me. __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.