I received the XDs 45 I bought on Gunbroker yesterday so I decided to take the afternoon and go try it out. My first impression is that I love this gun.
I have been more of a 9mm guy until I bought a West German P220 last year and fell in love with both it and the caliber. I had a Kahr CM9 as my EDC but had become interested in a sub-compact 45 so I bought the XDs.
The trigger is not light by any means but has a clean break. I personally don't want a super light trigger in an EDC. I just feel that with all the adrenaline I would probably have in a real emergency, that too light of a trigger could be a problem.
I love the fiber optic sight. This one has the green sight installed. I did not get any spare fiber with it so I may need to order some in case I damage this one.
The biggest thing was that I just seemed to be able to hit what I was aiming at most of the time. I did not go for grouping this time and just shot at the steel targets my brother in law has set up. I was able to consistently hit a small buffalo cutout from about 45 yards. For me with a 3.3" barrel, I was very happy.
The recoil was very manageable IMO. I had a mix of ammo from some factory to some reloads I did using PB powder that are a bit light. They cycle fine, but you can definitely tell the difference between them and factory. Obviously the recoil was less on the reloads, but even factory was not bad.
All in all I would reccomend this gun for anyone looking for a sub-compact 45.
I have been more of a 9mm guy until I bought a West German P220 last year and fell in love with both it and the caliber. I had a Kahr CM9 as my EDC but had become interested in a sub-compact 45 so I bought the XDs.
The trigger is not light by any means but has a clean break. I personally don't want a super light trigger in an EDC. I just feel that with all the adrenaline I would probably have in a real emergency, that too light of a trigger could be a problem.
I love the fiber optic sight. This one has the green sight installed. I did not get any spare fiber with it so I may need to order some in case I damage this one.
The biggest thing was that I just seemed to be able to hit what I was aiming at most of the time. I did not go for grouping this time and just shot at the steel targets my brother in law has set up. I was able to consistently hit a small buffalo cutout from about 45 yards. For me with a 3.3" barrel, I was very happy.
The recoil was very manageable IMO. I had a mix of ammo from some factory to some reloads I did using PB powder that are a bit light. They cycle fine, but you can definitely tell the difference between them and factory. Obviously the recoil was less on the reloads, but even factory was not bad.
All in all I would reccomend this gun for anyone looking for a sub-compact 45.
