I own a full sized XD9 and I enjoy the platform. It is accurate and reliable and has a reasonable good trigger and it’s offered at a very competitive price. When the XD45 was announced I couldn't have been happier! The advertising for the XD45 lead me to believe the gun would look and feel like my XD9 and that it would be a wonder of engineering.
I finally got a chance to feel and dry fire a XD45 my local dealer. I was very disappointed! The size increase of the grip is very noticeable and the gun simply feels clunky to me. Any one else experience this? I am beginning to think that the 45ACP just doesn’t belong in a non-single stack platform. Even Para Ordinance seems to be falling back to single stack sales.
My thoughts now turn toward a 45 GAP Glock. Perhaps this round deserves more credit? However, the consensus from several of my local gun stores and my readings on this forum seem to be the 45 GAP is a no-go due to lack of interest from the consumer. I certainly didn't have any inertest in the GAP until the XD45 brick turned me elsewhere. If one can get .45 ballistics in a smaller package than the XD45 that might be interesting.
Does anyone own a .45 GAP? Do we expect the round to completely fail in the marketplace? Anyone else disappointed in the feel of the XD45?
Thanks.
I finally got a chance to feel and dry fire a XD45 my local dealer. I was very disappointed! The size increase of the grip is very noticeable and the gun simply feels clunky to me. Any one else experience this? I am beginning to think that the 45ACP just doesn’t belong in a non-single stack platform. Even Para Ordinance seems to be falling back to single stack sales.
My thoughts now turn toward a 45 GAP Glock. Perhaps this round deserves more credit? However, the consensus from several of my local gun stores and my readings on this forum seem to be the 45 GAP is a no-go due to lack of interest from the consumer. I certainly didn't have any inertest in the GAP until the XD45 brick turned me elsewhere. If one can get .45 ballistics in a smaller package than the XD45 that might be interesting.
Does anyone own a .45 GAP? Do we expect the round to completely fail in the marketplace? Anyone else disappointed in the feel of the XD45?
Thanks.