If Ruger made an SR45 Compact, that would be a contender unfortunately, one does not exist. The Smith & Wesson was also considered, but I do not care for the “hinged” trigger. I however, was not fine with a pistol without any external safety on a pistol that might be carried. As a student of the 1911-based pistol, I was fine with a thumb safety. The competitors had either no external safety or a thumb safety. The XDm incorporates a feature that I find comforting – a grip safety. I was looking for a happy medium of size, capacity, and concealability (a Goldilocks version) that would be at home as a HD, PD, and range pistol. 45 ACP chambering is however, very concealable but lacks capacity and is very narrow in the grip department. The Springfield XD 4.0 is a full size service pistol and not one that is easily hidden away in an IWB holster. I never really gave the XDm a passing glance until lately. 45 ACP chambering, and the 1911 Loaded and Loaded Compact. Many moons and pistols have passed since the purchase of the XD, including the XDs 4.0 in 9mm and. At the time, I could not justify purchasing the XDm even though it had many features over the standard XD, and which I’ll go into in the following write-up on the Springfield Armory XDm 3.8 Compact chambered in. Unfortunately, a month later the XDm version hit the shelves. The Springfield Armory XD 4.0 Service Model found its way into the fold. When I first became interested in what Springfield Armory had to offer it was in my quest to find a striker-fired polymer pistol (my first Springfield, by the way) as a comparison to the Glock G21 that I had recently purchased.
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