Thinking about the 45 over the 40 - XDTalk Forums - Your HS2000/SA-XD Information Source!

Jesse H · 06-11-2007, 02:51 PM

Currently have an HS2000 and XD40 SC.

Love both. I like the balance of the full size but always wanted more oomph. I love the 40SC but wanted more capacity, so I've had my eye on the 40 full sized for quite some time. I liked the fact that I could share magazines and some holsters.

Then I stumbled upon the fact that the 45 is only marginally larger AND holds one more round than the 40. I think I'm sold. I'll have to buy all new holsters but I think I can live with that.

rtparso · 06-11-2007, 04:09 PM

Strictly on a personal preferance I like the 45 over the 40. Also I like the Tactical best. While the SC is significantly smaller then the Tactical the Tactical and Service are so close in size I would not buy another Service.

slugger6 · 06-11-2007, 04:15 PM

Go with the .45ACP...you won't regret it.

capt stan · 06-11-2007, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by slugger6

Go with the .45ACP...you won't regret it.

Yea what he said. I got one and love it!

wmrawls · 06-11-2007, 04:41 PM

I love my XD 45 Tactical...to me its just simply the best...if I could only have one XD it would be the 45 tactical.

AlaskaXD · 06-11-2007, 04:45 PM

45 compact service gets my vote!

ArmyGuy45 · 06-11-2007, 05:17 PM

45 may be an old round.. but very.... very effective

Mike TRT · 06-11-2007, 08:36 PM

its personal preference, I like the .40 better in the XD, I love the .45 round, but only in a 1911, but thats me........Ive shot them all, and like the .40 tactical best and I carry it every day

**jnclement** · 06-11-2007, 08:37 PM

Same holsters will fit them all.

the_gunman1 · 06-11-2007, 11:26 PM

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Originally Posted by jnclement

Same holsters will fit them all.

I second that. The .45 is the more accurate of the two. The recoil is also easier to get grooved into as well.

06-11-2007, 02:51 PM	#1
Jesse H XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The Great State of Texas Posts: 158	Thinking about the 45 over the 40 Currently have an HS2000 and XD40 SC. Love both. I like the balance of the full size but always wanted more oomph. I love the 40SC but wanted more capacity, so I've had my eye on the 40 full sized for quite some time. I liked the fact that I could share magazines and some holsters. Then I stumbled upon the fact that the 45 is only marginally larger AND holds one more round than the 40. I think I'm sold. I'll have to buy all new holsters but I think I can live with that. __________________ HS2000 gen 2 XD40SC XD45 "We’ll raise up our glasses against evil forces Singing whiskey for my men, beer for my horses" -Toby Keith

06-11-2007, 04:15 PM	#3
slugger6 XDTalk 20K Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 20,176	Go with the .45ACP...you won't regret it. __________________ "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us". - Ralph Waldo Emerson

06-11-2007, 04:41 PM	#5
wmrawls XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Rock Hill SC Posts: 1,223	I love my XD 45 Tactical...to me its just simply the best...if I could only have one XD it would be the 45 tactical. __________________ Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.

06-11-2007, 04:45 PM	#6
AlaskaXD XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Talkeetna, Alaska Posts: 156	45 compact service gets my vote! __________________ Tim XD 45 ACP Service Compact

06-11-2007, 05:17 PM	#7
ArmyGuy45 XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Mesa,AZ / Ft Carson, CO Posts: 3,421	45 may be an old round.. but very.... very effective __________________ US Army 2005 - Present XD45 Compact - My Carry Suresights Springer Precision Trigger Kit/Bar ( needs install ) NRA Life Member Myspace If they take my guns, ill carry a sword!

06-11-2007, 04:09 PM	#2
rtparso XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 649	Strictly on a personal preferance I like the 45 over the 40. Also I like the Tactical best. While the SC is significantly smaller then the Tactical the Tactical and Service are so close in size I would not buy another Service.

06-11-2007, 08:36 PM	#8
Mike TRT XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Chicagoland Posts: 1,376	its personal preference, I like the .40 better in the XD, I love the .45 round, but only in a 1911, but thats me........Ive shot them all, and like the .40 tactical best and I carry it every day __________________ \"There is no hunting like the hunting of a man. And those who have hunted men long enough and liked it never cared for anything else thereafter.\"

06-11-2007, 08:37 PM	#9
jnclement XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: West Texas Posts: 2,506	Same holsters will fit them all. __________________ Contrary to what sells magazines, not all of us are, or want to be SpecOps, SEAL, Recon, Delta, CQB, Ninja, firearm-knife-tactical-death-touch instructors.

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