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River Hill · 09-20-2007, 03:29 PM

How well does the Two Tone hold up compared to the Black? I found a dealer who has a 9mm Sub Compact in Black and Two Tone, but does not have the Trijicon sights I wanted. The guns are $20.00 difference.

Bilt4Comfort · 09-20-2007, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by River Hill

How well does the Two Tone hold up compared to the Black? I found a dealer who has a 9mm Sub Compact in Black and Two Tone, but does not have the Trijicon sights I wanted. The guns are $20.00 difference.

The stainless slide will make cleaning it less cumbersome, but I'm not sure one will hold up any longer or better than the other.

River Hill · 09-20-2007, 03:48 PM

I will be using it for both CC and range time. The downside is the Two Tone is almost $600.00 in the great state of MD.

Bilt4Comfort · 09-20-2007, 03:51 PM

Yeah...they're about $550 here before tax. I think I paid $499 for my blued SC40. They were an extremely hot item a year ago and very hard to find on the shelf.
I just picked up a slightly used one today for $350...from another XDT member here locally.

**PackerfanXD** · 09-20-2007, 04:41 PM

My first pistol was the stainless XD9. I bought it because I thought it would hold up to more abuse than the black. I was wrong. The stainless is sharp looking but can be marred as easily as the black, in my experience.

aphexafx · 09-20-2007, 05:18 PM

I would save yourself some money and get the black model for practice and CC. I think black is best for CC because it is no-frills. Ok, that's not much of a reason.

But you could put the money you saved towards a set of night sights.

**mvician** · 09-20-2007, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by River Hill

I will be using it for both CC and range time. The downside is the Two Tone is almost $600.00 in the great state of MD.

Wow ! I paid 459 for mine a few months ago here in NW Indiana

lethal93ta · 09-20-2007, 05:44 PM

I just paid 469 for mine 3 weeks ago, I walked out the door with it for 498 with tax and a back ground check.

samman23 · 09-21-2007, 05:56 PM

Once you go black, you'll never go back!

roadhippie · 09-21-2007, 06:27 PM

What's the difference? I know the SS slide is a little heavier but as far as shooting I'm not sure there's any difference, unless you like the color difference.
I will say that having a different color would have helped me a lot. At least I wouldn't have shot my 9mm in the .40 and .40 in the GAP.

09-20-2007, 03:29 PM	#1
River Hill XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Maryland :( Posts: 25	Two Tone or Black How well does the Two Tone hold up compared to the Black? I found a dealer who has a 9mm Sub Compact in Black and Two Tone, but does not have the Trijicon sights I wanted. The guns are $20.00 difference.

09-20-2007, 03:51 PM	#4
Bilt4Comfort XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Desert Southwest Posts: 326	Yeah...they're about $550 here before tax. I think I paid $499 for my blued SC40. They were an extremely hot item a year ago and very hard to find on the shelf. I just picked up a slightly used one today for $350...from another XDT member here locally. __________________ Rem870Tac SA XD40 SC Taurus M608 Henry.22 You cannot legislate morality, and banning inanimate objects will never substitute for personal responsibility. Banning and limiting things merely makes them profitable to criminals via laws of supply and demand.

09-20-2007, 04:41 PM	#5
PackerfanXD XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ground zero of the invasion Posts: 7,038 Blog Entries: 1	My first pistol was the stainless XD9. I bought it because I thought it would hold up to more abuse than the black. I was wrong. The stainless is sharp looking but can be marred as easily as the black, in my experience. __________________ The wealthiest nation in the world with the mightiest army man has ever assembled could not stop them. http://www.break.com/usercontent/200...00-358890.html PALIN/McCAIN '08 An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject. -Author unknown.

09-20-2007, 05:18 PM	#6
aphexafx XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 671	I would save yourself some money and get the black model for practice and CC. I think black is best for CC because it is no-frills. Ok, that's not much of a reason. But you could put the money you saved towards a set of night sights. __________________ Bleh.

09-20-2007, 05:44 PM	#8
lethal93ta XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: northeast PA Posts: 271	I just paid 469 for mine 3 weeks ago, I walked out the door with it for 498 with tax and a back ground check. __________________ xd-9 service model DOB 5-21-07 XD45 service. Stag AR-15, built 1/5/08

09-20-2007, 03:48 PM	#3
River Hill XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Maryland :( Posts: 25	I will be using it for both CC and range time. The downside is the Two Tone is almost $600.00 in the great state of MD.

09-21-2007, 05:56 PM	#9
samman23 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 159	Once you go black, you'll never go back!

09-21-2007, 06:27 PM	#10
roadhippie XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Dublin, OH Posts: 154	What's the difference? I know the SS slide is a little heavier but as far as shooting I'm not sure there's any difference, unless you like the color difference. I will say that having a different color would have helped me a lot. At least I wouldn't have shot my 9mm in the .40 and .40 in the GAP.

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