4'' Service w/ Stainless slide How do you like it? - XDTalk Forums - Your HS2000/SA-XD Information Source!

05-23-2005, 05:39 PM

After many of replies i have decide on the 40sw 4'' XD I plan on getting the stainless slide . Just curious how y'all like it?

Paladin · 05-23-2005, 05:46 PM

6300+ rounds in four months with 100.0% reliability and not a spec of rust. What's not to love?

Corey G · 05-23-2005, 08:13 PM

Love my stainless, I take care of my gun but I know since I wear it everyday, and my dog likes to lick it the stainless is holding up much better then a black slide would.

manygunner · 05-23-2005, 09:09 PM

I refuse to have a shiny gun. Black as the innermost reaches of my soul are my guns.

Eric_Oh · 05-23-2005, 11:42 PM

With my easy to maintain stainless bitone what argument can even the most stubborn glocktalk "glocks are the only guns worth owning in the world" type of guys bring against my xd??? The finish? hell no! now wat?

EDIT: Ok... as much as the ignorance of some of those guys bothers me, i think i should add that my statements above were not to at all discredit the glock. Cuz i think both the xd and glock are great guns and i will not stoop to the level of those few and incite another useless debate.

vlaho · 05-27-2005, 01:36 AM

I bought the Bi-tone because I thought it looked better than the all-black. I'm not a shiny kind of person, just liked it better.
I don't carry, so whether it announces its presence or not is not a concern. However, if and when you *must* use your gun for self defense, I don't think it makes much difference whether it's shiny or not.
In any case, SS has been easier to maintain so far, and wear doesn't show as much as the black slide.

BK

03RangerXLT · 05-28-2005, 08:18 AM

i wanted an all black one, and the local shop called to let me know they had gotten a shipment of XDs in. Well, I gathered up my piggy bank and excitedly showed up to purchase a 4: blaxk XD, and they had sold the two they had gotten in on the first day! All they had left in .40 was a Bi-tone stainless steal. I fell in love. It is ridiculous. I love it!

Darkmann · 05-28-2005, 10:23 AM

I have the Bi-tone and I love it. All of the handguns i had owned prior to the XD were all black and it was cool but I needed a change so i went with the Bi-tone. I like how it looks. To me it looks real classy and it is a lot lower maintenance than black or OD XD's my some of my friends have.

dsg2003gt · 05-28-2005, 07:18 PM

think i am going to buy a 4" xd40 bitone. gotta complete the collection 3-4-5.

1911WB · 05-29-2005, 05:46 AM

Love the look of my XD-9 Service bitone, and the fact I don't have to worry about the finish. I'd like a .40 Tactical bitone next.

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05-23-2005, 05:39 PM	#1
REC613 Posts: n/a	4'' Service w/ Stainless slide How do you like it? After many of replies i have decide on the 40sw 4'' XD I plan on getting the stainless slide . Just curious how y'all like it?

05-23-2005, 05:46 PM	#2
Paladin XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Northcentral Florida Posts: 286	6300+ rounds in four months with 100.0% reliability and not a spec of rust. What's not to love? __________________ XD-9 Bi-Tone Service (Home Defense) XD-9 Tactical (USPSA Production Competition) Black Stainless Loaded 1911-A1 (USPSA L-10 Competition) Brazos Pro SC .38 Super (USPSA Open Competition)

05-23-2005, 08:13 PM	#3
Corey G XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Baltimore MD Posts: 837	Love my stainless, I take care of my gun but I know since I wear it everyday, and my dog likes to lick it the stainless is holding up much better then a black slide would. __________________ Corey SA XD40 Service Bi-Tone SA XD9 Sub Compact SA Black Stainless Loaded 1911 Sig Pro 2009 Custom S&W 686 Mossberg 590 Mariner Coat Benelli M1 Stag Arms AR15 M4gery Stag Arms AR15 24" SS Bull Barrel Upper AK47 Underfolder Norinco SKS Just a few of my Favorites "Guns- ain't nothing wrong with that"

05-23-2005, 09:09 PM	#4
manygunner XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Pacific North West Posts: 2,036	I refuse to have a shiny gun. Black as the innermost reaches of my soul are my guns. __________________ CZ-Kadet CZ-52 CZ-83 CZ-75B CZ-85 Combat CZ-452 HK USP Compact Walther P99 XD-9 Service XD-9 Tactical Glock 17 Taurus PT-92 AR Taurus .44 Mag Mossberg 500A Remington 870 AR-15 16\" fluted AMD-65 Dragunov SVD STG-58

05-23-2005, 11:42 PM	#5
Eric_Oh XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 538	With my easy to maintain stainless bitone what argument can even the most stubborn glocktalk "glocks are the only guns worth owning in the world" type of guys bring against my xd??? The finish? hell no! now wat? EDIT: Ok... as much as the ignorance of some of those guys bothers me, i think i should add that my statements above were not to at all discredit the glock. Cuz i think both the xd and glock are great guns and i will not stoop to the level of those few and incite another useless debate. __________________ XD-40 Service Bi-Tone Glock 19 9mm SigSauer P220ST .45acp

05-27-2005, 01:36 AM	#6
vlaho XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Tarzana, CA Posts: 8	I bought the Bi-tone because I thought it looked better than the all-black. I'm not a shiny kind of person, just liked it better. I don't carry, so whether it announces its presence or not is not a concern. However, if and when you must use your gun for self defense, I don't think it makes much difference whether it's shiny or not. In any case, SS has been easier to maintain so far, and wear doesn't show as much as the black slide. BK

05-28-2005, 08:18 AM	#7
03RangerXLT XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Atlanta area, Georgia Posts: 2,110	i wanted an all black one, and the local shop called to let me know they had gotten a shipment of XDs in. Well, I gathered up my piggy bank and excitedly showed up to purchase a 4: blaxk XD, and they had sold the two they had gotten in on the first day! All they had left in .40 was a Bi-tone stainless steal. I fell in love. It is ridiculous. I love it! __________________ -John

05-28-2005, 10:23 AM	#8
Darkmann XDTalk Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Idaho. Posts: 88	I have the Bi-tone and I love it. All of the handguns i had owned prior to the XD were all black and it was cool but I needed a change so i went with the Bi-tone. I like how it looks. To me it looks real classy and it is a lot lower maintenance than black or OD XD's my some of my friends have. __________________ Love life or embrace death.

05-28-2005, 07:18 PM	#9
dsg2003gt XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 126	think i am going to buy a 4" xd40 bitone. gotta complete the collection 3-4-5.

05-29-2005, 05:46 AM	#10
1911WB XDTalk Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Central CO Posts: 39	bitones Love the look of my XD-9 Service bitone, and the fact I don't have to worry about the finish. I'd like a .40 Tactical bitone next. __________________ NRA Endowment Life member

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