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medicstimpy · 03-27-2008, 10:33 PM

I like the XD safeties the way they are. Being passive , you don't even know they are there. So I vote that the XD doesn't really need it.

However, for an IPSC Production gun, I would love to get my hands on one to see how it feels. Built in IPSC legal 1911 style thumb rest might be a plus.

jjkrzmar · 03-27-2008, 11:12 PM

Hi, just picked up my XD 45 today. I bought the 4" service with thumb lock. I was in the Air Force a long time ago and feel a little naked without
the lock. Will test it out when the snow melts a little....

**mhillsing23** · 03-28-2008, 06:08 AM

Let's see some pics!

propellerhead · 03-28-2008, 08:40 AM

I read somewhere that the thumb safety is there so it can conform to gov't requirements (i.e., police departments). As long as they still make the ones without the safeties then I'm all for it.

XD_T · 03-29-2008, 12:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hondarrgh

The guys at the Local Shop are selling it as the "Modern 1911" Makes sense i guess. Except for that whole USA trigger deal. And the Plastic. And the capacity. And its Croatian.

hahaha...lol... so basically it makes sense, except for the whole rest of the gun.

very true.

03-27-2008, 10:33 PM	#11
medicstimpy XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Montreal, Quebecistan in the land of anti's... the dictatorship of Canada Posts: 422	I like the XD safeties the way they are. Being passive , you don't even know they are there. So I vote that the XD doesn't really need it. However, for an IPSC Production gun, I would love to get my hands on one to see how it feels. Built in IPSC legal 1911 style thumb rest might be a plus. __________________ Springfield Armory: 1911 Loaded SS (x2), XD9-TAC & XD45-TAC AR-15: Armalite .223, RockRiverArms 9mm Ruger: Mark III, 10/22 S&W: 686 Tokarev: 1942 Soviet TT33, 1958 Hungarian TT-58 Tokagypt, 1954 .22 Polish Sportowy Norchinko: M14S (x2) Yugo: M48 Mauser, M59/66 SKS Desert Chicken 44Magnum Levers: Win '94 1962 (unfired) & 1958 in 30-30 Taurus: 455 Tracker... 45ACP wheel gun... WAY KEWL If GUNS kill people then spoons made Rosie O'Donnell fat

03-28-2008, 06:08 AM	#13
mhillsing23 XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: +38 26 31 -90 22 48 Posts: 3,178	Let's see some pics! __________________ Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them. - Ronald Wilson Reagan

03-28-2008, 08:40 AM	#14
propellerhead XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Foat Wurth, TX Posts: 3,653	I read somewhere that the thumb safety is there so it can conform to gov't requirements (i.e., police departments). As long as they still make the ones without the safeties then I'm all for it. __________________ XD-9 Tactical for IDPA, XD-40 Subcompact for concealed carry, XD-45 Service for home defense. Three models, three purposes, no compromises.

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03-27-2008, 11:12 PM	#12
jjkrzmar XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 17	Hi, just picked up my XD 45 today. I bought the 4" service with thumb lock. I was in the Air Force a long time ago and feel a little naked without the lock. Will test it out when the snow melts a little....