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jcabin · 04-15-2008, 09:05 PM

Well i will have the money to buy my first gun ever by mid may, which i've decided will be the XD9 Service. I'm on the website and i noticed they have some new color schemes and a manual thumb safety.. i wonder if by the time i go to purchase my XD if these will be out in the gun shops? are there any other changes i should know about that would make me want to buy a 2008 model, or keep me from buying a 2008 and stay with a 2007?
how effective are the thumb safetys? anything!?!? thanks in advance!?!

also i just noticed on the website it only lists the xd45 with the thumb safety? do they not have any of the other calibers with the thumb safety>?
and why in the hell dont they list any prices?!

chrisxd45t · 04-15-2008, 09:17 PM

They will be available with or without the manual safety, go with whichever you feel most comfortable with using.

**Cannibul** · 04-16-2008, 03:24 AM

Only the XD45 will be available with the thumb safety.

And they don't list prices because list prices on guns are like list prices on cars.

GaryXD · 04-16-2008, 04:51 AM

I handled an XD-45 with thumb safety at the local gun shop the other day. If I were buying an XD and the thumb safety were available I would buy one.

**mhillsing23** · 04-16-2008, 05:01 AM

Like Cannibul said, the new thumb safety is only available on the 45 right now. You won't find a 9mm Service with one. The only thing new to the 9mm Service would be finding one in one of the new Bi-Tone colors. There aren't any other differences between 2006+.

**pballman19** · 04-16-2008, 05:55 AM

Thats a good question. When you go to a gun shop, how do you know which year/model you are getting.

jcabin · 04-16-2008, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by pballman19

Thats a good question. When you go to a gun shop, how do you know which year/model you are getting.

good call, i'd like to know what year model im purchasing..
also why dont they have thumb safety on the 9mm?

RBOWWOW · 04-16-2008, 08:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GaryXD

I handled an XD-45 with thumb safety at the local gun shop the other day. If I were buying an XD and the thumb safety were available I would buy one.

I wouldnt - nothing with two safeties that exist already.
(I say this with the idea this is my carry piece.)

ARin · 04-16-2008, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by jcabin

good call, i'd like to know what year model im purchasing..
also why dont they have thumb safety on the 9mm?

ask to see the box, and in the box will be an envelope with a spent test casing in it. the envelope will be dated, as to when it was test fired. and subsequently give you an estimate of when it left the factory.

rogerxd45 · 04-16-2008, 08:39 AM

i personally dont like manual safeties but some people do. i think its great they are offering it. but if your getting a xd in a color setup that has been available there wont be any difference between 2006+ and 2008.

if you do want to know i would call SA and give them the S/N

04-15-2008, 09:05 PM	#1
jcabin XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 542	Whats new about the 2008 XD's? Well i will have the money to buy my first gun ever by mid may, which i've decided will be the XD9 Service. I'm on the website and i noticed they have some new color schemes and a manual thumb safety.. i wonder if by the time i go to purchase my XD if these will be out in the gun shops? are there any other changes i should know about that would make me want to buy a 2008 model, or keep me from buying a 2008 and stay with a 2007? how effective are the thumb safetys? anything!?!? thanks in advance!?! also i just noticed on the website it only lists the xd45 with the thumb safety? do they not have any of the other calibers with the thumb safety>? and why in the hell dont they list any prices?! Last edited by jcabin : 04-15-2008 at 09:16 PM.

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chrisxd45t XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Monterey/San Jose California Posts: 1,202	They will be available with or without the manual safety, go with whichever you feel most comfortable with using. __________________ LEGALIZE FREEDOM

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mhillsing23 XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 2,041	Like Cannibul said, the new thumb safety is only available on the 45 right now. You won't find a 9mm Service with one. The only thing new to the 9mm Service would be finding one in one of the new Bi-Tone colors. There aren't any other differences between 2006+. __________________ Veritas vos liberabit...

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pballman19 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Tampa Posts: 260	Thats a good question. When you go to a gun shop, how do you know which year/model you are getting. __________________ Winchester 670A 30-06 Springfield Maverick88(Mossberg) 12 gauge

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04-16-2008, 04:51 AM	#4
GaryXD XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Corvette City Posts: 150	I handled an XD-45 with thumb safety at the local gun shop the other day. If I were buying an XD and the thumb safety were available I would buy one.

04-16-2008, 08:39 AM	#10
rogerxd45 XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: boise ID (its boy-see, not boy-z) Posts: 3,592	i personally dont like manual safeties but some people do. i think its great they are offering it. but if your getting a xd in a color setup that has been available there wont be any difference between 2006+ and 2008. if you do want to know i would call SA and give them the S/N