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wot_racing · 05-12-2007, 12:55 PM

New guy here.. I went to the gun store to buy a Beretta PX4, and ended up having to decide between a Colt Commander, and a XD-9 Sub Compact.. The Colt won out, but the XD Stayed in the back of my head. A week later I took in my Beretta 92 and traded it in on the XD. I must say I am pleased with my purchase..

And here is the Colt just for anyone who wants to see it..

I put in an order from pistolgear just now and will post more pics when it arrives...

wmrawls · 05-12-2007, 01:02 PM

Welcome to the family.

Pinedawg · 05-12-2007, 01:10 PM

We will discharge weapons in your honor, char mammal flesh, drink wine and pillage women.

Well, maybe not today......the wife and kids are here.

Good choices both ways, hope they shoot as good as they look.

monsterdawg725 · 05-12-2007, 02:49 PM

nice guns is the commander the 1991 version?

MasLakas · 05-14-2007, 10:12 AM

Welcome to the forum. I did the opposite. I bought an XD45 Service and then had to go back and get my 1911!

PSALM109 · 05-28-2007, 11:23 PM

WELCOME TO A GREAT PLACE !!!

Oh, by the way, just ignore some of the nonsense that goes on around here and we'll all be just fine!

SMMAssociates · 05-29-2007, 12:12 AM

wot_racing:

Welcome aboard from a relative newbie here too!

(I've been carrying for just under 40 years, but only had an XD for about three weeks. Sub-Compact 9mm....)

My 1970's Commander died.... Some serious frame damage issues. It's going to grow a Kimber .22 conversion slide if the fool thing ever gets here. Other 1911's here to take up that slack.

I haven't owned a striker fired gun since I sold (dummy!) my Baby Browning at least 25 years ago. I'm still not 100% sure why I bought this one, other than wanting a 9mm "house gun" I could put on my belt once in a while if necessary. It's essentially replacing an S&W CS45. (6+1 .45ACP that's about the same size, shape, and weight as the XD9-SC. Naturally, they won't share leather. The S&W's rather an inch-thick PPK/S. A little better "melt" treatment than the XD, though.)

The XD's a lot more fun to shoot than the Smith. Since I'm more than used to the 1911's, recoil questions are "what recoil?" (The CS45's no worse than any of my 1911's in that respect.)

(If I really want no recoil at all, I've got an old - circa 1973 - S&W M39-2. Alloy frame, and it's a bit different inside, but it's essentially a 9mm Commander in DA/SA. Surprisingly, the XD is roughly as comfortable all-around.)

Regards,

slugger6 · 05-29-2007, 02:49 AM

Welcome to the forum.

jtkratzer · 05-29-2007, 07:38 AM

welcome, enjoy your new toys.

05-12-2007, 12:55 PM	#1
wot_racing XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Harlan, KY Posts: 473	New guy, new XD Sub Compact.. New guy here.. I went to the gun store to buy a Beretta PX4, and ended up having to decide between a Colt Commander, and a XD-9 Sub Compact.. The Colt won out, but the XD Stayed in the back of my head. A week later I took in my Beretta 92 and traded it in on the XD. I must say I am pleased with my purchase.. And here is the Colt just for anyone who wants to see it.. I put in an order from pistolgear just now and will post more pics when it arrives...

05-12-2007, 01:02 PM	#2
wmrawls XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Rock Hill SC Posts: 1,223	Welcome to the family. __________________ Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.

05-12-2007, 01:10 PM	#3
Pinedawg XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Lower Slower, DE Posts: 687	welcome We will discharge weapons in your honor, char mammal flesh, drink wine and pillage women. Well, maybe not today......the wife and kids are here. Good choices both ways, hope they shoot as good as they look. __________________ "How'd you get the beans above the frank?" Yes I am a pirate, 200 Years too late, The cannons don't thunder, there's nothin to plunder, I'm an over 40 victim of fate, Arriving too late, Arriving too late... Jimmy Buffet

05-12-2007, 02:49 PM	#4
monsterdawg725 XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: chattanooga area TN Posts: 705	nice guns is the commander the 1991 version? __________________ well hell yes its dangerous if it wasnt i wouldnt have no need to carry it ! XD-9 sc bi-tone , ,Keltec p3aT,,Glock 19 9mm , Glock 23 40 s&w, Sig Mosquito 22 . surefire g2,Streamlite Thunder Ranch tl2 ,Streamlight Scorpion Glock tac light.

05-14-2007, 10:12 AM	#5
MasLakas XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Cache Valley, Utah Posts: 2,805	Welcome to the forum. I did the opposite. I bought an XD45 Service and then had to go back and get my 1911! __________________ I speak softly and carry a .45. UtahConcealedCarry.Org

05-28-2007, 11:23 PM	#6
PSALM109 XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Central Florida Area Posts: 799	Welcome! WELCOME TO A GREAT PLACE !!! Oh, by the way, just ignore some of the nonsense that goes on around here and we'll all be just fine!

05-29-2007, 12:12 AM	#7
SMMAssociates XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Youngstown OH Posts: 249	wot_racing: Welcome aboard from a relative newbie here too! (I've been carrying for just under 40 years, but only had an XD for about three weeks. Sub-Compact 9mm....) My 1970's Commander died.... Some serious frame damage issues. It's going to grow a Kimber .22 conversion slide if the fool thing ever gets here. Other 1911's here to take up that slack. I haven't owned a striker fired gun since I sold (dummy!) my Baby Browning at least 25 years ago. I'm still not 100% sure why I bought this one, other than wanting a 9mm "house gun" I could put on my belt once in a while if necessary. It's essentially replacing an S&W CS45. (6+1 .45ACP that's about the same size, shape, and weight as the XD9-SC. Naturally, they won't share leather. The S&W's rather an inch-thick PPK/S. A little better "melt" treatment than the XD, though.) The XD's a lot more fun to shoot than the Smith. Since I'm more than used to the 1911's, recoil questions are "what recoil?" (The CS45's no worse than any of my 1911's in that respect.) (If I really want no recoil at all, I've got an old - circa 1973 - S&W M39-2. Alloy frame, and it's a bit different inside, but it's essentially a 9mm Commander in DA/SA. Surprisingly, the XD is roughly as comfortable all-around.) Regards, __________________ Stu. Why write a quick note when you can write a novel? Why do those who claim to want to protect me feel that to do it they need to disarm me? יזכר לא עד פעם

05-29-2007, 02:49 AM	#8
slugger6 XDTalk 20K Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 20,145	Welcome to the forum. __________________ "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us". - Ralph Waldo Emerson

05-29-2007, 07:38 AM	#9
jtkratzer XDTalk 15K Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Lancaster Co., PA Posts: 17,478	welcome, enjoy your new toys.

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