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06-14-2007, 09:59 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Puyallup,WA.
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Hi from a newb in the great PNW
Glad to find this fine website you have here! I've been lurking for a couple of days so I thought I would join in on the reindeer games!
Anyhow my dad tells me some months ago that he wanted a pistola and I didn't pay much attention to him since I thought it was just a whim. Keep in mind the last time he bought a handgun was in the late sixties before his second tour in Nam. I'm almost too embarassed to tell you that it was lowly Llama .32 eeekkkk. He buys this so mom can protect the family? So he brings it up again last Saturday and we stroll on down to the Marksman for a look-see. I've been out the handgun loop for a few years (I won't list my lame excuses) and was overwhelmed by their selection. I was drawn to their display of XD's however and was interested. While the staff was helping others I checked out the other usual suspects in the store but the XD's said "pick me up I'm made for you". Keep in mind I had no preconceived notions about these guns and wasn't swayed by anything except a call to a friend that did a quick review search and said he didn't find a bad review. So the staff let us handle our choice and dad liked the 9mm. I started drooling, honestly a handgun never felt so natural in my hand, but it's not for me. Right? So it's a done deal and makes his purchase and we go on with our day. Well that evening I do a little research and find XDTalk and other websites, writers that love the XD's also. I show up at the gun store on Monday and buy the .45 compact. As I leave the store I call my wife and explain to her that I must have had a stroke or something and begged for her mercy. Nah, all was cool she got a new dishwasher last week! Sorry for the longwinded story, hope to contribute to the forum, and am in love with my XD. Goin' to the range with my dad on Friday to try 'em out. In the meantime I've got to get the old guy practising racking the slide because it is pitiful right now. If he doesn't get better I might have to buy that 9 at a discount and outfit him with a revolver! Doh! Good shootin' Clem M. Last edited by Plants4u; 06-14-2007 at 10:13 PM. Reason: commercial link deleted |
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06-15-2007, 05:26 AM
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XDTalk 20K Member
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Ohio
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Welcome to the forum and the XD family.
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06-15-2007, 10:04 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Western WA
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Very nice... I bought my XDSC from there a few months ago and my dad just bought a G30 from them yesterday. Good place.
Welcome btw from Federal Way.
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06-15-2007, 10:16 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Tacoma, Washington
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Welcome from your city's seedier neighbor, Tacoma.
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S&W 638/GLOCK 20/SIG SP2009/XD45 4" Dark Earth/Mossberg Mav88 12 gauge/Ruger SingleSix .22LR "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on to them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free". -Ronald Wilson Reagan Myspace |
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06-16-2007, 10:33 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Maud, Oklahoma
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welcome to the forum
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06-16-2007, 01:14 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Collierville, TN
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Welcome to the forum...you'll find a lot of answers here...great group of folks!!!
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XD .45 compact 4" S&W 4013 .40 3.5" Colt Anaconda .44 mag 6" S&W mod 28 .357 mag 4" S&W mod 36 .38 2" S&W mod 36 .38 3" HB Ruger Standard Auto .22 6" North American Arms Mini Revolver .22LR 1 1/8" Marlin .22 mag camp take down Glenfield .22 LR Ruger 10/22 .22 LR Mossburg 500 pump 12 Ga |
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06-16-2007, 03:06 PM
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XDTalk 10K Member
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Greetings and welcome from the "Center of the Nation"
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06-18-2007, 08:40 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Cache Valley, Utah
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Welcome to the forum from UT. Excellent choice in the XD45 Compact.
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06-18-2007, 08:49 AM
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Greetings and Welcome from the Land of Lincoln.
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"On Iwo Island, Uncommon Valor was a Common Virtue" - Admiral Nimitz, March 16, 1945 on Marines fighting on Iwo Jima Every Marine is, first and foremost, a rifleman. All other conditions are secondary. Gen. A. M. Gray, USMC Commandant of the Marine Corps http://www.nationalgunforum.com |
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06-19-2007, 10:10 AM
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XDTalk 100 Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Federal Way, WA
Posts: 143
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Hello to you and me!
I'm from Federal Way, and I will be hopefully getting my XD very soon. I turn 21 tomrorow (20th) so I will be applying for my permit on the 21st. By a chance does anyone know if anyone has the XD Service in .40 in OD green around here? I've been wanting one for the longest time! |
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