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tstanfield12 · 08-14-2007, 09:36 PM

I am picking up my first xd40 tomorrow (I have shot before with the military but mostly a beretta m9) and just wondering what things I should be picking up at the same time and some decently priced practice rounds recomendations. Thanks

junior · 08-14-2007, 10:00 PM

Winchester White Box (WWB) from Wally World should do ya just fine for practice rounds. If this is going to be a HD weapon then pick up some hollow points of your favorite flavor.

tstanfield12 · 08-14-2007, 10:05 PM

okay thats what I was thinking. I have heard wal-mart is the cheapest and good enough product for practice rounds. And yes this is both for home defense and trying to get the misses comfortable. She wants to learn to shoot so I am slowly easing her into it since we don't have much time for professional lessons. But yes I am planning on getting a couple different HP for HD use.

Kingpole · 08-14-2007, 10:33 PM

Great choice on weapon. My misses found it to be a little heavy and kick a little harder than she liked. After some looking around, she is loving her new Sig 232. Although we have shot each others guns, she likes hers and I like mine, and we can both shoot at the same time at the range. Everyone's happy.
Good luck.

DNM · 08-15-2007, 01:20 AM

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Originally Posted by tstanfield12

I am picking up my first xd40 tomorrow (I have shot before with the military but mostly a beretta m9) and just wondering what things I should be picking up at the same time and some decently priced practice rounds recomendations. Thanks

I like how you started the thread "FIRST XD"... nice choice.

MasLakas · 08-15-2007, 08:16 AM

Welcome to the forum from UT. You will enjoy the XD and if it is a little to much for your wife, there is the XD9!

tstanfield12 · 08-15-2007, 08:37 AM

yep exactly what I was thinking - I think we are going to rent her a few first and see what she is most comfortable with but I really would like her to get the xd9.

Arps · 08-15-2007, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by junior

Winchester White Box (WWB) from Wally World should do ya just fine for practice rounds. If this is going to be a HD weapon then pick up some hollow points of your favorite flavor.

+1

Great choice. I love my 40.

bat1159man · 08-15-2007, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by tstanfield12

I am picking up my first xd40 tomorrow (I have shot before with the military but mostly a beretta m9) and just wondering what things I should be picking up at the same time and some decently priced practice rounds recomendations. Thanks

Good choice - I shoot the XD45 and enjoy how it handles. Welcome to the forum.

rev-arb · 08-20-2007, 10:37 AM

Greetings and welcome from the Center of the Nation!

08-14-2007, 09:36 PM	#1
tstanfield12 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 181	Picking up first XD40 tomorrow I am picking up my first xd40 tomorrow (I have shot before with the military but mostly a beretta m9) and just wondering what things I should be picking up at the same time and some decently priced practice rounds recomendations. Thanks

08-14-2007, 10:00 PM	#2
junior XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 132	Winchester White Box (WWB) from Wally World should do ya just fine for practice rounds. If this is going to be a HD weapon then pick up some hollow points of your favorite flavor. __________________ A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.

08-14-2007, 10:33 PM	#4
Kingpole XDTalk Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northwest Florida Posts: 91	Great choice on weapon. My misses found it to be a little heavy and kick a little harder than she liked. After some looking around, she is loving her new Sig 232. Although we have shot each others guns, she likes hers and I like mine, and we can both shoot at the same time at the range. Everyone's happy. Good luck. __________________ If it doesn't kill me, it will make me stronger. http://www.flaguns.com Florida Gun Forum

08-15-2007, 08:16 AM	#6
MasLakas XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Cache Valley, Utah Posts: 2,835	Welcome to the forum from UT. You will enjoy the XD and if it is a little to much for your wife, there is the XD9! __________________ I speak softly and carry a .45. UtahConcealedCarry.Org

08-20-2007, 10:37 AM	#10
rev-arb XDTalk 10K Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: West River, South Dakota Posts: 12,982 Blog Entries: 3	Greetings and welcome from the Center of the Nation! __________________ You got to "post" before you can "TOTP!" Rom. 12:12 "The world has yet to see what God can do with and for and through and in a man who is fully and wholly consecrated to Him." - Henry Varley to DL Moody "I felt only as a man can feel who is roaming over the prairies of the far West, well armed, and mounted on a fleet and gallant steed." - Buffalo Bill

08-14-2007, 10:05 PM	#3
tstanfield12 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 181	okay thats what I was thinking. I have heard wal-mart is the cheapest and good enough product for practice rounds. And yes this is both for home defense and trying to get the misses comfortable. She wants to learn to shoot so I am slowly easing her into it since we don't have much time for professional lessons. But yes I am planning on getting a couple different HP for HD use.

08-15-2007, 08:37 AM	#7
tstanfield12 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 181	yep exactly what I was thinking - I think we are going to rent her a few first and see what she is most comfortable with but I really would like her to get the xd9.

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