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Sendmenosigns · 03-27-2008, 12:15 AM

What do you think? would you prefer it on yours or not?

**HPD SRT** · 03-27-2008, 12:24 AM

No, I just don't see it as needed.

Noah Mercy · 03-27-2008, 07:38 AM

Fuhgedaboudit! It is more extraneous and redundant than a thumb safety on a double action revolver...

spyderman2k4 · 03-27-2008, 08:08 AM

While I don't necessarily want it on mine, overall I do think it is good think to offer.

englandcrown · 03-27-2008, 08:12 AM

I wouldn't turn down an XD no matter what. But I'm not sending mine in any time soon to get one added.

bigun · 03-27-2008, 01:31 PM

I've trained all my adult life with 1911's even on weapons without one I sweep for it anyway. I actually like the Idea on the XD, It kind of makes the XD a modern equivilent of the 1911.

XDConvert9mm · 03-27-2008, 03:20 PM

I own mine very specifically because they does not have an external safety.

rogerxd45 · 03-27-2008, 03:22 PM

i dont want one but i think its great they are offering it as an option

Tally XD · 03-27-2008, 03:34 PM

If I had wanted a manual safety, I would have purchased a different gun entirely. I like mine without thank you!

Chapie+ · 03-27-2008, 09:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sendmenosigns

What do you think? would you prefer it on yours or not?

I can't really say. Mine don't have the safety and I don't see anything as missing. I don't have any plans to get one added (don't even know if one could have one added at some point?) but without actually handling a thumb safety equiped XD I can't really give an up or down vote. I guess we're voting on the concept more than the reality. I can see where there would be an advantage to having a safety especially in a gun grab situation where you feel the gun slipping away and flick the safety up or it is already up and the bad guy takes an extra second to figure out how to end your life giving you time to pull the knife or j-frame out and finish the fight.

Like I said, I just can't judge it fairly without actually handling one.

My former duty guns have been a S&W .357, a Sig 9 mm and a Glock 9mm. None of them were safety equiped. My current is the XD Compact .45 and it too does not have an external safety. I greatly prefer my XD Compact .45 over the Glock - it just doesn't even compare.

Chapie+

View Poll Results: New safety...prefer it or not?
Yes I would prefer to have it on my XD	9	18.37%
No I would not want it on my XD	40	81.63%
Voters: 49. You may not vote on this poll

03-27-2008, 12:15 AM	#1
Sendmenosigns XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Boonies Posts: 118	New safety poll good or bad? What do you think? would you prefer it on yours or not?

03-27-2008, 12:24 AM	#2
HPD SRT XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Southeastern WA Posts: 1,308	No, I just don't see it as needed. __________________ My Album SA XD-45 Tactical---Springerized! Model 1 EM-4 CAR Winchester Model 70 .308 Remington 870 Express Magnum USPSA: A-57358 PISTOLGEAR SpringerPrecision

03-27-2008, 07:38 AM	#3
Noah Mercy XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Sheridan, Wyoming Posts: 276	Fuhgedaboudit! It is more extraneous and redundant than a thumb safety on a double action revolver... __________________ I may be fat, hairy, and ugly...BUT AT LEAST I SMELL BAD!

03-27-2008, 08:08 AM	#4
spyderman2k4 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 403	While I don't necessarily want it on mine, overall I do think it is good think to offer. __________________ Mossberg 835 Remington 700 30-06 Springfield XD45 Service Winchester 1300 Practical Defender M44 Nagant Next up: Saiga in 7.62x39

03-27-2008, 08:12 AM	#5
englandcrown XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Central Indiana Posts: 303	I wouldn't turn down an XD no matter what. But I'm not sending mine in any time soon to get one added. __________________ God Bless America! "Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, "VENGEANCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY!," saith the Lord" SAXD 45acp service Benelli Nova 12ga pump-ALL CAMO New England 20ga single shot Stag AR15 EBR *USPSA # A-60044

03-27-2008, 01:31 PM	#6
bigun XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Southern Iowa Posts: 2,333	I've trained all my adult life with 1911's even on weapons without one I sweep for it anyway. I actually like the Idea on the XD, It kind of makes the XD a modern equivilent of the 1911. __________________ Remington Rand 1911A1, Kimber Pro CDP 2, Kimber Custom Target, Ruger mark2 Govt model with Bushnell Holo site, Beretta 92D 9mm, Kahr K-40, Coming soon Kimber Warrior or Springfield Operator.

03-27-2008, 03:20 PM	#7
XDConvert9mm XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: NW Atlanta Suburbs Posts: 2,387	I own mine very specifically because they does not have an external safety. __________________ "There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power government has is the power to crack down on criminals. When there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws."

03-27-2008, 03:22 PM	#8
rogerxd45 XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: boise ID (its boy-see, not boy-z) Posts: 3,592	i dont want one but i think its great they are offering it as an option

03-27-2008, 03:34 PM	#9
Tally XD XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: North Florida Posts: 909	If I had wanted a manual safety, I would have purchased a different gun entirely. I like mine without thank you! __________________ You have a right to self defense! Vote *AGAINST* Obama!! ----------------------------------------- 2007 XD.45ACP Service (black) Mega "Gator" AR-15 5.56mm Remington 870 Tactical

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