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Chapie+ · 05-23-2008, 11:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by .45 ACP NUt

How about an XD? In 45acp, of course.

Good suggestion and welcome to the forum!

I have an XD .45 Service and an XD .45 Compact Tactical. Both are fine guns and I carry them in the same Milt Sparks Versa Max II IWB holster. I was looking for something a little lighter / easier to carry.

As far as that goes, I went against what many of you said and went with the Kahr .45 Big mistake, mine doesn't feed, go to battery, or eject. I sent it back to Kahr and it still has the same problems. So now I have a 642 for back up to my XD.

Chapie+

**einheit 13** · 05-24-2008, 06:54 AM

The same one you carry in the winter time...

slugger6 · 05-24-2008, 07:35 AM

I carry the XD9SC in a CrossBreed SuperTuck.

W7ACT · 05-26-2008, 01:49 PM

S&W Model 36/1 7/8" Barrel in 38 Cal and/or 9x18 Makarov

crpadiem · 06-06-2008, 10:47 AM

I like my XD s/c. I can put the extended mag in for range use, then without it fits in my pocket for carry.

JBHorne · 06-06-2008, 09:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crpadiem

I like my XD s/c. I can put the extended mag in for range use, then without it fits in my pocket for carry.

No holster????

XDSix · 06-06-2008, 09:44 PM

Ruger LCP when I don't have my XD9SC as well.

jtkratzer · 06-07-2008, 09:32 AM

I'm in this boat as well. I'm having a hard time deciding what I want. I'd prefer to have something at least 9mm, but I've heard such good things about 642/442...then there is the thin/light factor of the P3AT or LCP and then there is the 9mm part of the PM9.

I have an XD45 compact and it's not hard to conceal, it's just that I prefer to have an undershirt between the holster and my body which makes the days that it's 90+ and humid all that much more dreadful.

I can get the P3AT for $254, the 642 for $377, and the PM9 for $536...

The PM45 isn't small enough for me to justify the price. Other than it's only slightly thinner, it's not much, if at all, shorter than my XD45c and I have 10+1 capacity with the XD. The weight of the XD isn't a problem either.

I want something I can carry in a pocket and I've always liked the PM9 with the 6+1 of 9mm over the 642 with 5 rounds of .38+P. I might end up with the revolver though.

**hower610** · 06-07-2008, 12:59 PM

Unfortunately there is no carry gun again this summer, I live in Wisconsin

View Poll Results: Which summer carry gun?
Kahr model CW4543 7 shot .45 ACP	12	14.12%
Smith & Wesson model 642 5 shot .38 special	35	41.18%
Something else - please specify	38	44.71%
Voters: 85. You may not vote on this poll

05-24-2008, 06:54 AM	#32
einheit 13 XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Virginia, C.S.A. Posts: 5,914	The same one you carry in the winter time... __________________ Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, the third time is enemy action “It is the lack of will power, and not the lack of arms which render us incapable of offering any serious resistance.”

05-24-2008, 07:35 AM	#33
slugger6 XDTalk 20K Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 21,375	I carry the XD9SC in a CrossBreed SuperTuck. __________________ "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us". - Ralph Waldo Emerson

06-07-2008, 09:32 AM	#38
jtkratzer XDTalk 15K Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Lancaster Co., PA Posts: 17,560	I'm in this boat as well. I'm having a hard time deciding what I want. I'd prefer to have something at least 9mm, but I've heard such good things about 642/442...then there is the thin/light factor of the P3AT or LCP and then there is the 9mm part of the PM9. I have an XD45 compact and it's not hard to conceal, it's just that I prefer to have an undershirt between the holster and my body which makes the days that it's 90+ and humid all that much more dreadful. I can get the P3AT for $254, the 642 for $377, and the PM9 for $536... The PM45 isn't small enough for me to justify the price. Other than it's only slightly thinner, it's not much, if at all, shorter than my XD45c and I have 10+1 capacity with the XD. The weight of the XD isn't a problem either. I want something I can carry in a pocket and I've always liked the PM9 with the 6+1 of 9mm over the 642 with 5 rounds of .38+P. I might end up with the revolver though. __________________ "I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it." - Thomas Jefferson The Gun Lounge Pennyslvania Firearms Owners Association Hockey Forum

06-07-2008, 12:59 PM	#39
hower610 XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Oak Creek, WI Posts: 1,371	Unfortunately there is no carry gun again this summer, I live in Wisconsin __________________ A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed. 1st Gen HS2K - SOLD *12 ga Mossberg 500* - SOLD *AR 15 build* *(Coleman Tyler lower & Del Ton upper)* - SOLD

05-26-2008, 01:49 PM	#34
W7ACT XDTalk Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Olympic Peninsula ~ WA State Posts: 35	S&W Model 36/1 7/8" Barrel in 38 Cal and/or 9x18 Makarov

06-06-2008, 10:47 AM	#35
crpadiem XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: North Carolina Posts: 1,204	I like my XD s/c. I can put the extended mag in for range use, then without it fits in my pocket for carry.

06-06-2008, 09:44 PM	#37
XDSix XDTalk Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 36	Ruger LCP when I don't have my XD9SC as well.

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