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heliguy · 06-04-2009, 09:35 AM

Wanted a 10+1 .45 that wasn't a Glock or 1911 type. Loved how 45C fit my hand. Loved the 14+1 option. I'm looking at an XDM for the same reasons...

Phelenwolf · 06-07-2009, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by AlphaFox

For the price it is (was) the best quality .45 available. I shot all the calibers of XD and settled on .45. .45 is cheaper than the 45 GAP or the .40. and has better ballistics from ball than the 9mm. Too, it held 13 rounds , the 9mm 16. The .357sig was pricey as well.

From the first day I bought it I have dreamed of a SUB COMPACT version.. Man, I'd be in heaven then!

Amen to that! Has anyone heard anything from SA about them making a Sub-Compact .45? I hope that when they do the recoil will not be as ruff as the P-10 Warthog.

Phelenwolf · 06-07-2009, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by webmogul

I helped a friend put some rounds through his new 45 and just loved it. First time firing one too. My wife got me one a little over a week later for my birthday. Now I'm going to get an XDm 9 for her

Lucky bastard, wish my wife would purchase me a new pistol. Hope you like it. My wife did get me a new Remington pump 22lr for fathers day, ABOUT 13yrs ago. But oh well it is a nice rifle. My son loves to shoot it.

Ramhunter · 06-07-2009, 07:08 PM

I bought my xd 45 because i have a 9mm xd tack & a 40 cal i like all.

Phelenwolf · 06-08-2009, 01:14 AM

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Originally Posted by ilts

Have been wanting one for quite a while,my friend called me to see if I was interested in the one he just bought for $350 used.I took one look the rest is history $300 for the complete kit,$40 for 5 boxes 230gr fmg,$50 for an never used simply rugged cuda holster , not bad eh!!.

You lucky SOB!! Wish I could be so lucky. Everytime I find a good deal I am short on money. Then when I have the money no luck finding any deals. Hope you enjoy it. If you want to sell it let me know. I have $350 on me now.

vicious619 · 06-12-2009, 04:59 AM

Before I left the range, I was doing "double-tap body/single head" drills. Perfect funtion and accurate. What more could a guy ask for?

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Where did you get the Dave Mustaine targets? us Metallica fans wanna know... j/k hehe

thelongone13 · 06-12-2009, 05:14 AM

^^^ I want! Anyway, the first time I ever shot a firearm (in like March this year) I was looking to shoot a 9mm or .38 or something small. The guy says "Well, all we have is .45". I assumed this would not go well, I didn't know ANYTHING about firing a gun. First up was a Kimber 1911 Ultra Carry 2, damn thing hated me, out of 25 rounds 4 jammed on me... FTEs. Then was a Glock 21, which has an ENORMOUS grip. Not a fan, but I wasn't that bad of a shot with it. Was considering a 21 SF, but then I went to a range in Illinois... I shot 50 through an XD Tactical .45 with a 5" barrel. That gun was PERFECT. Accurate, easy to control, smooth, easy to rack the slide... And had the safeties I was looking for (hey, I'm a liberal and was NOT familiar with guns then as I sorta am now). Gun fit perfectly in my hand. I've always loved the styling of the 1911, but I needed something to carry at work, so I was limited to polymer, and the XD was the best polymer out there as far as I'm concerned. Plus it looks like a bastard child of a Glock and a 1911 if you look at it... Just the perfect gun at the right price.

texasshoots · 06-25-2009, 04:55 PM

Is that gun on the right OD Green? Post #16 on page 2. Quote didn't work

Sinsaba · 06-25-2009, 09:55 PM

When I bought my first pistol I wanted a 1911 because that is what I shot in basic training in the Navy. The owner of the store there discussed this with me and based on his advice decided that a) I probably wouldn't want to have to baby it through the breakin period, make mods to it etc. to make it reliable; and b) I really wanted more than 8 rounds. So we discussed a Glock in .45. I liked the idea but after shooting it for a while found the grip uncomfortable. So I ended up buying a Glock 17 (9mm).

I still wanted a .45 and since bought a couple of 1911s (a Kimber custom classic and a Tauras PT1911) and found that I enjoyed them but I still wanted more than 8 rounds. Then a friend of mine bought an XD-45. The grip was close enough to my G17 that I fell in love with it.

I went to the next gun show, sold my Kimber Custom Classic and used the money to buy a new XD-45 Tactical. I haven't been sorry.

justme · 06-26-2009, 06:42 PM

I purchased because it felt good in my hand, and is an accurate shooter.

I have the 4'' service model--black.

06-04-2009, 09:35 AM	#81
heliguy XDTalk Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 63	Wanted a 10+1 .45 that wasn't a Glock or 1911 type. Loved how 45C fit my hand. Loved the 14+1 option. I'm looking at an XDM for the same reasons...
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06-07-2009, 07:08 PM	#84
Ramhunter XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1	I bought my xd 45 because i have a 9mm xd tack & a 40 cal i like all.
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06-12-2009, 04:59 AM	#86
vicious619 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: jax, FL Posts: 151	Before I left the range, I was doing "double-tap body/single head" drills. Perfect funtion and accurate. What more could a guy ask for?[/quote] Where did you get the Dave Mustaine targets? us Metallica fans wanna know... j/k hehe __________________ XD-4inch 40. S&W blk NcStar 1 watt light Mossberg 590 12 gauge w/bayonet & collapsible stock SKS... "Samozaryadniy Karabin sistemi " "Sweat saves blood, blood saves lives, and brains saves both." - Generalfeldmarschall Rommel "A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets." -Napoleon Bonaparte "Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed. " -Joseph Stalin
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06-12-2009, 05:14 AM	#87
thelongone13 XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Little Chute, WI Posts: 3,641	^^^ I want! Anyway, the first time I ever shot a firearm (in like March this year) I was looking to shoot a 9mm or .38 or something small. The guy says "Well, all we have is .45". I assumed this would not go well, I didn't know ANYTHING about firing a gun. First up was a Kimber 1911 Ultra Carry 2, damn thing hated me, out of 25 rounds 4 jammed on me... FTEs. Then was a Glock 21, which has an ENORMOUS grip. Not a fan, but I wasn't that bad of a shot with it. Was considering a 21 SF, but then I went to a range in Illinois... I shot 50 through an XD Tactical .45 with a 5" barrel. That gun was PERFECT. Accurate, easy to control, smooth, easy to rack the slide... And had the safeties I was looking for (hey, I'm a liberal and was NOT familiar with guns then as I sorta am now). Gun fit perfectly in my hand. I've always loved the styling of the 1911, but I needed something to carry at work, so I was limited to polymer, and the XD was the best polymer out there as far as I'm concerned. Plus it looks like a bastard child of a Glock and a 1911 if you look at it... Just the perfect gun at the right price. __________________ "Time is the best teacher of all. Unfortunately, it kills all it's pupils." Help bring CCW to WI! http://www.wisconsinconcealedcarry.com/ XD .45 4" Service, Blacticool Marlin 795 (project tacticool plinker) Mosin Nagant M91/30 1943 Izhevsk Don't mess with the ARMED MALL NINJAS.
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06-25-2009, 04:55 PM	#88
texasshoots XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1	Is that gun on the right OD Green? Post #16 on page 2. Quote didn't work
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06-25-2009, 09:55 PM	#89
Sinsaba XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Annandale, VA Posts: 10	When I bought my first pistol I wanted a 1911 because that is what I shot in basic training in the Navy. The owner of the store there discussed this with me and based on his advice decided that a) I probably wouldn't want to have to baby it through the breakin period, make mods to it etc. to make it reliable; and b) I really wanted more than 8 rounds. So we discussed a Glock in .45. I liked the idea but after shooting it for a while found the grip uncomfortable. So I ended up buying a Glock 17 (9mm). I still wanted a .45 and since bought a couple of 1911s (a Kimber custom classic and a Tauras PT1911) and found that I enjoyed them but I still wanted more than 8 rounds. Then a friend of mine bought an XD-45. The grip was close enough to my G17 that I fell in love with it. I went to the next gun show, sold my Kimber Custom Classic and used the money to buy a new XD-45 Tactical. I haven't been sorry. __________________ War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil. - Eric Arthur Blair (AKA George Orwell) Last edited by Sinsaba; 06-25-2009 at 09:58 PM.
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06-26-2009, 06:42 PM	#90
justme XDTalk Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 76	I purchased because it felt good in my hand, and is an accurate shooter. I have the 4'' service model--black.
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