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**JhankG** · 07-19-2007, 07:13 PM

I really just need someone to tell me what to do. I keep going back and forth between a 45 compact and a 40 subcompact. The caliber has nothing to do with my indecision, it is more about size. I own a 4 inch 40 xd but would like something with a shorter grip to carry concealed. Anyone have both of these guns that can guide me? If I was to go with the subcompact I might consider the 9mm too for financial purposes. Geez, decisions decisions.

10RoundLimit · 07-19-2007, 07:45 PM

I was in your same position except I did not already have a XD40, I could not make up my mind and kept going back and fourth so I decided to get both but changed to the 9mm SC. If I were you I might have to get the 40 SC just for the convenience of ammo.

ichy_trigger · 07-19-2007, 07:47 PM

The .45 will be thicker

nickb · 07-20-2007, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by JhankG

I really just need someone to tell me what to do. I keep going back and forth between a 45 compact and a 40 subcompact. The caliber has nothing to do with my indecision, it is more about size. I own a 4 inch 40 xd but would like something with a shorter grip to carry concealed. Anyone have both of these guns that can guide me? If I was to go with the subcompact I might consider the 9mm too for financial purposes. Geez, decisions decisions.

I have both.

I've added the Pierce extensions to the SC. I just couldn't get a comfortable grip without them.

Size wise, they carry about the same. The Pierce extensions make the SC almost exactly the same height as the C. I don't notice the extra barrel length IWB nor the slight extra width.

The C is a little heavier and I do notice that depending on which pants I'm wearing.

I bought the SC first and really got comfortable with it. Right after I bought the C I thought I made a mistake because I shot the SC much better. Time and technique have changed that.

I still prefer the feel of the SC. If I could own only one, it would be the C. But if I already had a Service 40 I'd probably go with the 40SC.

FWIW I really don't care for either pistol with the extended mags. The grip just feels funky to me when the slide cycles.

craig_o · 07-20-2007, 09:59 AM

I'd go 45c.... I find the 40SC to be unpleasant to shoot and I'm not wild about the .40 S&W anyway.

tenring · 07-20-2007, 10:48 AM

I have the 40sc, I am very happy with it. Shoots great and conceals well.

From every comparison I have seen, the 45compact would conceal just as well as the SC with the pearce, and it has the added advantages of being a 45ACP and having a longer more stable slide/sight radius.

If the 45c had been available when I bought my 40sc, I would have probably chosen it instead.

1978z28 · 07-20-2007, 11:37 AM

you are going to hate yourself if you dont get the 45 compact, i was in your same shoes. i couldnt decide between the 9 and the 40sc, and i was dead set on one of those two. i shot the 9sc and didnt like it at all, and the 40 would only be worse. it really wasnt too accurate but i did like the 16 rounds, but not a fan of the 9mm. and a box of 100 rounds for 12 bux cant beat that. but then i came on this website and read all about the 45 acp compact and fell in love, i went to a dealer and got to hold one, and it was love at first feel-up. i bought it got it in a week ago and it is awesome. i love it, get it!!!

propellerhead · 07-20-2007, 03:24 PM

You already have the .40svc. Get the .40sc and you won't have to stockpile another caliber.

portsider44 · 07-21-2007, 09:03 AM

Or you could just do a grip chop on your service & have a 40c. I was leaning that a way, until the 45c came out. I really prefer the feel & sight radius of the 4" barrel over the 3" sc.

Then I decided why have a 9+1 XD40SWsc when I could have a 10+1 of 45acp in the XD45c, which came with the 4" barrel I preferred.

HRC · 07-22-2007, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by JhankG

I really just need someone to tell me what to do. I keep going back and forth between a 45 compact and a 40 subcompact. The caliber has nothing to do with my indecision, it is more about size. I own a 4 inch 40 xd but would like something with a shorter grip to carry concealed. Anyone have both of these guns that can guide me? If I was to go with the subcompact I might consider the 9mm too for financial purposes. Geez, decisions decisions.

hank

I suggest you keep the 45C and try a Carry Holster named Thunderwear
for concealed carry then you could carry You're 45C 4" You may not like the holster but can bring it up on You're Computer to read up on it.

Good Luck
HC

07-19-2007, 07:13 PM	#1
JhankG XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Greensboro, NC Posts: 1,423	45c or 40sc? I really just need someone to tell me what to do. I keep going back and forth between a 45 compact and a 40 subcompact. The caliber has nothing to do with my indecision, it is more about size. I own a 4 inch 40 xd but would like something with a shorter grip to carry concealed. Anyone have both of these guns that can guide me? If I was to go with the subcompact I might consider the 9mm too for financial purposes. Geez, decisions decisions. __________________ -SA XD 45c -SA Loaded 1911 SS -Ruger 10/22 -Mosin Nagant M44 -CMMG AR

07-19-2007, 07:45 PM	#2
10RoundLimit XDTalk Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bay Area Kalifornia Posts: 39	I was in your same position except I did not already have a XD40, I could not make up my mind and kept going back and fourth so I decided to get both but changed to the 9mm SC. If I were you I might have to get the 40 SC just for the convenience of ammo. __________________ XD 9 Sub-Compact XD 45 Compact Gamo P-23 BB W/Laser Daisy 856

07-19-2007, 07:47 PM	#3
ichy_trigger XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Dayton, Ohio Posts: 7,525	The .45 will be thicker __________________ "The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." http://militarysignatures.com/signatures/member2645.png

07-20-2007, 09:59 AM	#5
craig_o XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 169	I'd go 45c.... I find the 40SC to be unpleasant to shoot and I'm not wild about the .40 S&W anyway. __________________ Texas has the largest fleet of armed pickup trucks of any major power, and any invading guerrilla army would be shot and run over repeatedly before it got half a mile, especially if it invaded on a Saturday night.

07-20-2007, 10:48 AM	#6
tenring XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: MI Posts: 928	I have the 40sc, I am very happy with it. Shoots great and conceals well. From every comparison I have seen, the 45compact would conceal just as well as the SC with the pearce, and it has the added advantages of being a 45ACP and having a longer more stable slide/sight radius. If the 45c had been available when I bought my 40sc, I would have probably chosen it instead. __________________ "The Sound of freedom is a .45 empty bouncing off the ground" ~ Rob Leatham

07-20-2007, 11:37 AM	#7
1978z28 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Michigan Posts: 199	you are going to hate yourself if you dont get the 45 compact, i was in your same shoes. i couldnt decide between the 9 and the 40sc, and i was dead set on one of those two. i shot the 9sc and didnt like it at all, and the 40 would only be worse. it really wasnt too accurate but i did like the 16 rounds, but not a fan of the 9mm. and a box of 100 rounds for 12 bux cant beat that. but then i came on this website and read all about the 45 acp compact and fell in love, i went to a dealer and got to hold one, and it was love at first feel-up. i bought it got it in a week ago and it is awesome. i love it, get it!!! __________________ *Finnally Owned: Springfield XD 45-acp Compact* Don't Mind Me...I'm Just Tip-Toeing in and Out of Threads If guns kill people, Pencils mispel words, Cars make people drive drunk, and Spoons make Rosie O'Donnell fat. `--- """""""" \"/"\|""]"""xd-45""""""\| ] { { { { { { D> /_ ==o ___/ \ \|_]___________\|" ), ---.(_(___) / // () ), ----" //.... // '-----

07-20-2007, 03:24 PM	#8
propellerhead XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Foat Wurth, TX Posts: 3,515	You already have the .40svc. Get the .40sc and you won't have to stockpile another caliber. __________________ XD-9 Tactical for IDPA, XD-40 Subcompact for concealed carry, XD-45 Service for home defense. Three calibers, three models, three purposes. No compromises.

07-21-2007, 09:03 AM	#9
portsider44 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Lubbock Texas Posts: 103	Or you could just do a grip chop on your service & have a 40c. I was leaning that a way, until the 45c came out. I really prefer the feel & sight radius of the 4" barrel over the 3" sc. Then I decided why have a 9+1 XD40SWsc when I could have a 10+1 of 45acp in the XD45c, which came with the 4" barrel I preferred.

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