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**DanTheEldest** · 08-02-2007, 01:28 PM

I've made the decision that my XD45 needs a shorter grip. After ruminating over the best course of action (sell Service + buy Compact or grip-chop Service), I'm thinking I may just buy a couple shorty mags and spacers from Old School and bust out with the Dremel. I know a couple folks have converted other caliber XD's, but has anybody done a .45 yet? It seems simple enough if you take your time and pay attention, but I need validation that the grip angle wasn't slightly altered or there was some other manufacturing mod that would render what I'm going to do a really bad idea. Speak up, anyone with experience with this sort of thing.

wombat13 · 08-02-2007, 01:36 PM

I'd like to hear about this as well. I really wanted the XD45 Compact, but after waiting 7 months for my pistol permit I just couldn't stand waiting a few more months for the compact to come out. Now I'd like to have the shorter grip.

Dan - I like your signature (all three items).

**DanTheEldest** · 08-02-2007, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by wombat13

Dan - I like your signature (all three items).

[insert thumbs-up smilie here]

**PackerfanXD** · 08-02-2007, 01:57 PM

It's the same grip angle. I'd go for it if I were you.

**DanTheEldest** · 08-02-2007, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by PackerfanXD

It's the same grip angle. I'd go for it if I were you.

I was wondering if you were going to make an appearance. Anything I need to know before I start cutting?

**PackerfanXD** · 08-02-2007, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by DanTheEldest

I was wondering if you were going to make an appearance. Anything I need to know before I start cutting?

Yes. Read my post in my sig. It's before the grip chop pics and after the dog pics.

cigarlover · 08-05-2007, 09:44 AM

I was wondering the same thing. But- you can send your 45 to bowie tactical and for 70 bucks- it will come back chopped as though it was done at the factory. Not butchered- like I think I would do. By the time I bought all the things to do it- I would come out better letting a pro do it.....

If they screw it up- then that = new gun.

**PackerfanXD** · 08-08-2007, 02:41 PM

...And "measure twice, cut once" and lots of sanding.

Sfven · 08-11-2007, 01:11 PM

I have performed the same mod on my XD-45 service. I also have a XD-45 Tactical. By changing the slides I can esentially have a full size service, tactical, compact service, and a compact tactical.
The mod is easy to do, but take your time. I actually was anal, in that I cut my grip about 1/16 of an inch too long and sanded it back slowly to fit the mags. I have a tighter mag bottom to grip fit than the tactical does.
Do it, you will like it.

08-02-2007, 01:28 PM	#1
DanTheEldest XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 6,528	.45 Service grip chop? I've made the decision that my XD45 needs a shorter grip. After ruminating over the best course of action (sell Service + buy Compact or grip-chop Service), I'm thinking I may just buy a couple shorty mags and spacers from Old School and bust out with the Dremel. I know a couple folks have converted other caliber XD's, but has anybody done a .45 yet? It seems simple enough if you take your time and pay attention, but I need validation that the grip angle wasn't slightly altered or there was some other manufacturing mod that would render what I'm going to do a really bad idea. Speak up, anyone with experience with this sort of thing. __________________ The only things more disturbing than the base ideologies of the new President are the lengths to which his supporters and apologists will go to try to convince themselves and the rest of us that he's not exactly who he says he is. Innocent life is cheap--a few hundred bucks for an abortion. Guilty life is expensive--a couple million for appeals, incarceration, and execution. How bass-ackwards is our society?

08-02-2007, 01:57 PM	#4
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08-05-2007, 09:44 AM	#7
cigarlover XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Birmingham, Al Posts: 176	I was wondering the same thing. But- you can send your 45 to bowie tactical and for 70 bucks- it will come back chopped as though it was done at the factory. Not butchered- like I think I would do. By the time I bought all the things to do it- I would come out better letting a pro do it..... If they screw it up- then that = new gun. __________________ A good woman is just a good woman, but a good cigar is a great smoke !

08-08-2007, 02:41 PM	#8
PackerfanXD XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ground zero of the invasion Posts: 7,226 Blog Entries: 1	...And "measure twice, cut once" and lots of sanding. __________________ The wealthiest nation in the world with the mightiest army man has ever assembled could not stop them. http://www.break.com/usercontent/200...00-358890.html Welcome to the Socialist States of Barakistan An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject. -Author unknown.

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08-02-2007, 01:36 PM	#2
wombat13 XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Western NY Posts: 1,574	I'd like to hear about this as well. I really wanted the XD45 Compact, but after waiting 7 months for my pistol permit I just couldn't stand waiting a few more months for the compact to come out. Now I'd like to have the shorter grip. Dan - I like your signature (all three items).

08-11-2007, 01:11 PM	#9
Sfven XDTalk Newbie Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7	I have performed the same mod on my XD-45 service. I also have a XD-45 Tactical. By changing the slides I can esentially have a full size service, tactical, compact service, and a compact tactical. The mod is easy to do, but take your time. I actually was anal, in that I cut my grip about 1/16 of an inch too long and sanded it back slowly to fit the mags. I have a tighter mag bottom to grip fit than the tactical does. Do it, you will like it.