Anyone wish to compare the XD45 and the FNP-45? - XDTalk Forums - Your HS2000/SA-XD Information Source!

kraigster414 · 05-03-2008, 07:23 PM

If you own or have shot both, I'd be interested in your iimpressions, no need to get down in the weeds, just general observations. Thanks.

Chapie+ · 05-03-2008, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by kraigster414

If you own or have shot both, I'd be interested in your iimpressions, no need to get down in the weeds, just general observations. Thanks.

I've seen reports of the FN breaking after only a few shots. I guess that has improved. I haven't seen any holsters for the FN. I'll take the XD and then another. Not an FN - unless it was a gift.

Chapie+

tdyoung58 · 05-03-2008, 10:30 PM

I had a chance to shoot a FNP 45 today and loved it. shot about 100 rounds of UMC Rem 230g.

Felt really good and shot very accurate, felt very nice shooting it. Trigger needed work, but hey it was new . . .

I'm not gonna sell one of my XD's to buy one, nope, but I like this gun enough to want one. Maybe replace my Ruger P345 as my carry gun with this.

4.5" barrell, 3 x 14 round magazines, tact rail, decocker....

KenW. · 05-03-2008, 11:25 PM

Haven't shot the FNP-45, just the .40. It rubbed my finger against the trigger guard.

I fondled a FNP-45 today at the local Impact Guns store. It's a BIG gun. I couldn't carry it concealed very well, I think. LARGE grip circumference. Broad slide. Long grip. Supposed to be a single-action variant this fall...

kraigster414 · 05-04-2008, 07:26 AM

I am just toying with the idea of getting another polymer .45 to spice things up and I really can't afford another HK (have the P2000 and P30) plus approximately 25-30 percent of the cost of a new HK is now due to the weakened dollar versus the Euro - you are not getting 25-30 percent more gun.

I am just wondering if the flat optional backstrap on the FN is adequate for small handed shooters and how it compares to the XD45. I wish my dealer had one in stock so I could handle.

**Frenchy** · 05-04-2008, 07:51 AM

Consider the slimmed-down Glock 21 SF.

kraigster414 · 05-04-2008, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Frenchy

Consider the slimmed-down Glock 21 SF.

Already have a G30SF.

05-03-2008, 07:23 PM	#1
kraigster414 XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Upper Himalayas Posts: 1,399	Anyone wish to compare the XD45 and the FNP-45? If you own or have shot both, I'd be interested in your iimpressions, no need to get down in the weeds, just general observations. Thanks. __________________ "Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman - or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle." - George Burns

05-03-2008, 10:30 PM	#3
tdyoung58 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Central PA Posts: 220	I had a chance to shoot a FNP 45 today and loved it. shot about 100 rounds of UMC Rem 230g. Felt really good and shot very accurate, felt very nice shooting it. Trigger needed work, but hey it was new . . . I'm not gonna sell one of my XD's to buy one, nope, but I like this gun enough to want one. Maybe replace my Ruger P345 as my carry gun with this. 4.5" barrell, 3 x 14 round magazines, tact rail, decocker.... __________________ Guns kill people the same way a spoon made my ar$e fat My "other" auto is a .45ACP

05-04-2008, 07:26 AM	#5
kraigster414 XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Upper Himalayas Posts: 1,399	I am just toying with the idea of getting another polymer .45 to spice things up and I really can't afford another HK (have the P2000 and P30) plus approximately 25-30 percent of the cost of a new HK is now due to the weakened dollar versus the Euro - you are not getting 25-30 percent more gun. I am just wondering if the flat optional backstrap on the FN is adequate for small handed shooters and how it compares to the XD45. I wish my dealer had one in stock so I could handle. __________________ "Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman - or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle." - George Burns

05-04-2008, 07:51 AM	#6
Frenchy XDTalk 10K Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Mid-Missouri Posts: 12,109	Consider the slimmed-down Glock 21 SF. __________________ ~SC Harvey~ Because Fritz says so! "Though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire." Thomas Paine, The American Crisis, #1, December 23, 1776 http://mikeharvey.org/ RON PAUL IN 2008

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05-03-2008, 11:25 PM	#4
KenW. XDTalk Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 87	Haven't shot the FNP-45, just the .40. It rubbed my finger against the trigger guard. I fondled a FNP-45 today at the local Impact Guns store. It's a BIG gun. I couldn't carry it concealed very well, I think. LARGE grip circumference. Broad slide. Long grip. Supposed to be a single-action variant this fall...