XD Talk

El Diucklo · 12-29-2008, 06:34 PM

From dias numero uno, my XDm9 was shooting low left at 25'. I was concerned that it was my own ham fisted self at fault, so I let a couple of my experienced friends shoot, and they had the same results - supported or unsupported. I decided to buy front and rear Dawson fiber optic adjustables from Springer Precision along with a solid guide rod. They were installed this past weekend, and I went out to the range this afternoon to try out the mods. It took me 15 rounds to fine tune zero, but I now shoot 2 - 3 inch groups inside the 9 ring and the red at 25' consistently (at least consistently TODAY - LOL).

If you guys want to realy improve your enjoyment and the accuracy of your XDm, I would highly recommend that you get the Dawson sights. I don't know if the solid guide rod helps or not, but it's cheap enough to get one of those as well in the same package.

Hope this helps.

sloopy70 · 12-29-2008, 06:38 PM

Yeah I've had dawsons on mine for quite a while... on my comp gun anyways... I've got a fiberoptic front and black adjustable rear... And I can say from one VERY "Lessons learned" accident that the front sight is very durable... I was trying to see how fast I could get my draws down to, which at the time were .90 I kept working the timer down to .72 and thats when it happened... Uncontrolled draw ended up not having a good grip and the pistol slipped out of my hand and the front sight put a front sight shaped hole in my wood floor

I was training so I wasn't loaded or anything, but it did scare the **** out of me... so i toned down how hard i pushed in training...

Stoller · 12-29-2008, 07:23 PM

thats good to know. they dont stick up hi enough to snag do they. cause im deffinetly changing my sights and i liked the dawson front and was thinking warren rear. is there much of a diffrence

**GunnBugg** · 12-29-2008, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Stoller

thats good to know. they dont stick up hi enough to snag do they. cause im deffinetly changing my sights and i liked the dawson front and was thinking warren rear. is there much of a diffrence

The front sights for the adjustables are .285" high. So, yes, it's tall enough to snag, but not if you're carrying in a good holster.

I'm not sure Warren makes an adjustable. The Dawson front is the same height as the stock sight, so it should work with the Warren rear.