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JoshuaFuller · 04-07-2007, 05:54 PM

I am curious as to how many of us choose to carry an XD 4" sized pistol over the Sub-Compacts for concealed carry.

Can you still conceal a Service model fairly well ?

I'd love to hear opinions either way.

**einheit 13** · 04-07-2007, 06:02 PM

I carry 9mm Service in an Uncle Mike's size 15 elcheapo sidekick...cross draw. Jeans and a black T-shirt untucked [standard everyday attire]- you never see it and carries very comfy.

jeepinbanditrider · 04-07-2007, 06:03 PM

I've been trying diffrent postions with my 4". I kinda wish I would have gotten the 3" as my dad suggested but I'm also happy with my 4". I think I'm going to have to go small of the back to get it concealed well enough to not print at all. Its not so much the barrel lenght its the grip length.

Kontiki · 04-07-2007, 06:12 PM

I carry a 45ap service and have no difficulty with concealed carry. Prior to purchase, I read several forums where the individuals were below average height and weight and had no difficulties carrying 4" XD. IMO a quality holster is critical, too.

**nsnate02** · 04-07-2007, 06:24 PM

I carry a Service 9 in a CTAC and will be carrying it with my new K&D Dakota Defender as soon as it comes in this month. I carry mainly at 4:30 strong side and occasionally cross draw if dress dictates.

I can see the virtues of the SC, but I don't like the trade off as far as versatility. I may in the future get the grip chop done, but as of now it is not really necessary. I just have to pay a little more attention to the butt for printing. It limits placement a little, but not enough to be a problem.

billybobb88 · 04-07-2007, 06:25 PM

I carried my service model 40 for a couple of months when I first bought it. It was a little hard for me to conceal so I bought a sub compact 9. Which I almost always carry. But now and again I do carry my service model, depending on what I am wearing, ie., a jacket.

**oklawall** · 04-07-2007, 06:32 PM

I carry a service 40 just have to watch what you ware

deepdiver · 04-07-2007, 06:42 PM

I experimented with an XD9 sc and don't find that it is all that much more concealable than my XD45 service compact. A little bit, sure, but not enough to be worth buying it to carry instead of my .45.

JoshuaFuller · 04-07-2007, 07:06 PM

I have been around the forum for a little bit and never noticed that there is a section just for polls until I posted this poll.

Sorry mods

jeff221 · 04-07-2007, 07:07 PM

I could only vote for one, so I voted for Service even though I CCW both XD45 Compact and XD40 Service... I carried service for quite a while before I got the compact.

View Poll Results: What do you prefer to conceal carry daily ?
I carry a sub-compact.	11	17.74%
I carry a compact.	7	11.29%
I carry a service model.	42	67.74%
I carry a tactical.	2	3.23%
Voters: 62. You may not vote on this poll

04-07-2007, 05:54 PM	#1
JoshuaFuller XDTalk Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Fayetteville, NC Posts: 36	Do you CC XD 4" ? I am curious as to how many of us choose to carry an XD 4" sized pistol over the Sub-Compacts for concealed carry. Can you still conceal a Service model fairly well ? I'd love to hear opinions either way. Last edited by JoshuaFuller; 04-07-2007 at 05:57 PM. Reason: I can't spell :)

04-07-2007, 06:02 PM	#2
einheit 13 XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Virginia, C.S.A. Posts: 5,897	I carry 9mm Service in an Uncle Mike's size 15 elcheapo sidekick...cross draw. Jeans and a black T-shirt untucked [standard everyday attire]- you never see it and carries very comfy. __________________ Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, the third time is enemy action “It is the lack of will power, and not the lack of arms which render us incapable of offering any serious resistance.”

04-07-2007, 06:03 PM	#3
jeepinbanditrider XDTalk 4K Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Mineral Wells, Tx Posts: 4,854	I've been trying diffrent postions with my 4". I kinda wish I would have gotten the 3" as my dad suggested but I'm also happy with my 4". I think I'm going to have to go small of the back to get it concealed well enough to not print at all. Its not so much the barrel lenght its the grip length. __________________ Stuff USPSA-A59201

04-07-2007, 06:12 PM	#4
Kontiki XDTalk Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 91	I carry a 45ap service and have no difficulty with concealed carry. Prior to purchase, I read several forums where the individuals were below average height and weight and had no difficulties carrying 4" XD. IMO a quality holster is critical, too. __________________ IN CRUCE VINCO

04-07-2007, 06:24 PM	#5
nsnate02 XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,077	I carry a Service 9 in a CTAC and will be carrying it with my new K&D Dakota Defender as soon as it comes in this month. I carry mainly at 4:30 strong side and occasionally cross draw if dress dictates. I can see the virtues of the SC, but I don't like the trade off as far as versatility. I may in the future get the grip chop done, but as of now it is not really necessary. I just have to pay a little more attention to the butt for printing. It limits placement a little, but not enough to be a problem. __________________ "It is better to be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt." *Abraham Lincoln*

04-07-2007, 06:25 PM	#6
billybobb88 XDTalk Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: St. George, Utah Posts: 78	I carried my service model 40 for a couple of months when I first bought it. It was a little hard for me to conceal so I bought a sub compact 9. Which I almost always carry. But now and again I do carry my service model, depending on what I am wearing, ie., a jacket. __________________ XD-40 service XD-9 sc Taurus MilPro PT145 Taurus PT 1911 Kel-Tec P-3AT

04-07-2007, 06:32 PM	#7
oklawall XDTalk 10K Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Maud, Oklahoma Posts: 10,385	I carry a service 40 just have to watch what you ware __________________ The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it. -Albert Einstein

04-07-2007, 06:42 PM	#8
deepdiver XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: SE Missouri Posts: 1,585	I experimented with an XD9 sc and don't find that it is all that much more concealable than my XD45 service compact. A little bit, sure, but not enough to be worth buying it to carry instead of my .45. __________________ XD .45 Service Compact

04-07-2007, 07:06 PM	#9
JoshuaFuller XDTalk Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Fayetteville, NC Posts: 36	I have been around the forum for a little bit and never noticed that there is a section just for polls until I posted this poll. Sorry mods

04-07-2007, 07:07 PM	#10
jeff221 XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Northwest Indiana Posts: 2,364	I could only vote for one, so I voted for Service even though I CCW both XD45 Compact and XD40 Service... I carried service for quite a while before I got the compact. __________________ Springfield XD40 Sub-Compact Bi-Tone (.40S&W) Springfield XD9 Tactical Black (9mm) Springfield G.I. Milspec Stainless 1911-A1 (.45 ACP) Kimber Raptor II 1911 (.45 ACP) Kel-Tec P-3AT (.380 ACP) Charter Arms "Off Duty" Revolver (.38 Spl) Ruger 22/45 Mark III (.22 LR) Smith&Wesson M&P15A 16in AR-15 (.223/5.56 NATO) BushMaster Carbon-15 (.22 LR) BushMaster XM15 E2S 20in AR-15 (.223/5.56 NATO) Stoeger P350 Tactical Pump Shotgun (12 Gauge) Winchester Black Model98 Canon (10 Gauge)

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