I've got an XD40 that's been sitting around gathering dust, so I took it took it to a local shop to try and trade it in toward something else. What he offered me was... not great. He said they basically have no demand for .40 pistols in general, and not much for older Springfield XDs in particular.
When I was young, single, and had no bills I sent this thing off to the Springfield custom shop, got a national match barrel, trigger job, etc... done. The bill was the same as what I paid for the pistol in the first place (really wish I could have a talk with past me about that). I know compact frames and optic cut slides are all the rage now, so I sort of get why an older plain pistol wouldn't be a big seller. I didn't expect to break even on all that, but I didn't expect the guy to say it was hardly worth his time to put an XD on his shelf.
When I was young, single, and had no bills I sent this thing off to the Springfield custom shop, got a national match barrel, trigger job, etc... done. The bill was the same as what I paid for the pistol in the first place (really wish I could have a talk with past me about that). I know compact frames and optic cut slides are all the rage now, so I sort of get why an older plain pistol wouldn't be a big seller. I didn't expect to break even on all that, but I didn't expect the guy to say it was hardly worth his time to put an XD on his shelf.