There is nothing surprising about members of a forum devoted to the firearms of one manufacturer being enthusiastic about that company's guns. Nor is it unusual for people who have just purchased a new gun to sing its praises in a forum devoted to it. And customer enthusiasm is even less surprising when the object of the purchaser's affection is not simply new to the purchaser but a new, or relatively new, model gun, such as the XD(M).
Still, given all the predictable enthusiasm for the XD(M) that one would expect to find on XDTalk, it seems to me that something surprising is going on here. I think there are an unusual number of posts expressing surprise -- very pleasant surprise, but surprise nonetheless -- at how much more accurate the posters are with their new XD(M) than they have been with their other pistols.
First, as I mentioned here, posting a picture of one of my first targets, the accuracy of my new XD(M) 9 amazed me, or rather my accuracy with it amazed me since with my other guns I almost never shoot groups like the one I pictured.
Then I began to notice that I wasn't alone, that others are also finding themselves more accurate with their new XD(M)s than they expected to be. Here are a very few recent examples, but enough to suggest that there really is something special about our new toy:
Here:
The first ten rounds my husband shot with the [XD(M)]40, he put 5 in the bullseye....
Here:
Accuracy was more that my expectations. Shooting WWB I had some 2" groups at 25 yards....
Here:
I just purchased an XDM 9 yesterday and went to the range this morning. I own a XD 45 Tactical model for the past 8 months and have shot over 2000 rounds. I’m not the best shot in the world but can keep the hits on a 12” target at 25 yards shooting offhand.… However this morning with the XDM 9 I was shooting all in the 9 and 10 ring at 25 yards. I couldn’t believe how much better I was shooting and wonder how much I must have been flinching with the 45 or this XDM 9mm is way more accurate....
Here:
(Picture of a target with 30 rounds fired from a new XD(M) 40....
Maybe this is just normal enthusiasm, but it's beginning to seem as though the XD(M) really is making better shooter out of a number of us.
Here's one more [added Dec. 16]:
azzpmd
Still, given all the predictable enthusiasm for the XD(M) that one would expect to find on XDTalk, it seems to me that something surprising is going on here. I think there are an unusual number of posts expressing surprise -- very pleasant surprise, but surprise nonetheless -- at how much more accurate the posters are with their new XD(M) than they have been with their other pistols.
First, as I mentioned here, posting a picture of one of my first targets, the accuracy of my new XD(M) 9 amazed me, or rather my accuracy with it amazed me since with my other guns I almost never shoot groups like the one I pictured.
Then I began to notice that I wasn't alone, that others are also finding themselves more accurate with their new XD(M)s than they expected to be. Here are a very few recent examples, but enough to suggest that there really is something special about our new toy:
Here:
The first ten rounds my husband shot with the [XD(M)]40, he put 5 in the bullseye....
Here:
Accuracy was more that my expectations. Shooting WWB I had some 2" groups at 25 yards....
Here:
I just purchased an XDM 9 yesterday and went to the range this morning. I own a XD 45 Tactical model for the past 8 months and have shot over 2000 rounds. I’m not the best shot in the world but can keep the hits on a 12” target at 25 yards shooting offhand.… However this morning with the XDM 9 I was shooting all in the 9 and 10 ring at 25 yards. I couldn’t believe how much better I was shooting and wonder how much I must have been flinching with the 45 or this XDM 9mm is way more accurate....
Here:
(Picture of a target with 30 rounds fired from a new XD(M) 40....
Maybe this is just normal enthusiasm, but it's beginning to seem as though the XD(M) really is making better shooter out of a number of us.
Here's one more [added Dec. 16]:
azzpmd