[hole_shot58]

Picked up the new XDm 9 Competition from S.A.W. at the gun show in Dallas last week and took it to Greenville, TX this weekend for my club's IDPA match. The stock trigger has quite a bit of travel and doesn't break as clean as my XD9 4", but I was able to place better overall than I've been doing nonetheless. I needed to adjust the rear site quite a bit using a bore laser, but now it is deadly accurate well beyond the 25 yards I need for IDPA. I don't have a way to measure backflip, but my double taps stayed pretty close together. I'll try to get to the farm soon and do a more scientific analysis.

Overall I'm very pleased. Even the bonus paddle holster is decent enough to get started, and with 3 mags included the gun kit sets you up for competition, all you need is ammo! A little skate tape from Academy cut to fit using a hand-made paper template really makes a diffference on the sides of the grip. I also discovered the large (#3) backstrap is closest to the outline of the service model, and feels very natural compared to either of the other sizes (I have large-ish hands).

By the way, I'm shooting 147gr FMJ loaded to about 930 fps or 10% over min. power factor for ESP. Not exactly bunny farts, but importantly there were no problems cycling the sub-sonic load. Also have put a couple boxes of Federal 115gr through with no troubles.

Now I'm contemplating which trigger kit to put on it, and I like the idea of using a laquer pen to fill the engraving on the slide. Anxious to hear other feedback on new 5.25 purchases!

 

[dust717]

Great to hear the 5.25 worked great for you! I know that the SA Custom Shop can put a sweet trigger job on all your XD's. It will cut that travel and reset. I use 115 gr with no issues. All the XD/XDm's I have eat up any ammo I feed it.

Now I do think that the ".25" part put you over the 5 in rule for IDPA. Sill waitin on hearing back on that but as it stands now its a IPSC/USPSA gun.

 

[fredj338]

Now I do think that the ".25" part put you over the 5 in rule for IDPA. Sill waitin on hearing back on that but as it stands now its a IPSC/USPSA gun.

There is no 5" bbl rule in IDPA for ESP guns, it just has to fit the box; see the IDPA rule book pg 21. If the gun fits inside the 8 3/4"X6" box, you should be fine.

 

[Gryff]

There is no 5" bbl rule in IDPA for ESP guns, it just has to fit the box; see the IDPA rule book pg 21. If the gun fits inside the 8 3/4"X6" box, you should be fine.

Agreed. There are no barrel length limits for IDPA (other than cone barrels in 1911s). If it fits in the box, it's legal. And the 5.25" is definitely legal!

 

[hole_shot58]

I'm reading what I can find to see how Springer, PRP and SA compare on XDm trigger jobs. Also willing to try a little gentle "polishing" to improve the feel.

As to rules, there sure would be a different mix of Glocks out there if the 34 (5.32" barrel) wasn't IDPA legal!

 

[REL1203]

I would like to add, i shot in my 2nd IDPA match this weekend, first time with my new 5.25XDM, and granted I am unclassified for the time being, i beat out the 7 other people in ESP Unclassified that all have been doing this way longer. Had i been a Marksmen (which is what i consider myself), i still would have come in 1st place, but only by 2 points. I am EXTREMELY happy with my 5.25 once i put a Powder River Precision Ultimate match trigger in it. Its just damn good.