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I picked up my XD-9 as either a late birthday (or early Christmas) present for myself. I spent almost 9 months shooting every 9mm I could borrow or rent before deciding on this one.
I had been looking for the 5" version for about 8 weeks, even calling Springfield customer service (in October) to find out why no gun shop in San Diego (or Socal) could get the Tactical. The nice lady on the phone said that they had expected the 3" to be "insanely popular" and had dedicated most production runs to this version. She checked and said the next big 5" run would in one run more than quadruple the number of Tacticals in the field.
Sure enough, about 4 weeks later I was at the local range when a Marine was asking about the 5". I expected him to be told "haven't seen any, yet". Not this time! They had received a shipment of 3 (2 9's, one .40) about 2 hours before. He bought a 9, I bought one, and another customer overheard the conversation and bought the .40! Three sales in 5 minutes, and then they were out of stock again.
Since then, I've been to the range(s) about once every 7-10 days, and put 800 (at least) rounds thought it.
I've had THREE malfunctions, and all were my fault (really bad limp wristing after 100-150 rounds, I have carpal tunnel and nerve damage in my wrists). Other than that, flawless.
The sights were dead-on, the finish is great. and the "feel" is fantastic. I'm a "new shooter" again after 10 years away, and I'm getting great groups even when shooting "triples".
I was going to buy another gun this month, but, "why bother"? This one is great, and I can spend quite a bit of time learing to shoot again, until I'm up to actually shooting up to the quality of this pistol.
I'll be recommending to my Dad (retired Marine DI) that he chuck his 1911s and get one of these.
I had been looking for the 5" version for about 8 weeks, even calling Springfield customer service (in October) to find out why no gun shop in San Diego (or Socal) could get the Tactical. The nice lady on the phone said that they had expected the 3" to be "insanely popular" and had dedicated most production runs to this version. She checked and said the next big 5" run would in one run more than quadruple the number of Tacticals in the field.
Sure enough, about 4 weeks later I was at the local range when a Marine was asking about the 5". I expected him to be told "haven't seen any, yet". Not this time! They had received a shipment of 3 (2 9's, one .40) about 2 hours before. He bought a 9, I bought one, and another customer overheard the conversation and bought the .40! Three sales in 5 minutes, and then they were out of stock again.
Since then, I've been to the range(s) about once every 7-10 days, and put 800 (at least) rounds thought it.
I've had THREE malfunctions, and all were my fault (really bad limp wristing after 100-150 rounds, I have carpal tunnel and nerve damage in my wrists). Other than that, flawless.
The sights were dead-on, the finish is great. and the "feel" is fantastic. I'm a "new shooter" again after 10 years away, and I'm getting great groups even when shooting "triples".
I was going to buy another gun this month, but, "why bother"? This one is great, and I can spend quite a bit of time learing to shoot again, until I'm up to actually shooting up to the quality of this pistol.
I'll be recommending to my Dad (retired Marine DI) that he chuck his 1911s and get one of these.