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No, I did not buy an XD...that would be far too far beyond belief.
But I ended up selling a guy on one. A XDm 3.8 compact, in particular...
The guy was looking at a few different guns at the local shop; among them was an XDm 9, a XDsc9, a Bersa .380, and a Kahr 9mm (can't remember which; polymer framed single stack, iirc). I was just in BSing with the owner and another customer. The guy was leaning towards the XDsc, and asked me what I thought...I said that I formerly owned an XDm, and while it wasn;t a great gun for me, I thought they were a solid firearm (which I do actually believe...). He asked me what I'd choose, between the Bersa and the XDsc; I said that I'd likely go with the XD, mainly for caliber. He did like the backstraps on the XDm, though, and wondered if there was a compact version...I said I thought there was, but didn't see one in the case.
At which point, the owner said "wait just one minute..." and got the XDm 3.8 compact.
When he asked me what I'd get, between the two, for a gun for both range and carry...swelp me, but if I didn't say I'd get the XDm Compact.
And he did.
I swear that the word "Glock" never left my lips, even though there was both a G26 and G19 inches away.:shock:
Then again, he never asked me what other guns I'd buy, and he was quite set on the XD line (the Kahr and the Bersa seemed like afterthoughts)...and I also wasn't going to try and sell him on a considerably less expensive gun...that's how one no longer gets good deals at the local shop.
When I left the shop, though, I did after to look at the sky for a few seconds to make sure it wasn't falling...
But I ended up selling a guy on one. A XDm 3.8 compact, in particular...
The guy was looking at a few different guns at the local shop; among them was an XDm 9, a XDsc9, a Bersa .380, and a Kahr 9mm (can't remember which; polymer framed single stack, iirc). I was just in BSing with the owner and another customer. The guy was leaning towards the XDsc, and asked me what I thought...I said that I formerly owned an XDm, and while it wasn;t a great gun for me, I thought they were a solid firearm (which I do actually believe...). He asked me what I'd choose, between the Bersa and the XDsc; I said that I'd likely go with the XD, mainly for caliber. He did like the backstraps on the XDm, though, and wondered if there was a compact version...I said I thought there was, but didn't see one in the case.
At which point, the owner said "wait just one minute..." and got the XDm 3.8 compact.
When he asked me what I'd get, between the two, for a gun for both range and carry...swelp me, but if I didn't say I'd get the XDm Compact.
And he did.
I swear that the word "Glock" never left my lips, even though there was both a G26 and G19 inches away.:shock:
Then again, he never asked me what other guns I'd buy, and he was quite set on the XD line (the Kahr and the Bersa seemed like afterthoughts)...and I also wasn't going to try and sell him on a considerably less expensive gun...that's how one no longer gets good deals at the local shop.
When I left the shop, though, I did after to look at the sky for a few seconds to make sure it wasn't falling...