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Varget
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XD VS. Glock Owners Observations
Varget
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This is a question for those that own and shoot both Glock and XD pistols. Which one do you prefer over the other and why?
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-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer and politician
The grip angle on the XD does feel a little more natural to me. If I had more experience with the Glock, I'm sure it wouldn't be a problem.
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but, it is 9mm vs 10mm so it's 20 vs 11 or 16 rnds.
The XDm is easier to take down.
I like them both equal.
Since both suffer from being non-1911's, I'll take the non-1911 without the roll-pins.
"Nothing is safe from stupid." - Zee
So does your Jackson.
I do..... It has a scope and I shoot it slowly for small groups. If I tied to shoot it fast........... :nono:
box. I took it to Geneseo and had them work the trigger down even lighter. They also put Trijicon night sights while I was there.
It fits better in my hand and I shoot it a lot better then the Glock.
The XDM's just fit my hand better and the triggers of other XD's I've shot feel better than other Glocks I've shot.
It's a small sample, but friends do stop by my place and let me shoot their guns.
The rest of it isn't really any better. Too many unnecessary parts, too heavy, way too difficult to strip, and the fact that the GS has to be depressed to work the slide is about the stupidest thing you could ever do to a potential "fighting" gun. I think the 5.25" XDm is a good range gun, but other than target shooting, it really isn't a well thought out design.
I actually make the triggers in my Glocks heavier than factory. I drop in a minus connector, a NY1 TRS, and do a polish job, which gives me a very short, very crisp break, with an EXTREMELY positive reset. End trigger weight is ~6#.
I should've specified; detail stripping. I can detail strip a Glock without having to punch out roll pins....XD (and M&P/polymer CZ) not'samuch.
Absolute deal breaker for me. I really don't like a GS in general, but one that has to be depressed to do any sort of "fixing" the gun is absolutely ludicrous.
Most of this stuff is very subjective "just 'cause" is a perfectly valid reason for preferring one over the other......
But did you seriously just say that a gun "feels" like it's a higher quality because it's heavier? Sorry Boris, that's just too much for me. I'm out.
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Yes I did. Like I said it doesn't FEEL like a pile of plastic like the Glock does, and weight is definetley a determining factor in that observation. (You know, the metal is heavier than plastic thing)
I will post again how I really feel about MY Glocks. (Not yours)
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Interesting post, so you find the XD as fatter than the Glock? I thought it was the other way around. A buddy of mine has an XDs and that thing is really thin.
Left is XDS .45, Center is Glock 30 .45, right is XD .45. Not sure what he is referring to as the XD being fat, this picture sums it up pretty good. Hence what I call the one in the center, a block.
I shoot all 3 and enjoy the variety. The Glocks are typical, being a bit clubby in the hand but it's something you get used to quickly. After that, I'm very comfy with them, shoot with very acceptable accuracy.
The XD Tactical is larger but the grip is more pleasant from the start. However, as with the Glocks, I adapted to this grip too, and it shoots great!
I'm not capable of hand-held precision to the degree where I can detect any difference in the accuracy of these pistols -- they are all far more accurate than I can physically hold the gun on target (in other words, clamped to a vise, one pistol might be slightly more accurate than another, but that's for some magazine to do -- I'm happy as is).
These pistols have never, not a single time, misfired or jammed or otherwise failed to work.
My only complaint is that they are all three a bit "clubby" in the grip compared with, say, a 1911. But the 1911 is perfection anyway, so I don't hold any grudges for these three excellent pistols.
I once in more ignorant times thought a S&W model 10 4 inch heavy barrel w / round butt BH grips was perfection, I still do.......
"Fat" in height rather than width. The width of either doesn't bother me so much as the height. My Beretta M9 is wider than both but that doesn't bother me. But the tall slide on the XD vs the Glock bothers me. The height-to-bore has a direct impact on how the gun handles under recoil and how it falls back into place for the next follow-up shot. The lower the bore the more natural the gun points and the faster the target acquisition on the draw, IMO. The closer the sights are in relation to your hand the faster they are to pick up. Most DA/SA autos, as well as the Government model .45, are limited in this regard, as a certain amount of height is required to allow sufficient space for a frame-mounted hammer to be able to rotate into the firing pin & slide. The Glock, and other striker-fired pistols are not bound by that limitation. The Glock has a very shallow slide in relation to the grip frame and where the shooter's hand is place on the grip. An XD, working on the same striker-fired action configuration, is super high (or "fat" in my words) in relation to that bit of engineering. And I don't like it.
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My XD is like you mentioned about having to depress the grip safety to "fix" the gun (older original model) my XDS (newer gun) is not, on the XDS the grip safety does not need to be depressed to "fix" the gun. Not sure if this is something they have changed on all the newer models. Would be interested to hear from XDM model owners to which way it is on their guns.
My XD is like you mentioned about having to depress the grip safety to "fix" the gun (older original model) my XDS (newer gun) is not, on the XDS the grip safety does not need to be depressed to "fix" the gun. Not sure if this is something they have changed on all the newer models. Would be interested to hear from XDM model owners to which way it is on their guns.[/QUOTE]
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I have no idea or clue what you are on about.......