As many of you are likely already aware, I recently ordered one of the new Springfield XDm-10 4.5" pistols as mentioned in this thread. I placed my order the day after the gun was announced from Sportsman's Outdoors, picking the smaller gun of the two options. The gun arrived at my local FFL in about a week. As mentioned in the linked thread, due to my early order date I ended up with serial number 520 of the 10mm series. More pictures will follow, but for now I just have 2.
Getting the gun out of the box for the first time, the first thing I noticed was how well oiled it was and how tight the foam was cut. The gun seemed to be practically welded into the box. The 4.5" version that I have comes with two 15-round magazines that fit semi-flush to the frame. The 5.25" version apparently comes with three 15-round magazines although I'm not sure why. There are 2 extra backstraps that also come with the gun, but I haven't experimented with them yet.
On my gun there is a red fiber optic front sight and 2 white dots at the rear in a low profile configuration. I would have liked to see green fiber optics for the rear sights, but the sight picture works well enough as made.
The trigger is better than I remember for a stock XD. I used to own an XD9 years ago and I currently own an XD9-5.25, but that was configured as a competition gun by the previous owner, with a heavily modified trigger so I have little to directly compare to there. I would estimate the 10mm trigger pull to be between 5-6lb which is good enough for me that I won't be spending money or time to tweak it.
I finally got the gun to the range Monday morning but I had to put it to the side initially because I promised to help a friend work on his shooting. I finally got the XDm out and intended to do accuracy testing, but unfortunately I failed to communicate this to my friend and he promptly dumped a bunch of rounds into the fresh target. I will go back out soon to redo that part of my test.
Even though I can't yet prove it with pictures, the gun is very accurate and controllable. I brought a hodgepodge of rounds to the range to test with - coated SWC, plated and JHP - just to make sure the gun would truly eat everything. No hiccups or problems of any kind that can be traced back to the gun or ammo. There was however, a rather amusing failure on my end. When I loaded the magazines, I did so by grabbing a handful of bullets at a time in no particular order. This resulted in the first few rounds of the magazine being inadvertantly loaded with my SWC rounds, which are loaded much more lightly than the others. So when I fired the first few shots the gun seemed ridiculously manageable. It wasn't until the 6th or 7th round fired that I finally got to a JHP in the magazine and it was surprising to say the least! When that round was fired (and all subsequent full-power rounds) I noticed that the grip texture dug into my hand a bit. Not enough to do any harm, but I do think it contributed to better control in the end.
One thing I noticed and appreciated as I was loading the magazines was the internal space they had. I have been having some trouble with some of my reloads in 10mm and recently traced the issue back to the completed rounds being too long. They all chamber and fire just fine, but I was unable to fill a magazine full on my other 10mm guns. The XD however had no such problems getting these rounds in the magazine. I will say though that the magazine springs on the XD are some of the stiffest I have run across in a long time. Even using an UpLula mag loader I struggled to get the last few rounds in. I'm sure with time this will correct itself, but in the meantime it will be quite a workout.
I intend to follow up here with more pictures and comments on the gun when I am to get back out to the range.
Getting the gun out of the box for the first time, the first thing I noticed was how well oiled it was and how tight the foam was cut. The gun seemed to be practically welded into the box. The 4.5" version that I have comes with two 15-round magazines that fit semi-flush to the frame. The 5.25" version apparently comes with three 15-round magazines although I'm not sure why. There are 2 extra backstraps that also come with the gun, but I haven't experimented with them yet.
On my gun there is a red fiber optic front sight and 2 white dots at the rear in a low profile configuration. I would have liked to see green fiber optics for the rear sights, but the sight picture works well enough as made.
The trigger is better than I remember for a stock XD. I used to own an XD9 years ago and I currently own an XD9-5.25, but that was configured as a competition gun by the previous owner, with a heavily modified trigger so I have little to directly compare to there. I would estimate the 10mm trigger pull to be between 5-6lb which is good enough for me that I won't be spending money or time to tweak it.
I finally got the gun to the range Monday morning but I had to put it to the side initially because I promised to help a friend work on his shooting. I finally got the XDm out and intended to do accuracy testing, but unfortunately I failed to communicate this to my friend and he promptly dumped a bunch of rounds into the fresh target. I will go back out soon to redo that part of my test.
Even though I can't yet prove it with pictures, the gun is very accurate and controllable. I brought a hodgepodge of rounds to the range to test with - coated SWC, plated and JHP - just to make sure the gun would truly eat everything. No hiccups or problems of any kind that can be traced back to the gun or ammo. There was however, a rather amusing failure on my end. When I loaded the magazines, I did so by grabbing a handful of bullets at a time in no particular order. This resulted in the first few rounds of the magazine being inadvertantly loaded with my SWC rounds, which are loaded much more lightly than the others. So when I fired the first few shots the gun seemed ridiculously manageable. It wasn't until the 6th or 7th round fired that I finally got to a JHP in the magazine and it was surprising to say the least! When that round was fired (and all subsequent full-power rounds) I noticed that the grip texture dug into my hand a bit. Not enough to do any harm, but I do think it contributed to better control in the end.
One thing I noticed and appreciated as I was loading the magazines was the internal space they had. I have been having some trouble with some of my reloads in 10mm and recently traced the issue back to the completed rounds being too long. They all chamber and fire just fine, but I was unable to fill a magazine full on my other 10mm guns. The XD however had no such problems getting these rounds in the magazine. I will say though that the magazine springs on the XD are some of the stiffest I have run across in a long time. Even using an UpLula mag loader I struggled to get the last few rounds in. I'm sure with time this will correct itself, but in the meantime it will be quite a workout.
I intend to follow up here with more pictures and comments on the gun when I am to get back out to the range.
