Lennyjoe
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Does the 4 inch barrel M&P or 3.8 inch barrel XDM elite give more recoil vs the their longer barrel counterparts? I'm looking to get a new 10mm and torn between XDM and M&P. I just love M&P and how it feels, but XDM makes true ambidextrous firearms (i'm a lefty) while the M&P requires moving the mag release (the slide stop is now ambi, so good on you M&P). XDM elite had the edge with their triggers, but with M&P's new trigger, that isn't the case anymore. Input on recoil is appreciated especially since I have not fired the 10mm on anything shorter than a 4.6 inch barrel. Especially in terms of acquiring sights on follow-up shots.CH
I honestly feel there’s not much difference in recoil between the different barrel lengths. I one thing I’m kind of having issues with is inadvertently locking the slide back on the ambi slide lock XDM Elite. I have to position my left thumb a bit differently to keep that from happening like I do on my PPQ M2’s. I’m a lefty as well and am thinking of modifying the XDM Elite to remove that right side slide lock.