Plan2Live
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I think I received a delayed Father's Day gift from "the gun universe" today. I'm a Range Saftey Officer at one of the local ranges and pulled a shift this morning. The reason I say it was delayed Father's Day is the unbelievable variety of guns on the range today and everyone offering to let me shoot them. Just today I shot the XDS, Shield, Kahr MK9, S&W 945 in Performance Center Trim, S&W Recon 45 and Recon 9 which were limited production Performance Center beauties. The Recon 9 is based on the 6906, not sure about the Recon 45. A Performance Center 686 Plus, XD Subcompact 9mm, Sig 290, Taurus PT 92(?), Ruger Mark III which was amazingly accurate at 50 yards and of course my own Sig 239 in 9mm and XDm 3.8 Compact in .40 cal. Talk about a great day at the range!
The guy that had the XDS also had the Shield and he has a Sig 938 but just sent it back to the factory because the trigger pull was measuring out at like 13 pounds so I didn't get to shoot that one.
So, the XDS. It was nice and slim as advertised. I carry the XDm 3.8 Compact and the XDS feels just like a slimmed down version of that. Duh! There was plenty there to grip even though it's a tight little package. The groups were nice and tight but man o man you knew you had shot something once you pulled the trigger. The recoil is substantial but without a lot of muzzle flip, mostly just straight back. The grip texture is very aggressive and for us office workers, would be very abrasive and hurt after 50 rounds. Glad I didn't shoot that many rounds through it. As I said, it grouped well, wasn't difficult to shoot but not a weapon for those with weak wrists or soft hands
The guy that had the XDS also had the Shield and he has a Sig 938 but just sent it back to the factory because the trigger pull was measuring out at like 13 pounds so I didn't get to shoot that one.
So, the XDS. It was nice and slim as advertised. I carry the XDm 3.8 Compact and the XDS feels just like a slimmed down version of that. Duh! There was plenty there to grip even though it's a tight little package. The groups were nice and tight but man o man you knew you had shot something once you pulled the trigger. The recoil is substantial but without a lot of muzzle flip, mostly just straight back. The grip texture is very aggressive and for us office workers, would be very abrasive and hurt after 50 rounds. Glad I didn't shoot that many rounds through it. As I said, it grouped well, wasn't difficult to shoot but not a weapon for those with weak wrists or soft hands