advise on new pistol

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patcbradley

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fnp .40 of xdm .40

Looking at buyin new piece. Got it narrowed down to 2 the sprinfield xdm .40 and the fnp .40
any thoughts?? will be using mostly shooting and home defense some ccw
 
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You can't go too far wrong with either one. I recently purchased a FNP40 and so far I am pretty impressed. I have always liked a pistol with a hammer (being old fashioned here) and the controls fit my hand perfectly. I have shot my daughter in law's XD40 some, and it its ok, but it would take me a long time to get used to the trigger. But I can get fairly good accuracy with it. But I'll stick with DA/SA decocking Fn.
 
I haven't heard too much on the FNP40s, but I can vouch for the XD line of guns since I've owned 2 of them in the past. Never a FTF or anything. The XDm has 16+1 rds of .40s&w (or was it 15+1?), and best of all it has a match barrel.

Bottom line, you simply can't go wrong with the XDm as long as it feels good in your hands that is. Also, the trigger is consistent and IMHO pretty darn nice for a stock gun. You don't have to get used to transitioning from DA to SA like you do with other guns like the FNP40.

I'm not knocking the FNP40 at all. I own a H&K USP compact (v1, DA/SA w/ safety and decocker) and it is my favorite polymer handgun that I own. But the transition from DA to SA is still something I don't exactly look forward to when shooting it. It's more of something I accept because I like the gun so much and I'm too scared to try the LEM trigger!

Anyways, I would personally take the XD over the FNP, but that's just me. Good luck!
 
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