luzyfuerza
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For the last 20 years, I've carried a striker-fired compact handgun in 45 ACP. The first was a Glock 36, and later an XD45 compact. I trained and practiced hard with these guns, carried them everywhere legal, and have gotten as close to unconscious competence as I could with them. I upgraded the XD a bit (better sights, a shortened-but-not-lighter PRP trigger) to make it a little better suited as a carry gun.
I really like my XD45 compact. And I shoot it well. But after all these years, though, I'm considering a switch.
The better trigger, the slightly lighter recoil/faster recovery of 9mm, and larger capacity of a double-stack 1911-style autoloader in 9mm (specifically a 4" Wilson EDC X9 https://www.wilsoncombat.com/edc-x9/) all seem very attractive in an EDC.
For this thread, my question focuses only on the hardware, and only on the EDC role.
For those of you who have trained extensively with, carried, or competed with both striker-fired EDCs, as well as double-stack 9mm 1911s, have you observed enough difference in the performance of these two types of hardware to justify the EDC change that I'm considering?
I really like my XD45 compact. And I shoot it well. But after all these years, though, I'm considering a switch.
The better trigger, the slightly lighter recoil/faster recovery of 9mm, and larger capacity of a double-stack 1911-style autoloader in 9mm (specifically a 4" Wilson EDC X9 https://www.wilsoncombat.com/edc-x9/) all seem very attractive in an EDC.
For this thread, my question focuses only on the hardware, and only on the EDC role.
For those of you who have trained extensively with, carried, or competed with both striker-fired EDCs, as well as double-stack 9mm 1911s, have you observed enough difference in the performance of these two types of hardware to justify the EDC change that I'm considering?