I was just talking over the phone to a gun range owner who also teaches the CHL course. We started talking about subcompact guns and he was telling me that he wouldn't recommend ANY subcompact pistols. The reason is that he says he's had over 2000 people come through his course and the majority (he didn't seem to be exaggerating) of them with subcompacts have had problems with jams. He was speaking of all subcompacts in general. I asked him if he had any experience with the XD-9 subcompact specifically (because I'm considering buying one) and he said that he had not had any experience with that gun. Several times he strongly recommended that I not buy any subcompacts because he's seen too many jams with them.
He did also throw in the "opinions are like a-holes" disclaimer and say that was just his opinion, so he was nice about it and all but I was just wondering if any of you XD-9 owners have ever had ANY jams whatsoever or any probs with your gun. Even if you've had just one jam let me know about it. Doesn't mean that your gun sucks...I just want to know the different experiences.
thanks!
brad cook
btw - If anyone in central Texas (I'm in Temple) is looking for a CHL instructor this guy does the class pretty much every day, has small classes (he said 8 people is a large class for him) and only charges 60 bucks for the class w/ everything included (fingerprints, photos etc..). That's the cheapest I've seen. PM me if you want his info.
He did also throw in the "opinions are like a-holes" disclaimer and say that was just his opinion, so he was nice about it and all but I was just wondering if any of you XD-9 owners have ever had ANY jams whatsoever or any probs with your gun. Even if you've had just one jam let me know about it. Doesn't mean that your gun sucks...I just want to know the different experiences.
thanks!
brad cook
btw - If anyone in central Texas (I'm in Temple) is looking for a CHL instructor this guy does the class pretty much every day, has small classes (he said 8 people is a large class for him) and only charges 60 bucks for the class w/ everything included (fingerprints, photos etc..). That's the cheapest I've seen. PM me if you want his info.