That's an understatement if I ever heard one. It takes a pretty good gunslinger to rock and roll with the XDs in .45.I highly suggest shooting the xds45. My dad has one and it is a rough gun to shoot quick and accurately
You don't have to use it. The XDs comes with a grip safety, which probably fewer people like. I like having the option of a thumb safety, especially when holstering.The Shield only comes with a manual safety, and I'm not fond of those.
Lock the slide open before you put the magazine in. Then rack the slide by hand (don't use the slide release). You shouldn't have any trouble chambering a round that way. My wife picked out an XDs45 for her carry gun but I've been carrying it since she is still trying to find a CCH class that fits her schedule. Anyways, I've noticed that with a full magazine and the slide closed, its hard but not impossible to chamber the first round. I think that there just isn't enough room in the magazine for the first round to get out of the way to pull the slide back with ease. I don't know if that's how SA designed it or if there's something wrong with my wife's gun, but it runs just fine other than that minor detail. If I fire 4 shots, drop the empty mag w/ one still in the chamber, put in a full mag, and keep shooting, there's no ill effects, every round chambers just fine.Do they polish the feed ramp from the factory. It don't like to chamber the first round