I have had a Springfield XD 5 inch, not an XDm, but it was a good gun. Pointed well and was quite accurate for what it was. I'm sure the XDm is even better given it's improvements. I traded that gun a few years ago. I have however carried a Sig 226 for work for a number of years, and it is one of my favorite sidearms. Extremely accurate, reliable, and well made. The elite is just a little nicer to look at and it has a beaver tail out the back. If you are looking at getting any of the Sig Elite models with the wooden grips instead of the aluminum grips on the platinum elites, be aware...if you have small hands the wooden grips are significantly thicker on the back of the grip than the aluminum or the standard plastic grips from the factory. I have very small hands and the wooden grips from sig just don't work for me, hogue rubber grips are the same problem on that gun. The XDm doesn't have that problem and actually has changable back straps so that could be a plus for that one. The sig also has a long double action pull that is a little bit of a reach with small hands, even worse with the wooden elite grips, but that can be solved by the installation of the short reach trigger available from sig at sigsauer.com for about 50 bucks, maybe a little less I can't remember, but I do have the short reach trigger installed on my 229, and it is definitely a worthy investment. I have had my 226 clamped into a machine rest and it consistantly fired .357 sig rounds, in five shot groups, through one smallish hole...accuracy award goes to the sig for sure. But as long as you are talking combat accurate either gun will work. Both are very reliable and very respectable firearms, accuracy goes to sig, pack full of mud and keep working may...or may not...go to the XD based on its looser construction...I don't know I never threw my $900 sig in the mud to find out but it did send many thousand rounds down range without a glitch.
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