Sean Dempsey
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UPDATE: One store had one... read my post below...
I am looking to buy a XD45 Compact. So far, I've been to 3 gun stores here in town.
At each store, the guy behind the counter does one of the following:
1) tells me I'm mistaken, and the subcompact only comes in 9mm and 40sw.
2) tells me they they don't make a XD45 compact, but they have the regular XD45
3) Tells me they aren't for sale and no one has them, and it'll be six months before Springfield releases them.
I try to tell them that Springfield has them on their website, and that people are in fact buying them, but they just get irate and tell me "Well we don't have them, so I don't know what to tell you."
So great. I am really trying to get a physical view of these so I can compare the size to the XD9 Service model. I have held the XD45 Service, and it feels like the grip is a little bigger in the overall diameter, but not much longer. I want to be able to compare the size of the XD45 Compact with the XD9 Service, side by side.
So what are my options here? No one in town has a clue about the XD45 compact, and they all say they can't/won't order me one. I've never bought a gun online before, so I have no idea how that works with the shipping and paperwork. I live in Utah, btw.
I don't suppose anyone has a XD45 compact and an XD9 they can put side by side? OR, an XD45 they are selling and/or a dealer who has one that will ship to Utah.
Sometimes, living in a smallerish town can have it's annoyances.
I am looking to buy a XD45 Compact. So far, I've been to 3 gun stores here in town.
At each store, the guy behind the counter does one of the following:
1) tells me I'm mistaken, and the subcompact only comes in 9mm and 40sw.
2) tells me they they don't make a XD45 compact, but they have the regular XD45
3) Tells me they aren't for sale and no one has them, and it'll be six months before Springfield releases them.
I try to tell them that Springfield has them on their website, and that people are in fact buying them, but they just get irate and tell me "Well we don't have them, so I don't know what to tell you."
So great. I am really trying to get a physical view of these so I can compare the size to the XD9 Service model. I have held the XD45 Service, and it feels like the grip is a little bigger in the overall diameter, but not much longer. I want to be able to compare the size of the XD45 Compact with the XD9 Service, side by side.
So what are my options here? No one in town has a clue about the XD45 compact, and they all say they can't/won't order me one. I've never bought a gun online before, so I have no idea how that works with the shipping and paperwork. I live in Utah, btw.
I don't suppose anyone has a XD45 compact and an XD9 they can put side by side? OR, an XD45 they are selling and/or a dealer who has one that will ship to Utah.
Sometimes, living in a smallerish town can have it's annoyances.
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