For the same reason that Old Doctors buy a 911 turbo Carrera, and go back to the leasing company a month or sooner, and want to trade them in for a Mercedes or Bentley,
In order to accomplish their goal, the cars are a bit less comfortable than their counterparts. Some people think that they will handle a small 45, or 500 + HP sports car with a few days of driving or shooting under their belt. Their wives feel differently when they have to bend down to enter and exit, and not be able to talk on their phone due to an engine behind their head
Not so, they are made for one purpose only, one for speed and the other for defending your life. Not for comfort.
I compare the Porshe because I had 5 of them and my friend owned a leasing Co, that specialized in exotic cars, his wife was manager of the largest Porshe dealership in the USA, In NJ at the time. More people would return those cars and take a 30 thousand dollar beating to get out of the lease than any other.
The same with a small powerful handgun that looks cool and is in all the magazines, Gotta have one, until they try to use it as a weekly shooter and put 2-300 rounds down range. Bad move for all but experienced gun handlers who wouldn't do that to begin with , and we know not to do that anyway. You run a few hundred when you break it in, then clean it and shoot it a occasionally maybe a box of 50 at most. It's a carry gun and weapon of last resort, not a target gun.
Mine is dead on accurate and I shoot enough similar guns to be spot on with it at 25 yards. I don't shoot it often, when I do it's used for what I bought it for, draw fire reload fire reload fire, and put it away if results are good and go to a more comfortable range toy.
We have a lot of new shooters who read way too much about the newest gun of the month. XDS is an excellent carry gun period, it's the 1911 you could never fit in your pocket.
Much like the S&W 340PD that tons of guys bought and bitched about from day 1. That's why Buds blew the out last year at a really low price, around 5 and change, people stopped buying them after they read enough criticism. What they expected a 357 to feel like coming out of a 13 oz gun is beyond me, But the spent a thousand to find out that they couldn't hit the barn after shot number 1.
It takes a gun handler who shoots revolvers to shoot it accurately. Slickguns had them for 700 ish last week, almost bought one, but for me I already have enough heart stoppers.
Carry what you shoot well, not what your read about or think is what you should have, it won't do you a dam bit of good if you can't follow up on your shot because you are afraid of the recoil and pull your shot subconsciously.
Not meant to hurt anyone's feelings , just is the truth that people shy off from saying, like a 454 or 460, you need some strength to fire these guns, like forearms that arm wrestlers have, or technique learned over time with heavy loads.
You may be able to shoot it, but can you shoot it fast and accurate.
