XD vs Glock new perspective
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HMMurdock
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Ironically, I prefer the angle of the Glock over the XD. And I think the XD was best described as "top heavy", which I feel it certainly is. But I am biased because I was used to glocks for so long that it is simply what I am used to. If I had to start all over between Glock and XD I have no idea which one I'd go with. All I know is my experiences now and I like the feel of Glocks. But to those of you with XDs, I salute you! You can watch my 6 when the SHTF any day of the week and I mean that.
XD vs. Glock is six one and half a dozen another. I think we have pretty good lives if this is what we have to argue about
Hillary Clinton for President, any one? (KIDDING, KIDDING!)
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XD vs. Glock is six one and half a dozen another. I think we have pretty good lives if this is what we have to argue about
Hillary Clinton for President, any one? (KIDDING, KIDDING!)TRL
XDKingslayer
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Yep. Nobody mentions that. But in Glocks defence, not all Glocks lack the fully supported chamber.
But then again, every XD has it.
BrainOnSigs
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Yeah...just the Glock 20somethings and 30somethings....
XDKingslayer
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That's funny, though. Actually the .357Sig Glocks are almost fully supported aren't they?
Oregongundude
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I like them both myself.
I really like the XD line of handguns I own two of them. However, I also own two Glocks and love them both. I think the XD line is still new and haven't stood the test of time that the Glocks have. However, I think there as good if not better is some regards. I could trust either for self defense I like to fire the XD's a little better than the Glocks. However, I hit what i shoot at with all four of them.
I really like the XD line of handguns I own two of them. However, I also own two Glocks and love them both. I think the XD line is still new and haven't stood the test of time that the Glocks have. However, I think there as good if not better is some regards. I could trust either for self defense I like to fire the XD's a little better than the Glocks. However, I hit what i shoot at with all four of them.
mpmarty
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I don't believe SA is doing tenifer (not tennifer) finish on any firearms unless they are sending them to Sweden or Austria. SAAB of Sweden has used Tenifer for over thirty years on all their automotive crankshafts and camshafts. Tenifer is not a coating it is a chemical/thermal trieatment to the top one to three thousandths of an inch which hardens it to about a rockwell 80 (like a diamond) the black coating on the Glock is not Tenifer but a black oxide applied after the Tenifer treatment. Removing the black by buffing etc. doesn't effect the Tenifer and neither does it contribute to surface rust. AFIK the "tennifer" referred to (with 2 "N"s) is some kind of substitute for the true Tenifer process and is not nearly as robust in durability. Tenifer processing is not allowed in the US or Canada but was tried for a short time by someone in Mexico a few years ago. That attempt was made by an auto maker from here in the US and succumed to political correctness that they were polluting the Mexican environment by "sneaking over there" to do the nasty business of Tenifer processing.
Plastic Cowboy
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Another thing to remember is that the XD45 holds 13+1 rounds. Nothing else in 45 holds that much....now I know someone is going to say that nobody needs that many shots but remember that one of the reasons the military switched from .45ACP 1911's to 9mm's was to hold more ammo. Its inconvienent (even if you can do so quickly) to do a mag change when someone is shooting at you!! When your azz is on the line- more is always better!!!
Josh Aston
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Actually there are quite a few .45s that hold that many or more rounds in what I consider an even more ergonomic package than the XD. But then ergonomics are a personal thing.
Plastic, as much as I like the XD45, there are other 45s that hold that much, or more. I've got a 1911 variant on right now that holds one more round than that. The XD does have a great grip though, much better than the 13 shot Glock 21.
charlesb_la
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They are using the same process, or at least an improved version of the old one. Form the company that developed the process...
http://www.durferrit.de/en/unternehmen/firmengeschichte.htm
GigaBuist
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Pull trigger. Go bang. Load next round.
Pull trigger. Go bang. Load next round.
Pull trigger. Go bang. Load next round.
Throw across room. No go bang.
Pull trigger. Go bang. Load next round.
Drop from airplane. No go bang.
Pull trigger. Go bang. Load next round.
You do your part, it shoots. Anything else, the gun doesn't shoot and it lives on to shoot another day.
GigaBuist
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A 2x4 has a better grip than a Glock 21.
(Yes, I own one. It was my 2nd gun. Not bad, but it's beefy, and I have girly hands)
boomstik45
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They're both good guns. If you're worried about all the "safeties" then you've been ignoring the one between your ears. Even the manufacturers of ANY gun will tell you not to completely rely on the safeties, manual or not. So get over it and practice gun safety. XDKingslayer, thanks for laying down the law. Some people don't even know enough about the product to be critics, as was evidenced early in the thread.
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