Nobody seems to mention a very important point when doing the Glock versus XD argument.
The XD uses a fully supported chamber design.........
But in Glocks defence, not all Glocks lack the fully supported chamber.
Yeah...just the Glock 20somethings and 30somethings....
Another thing to remember is that the XD45 holds 13+1 rounds. Nothing else in 45 holds that much....
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.
To meet the growing needs with regard to wear and corrosion resistance, as well as the enhancement of the fatigue strength, great efforts were devoted to the development and launching of the TENIFER® process, which is also known worldwide under the trade names of TUFFTRIDE® and MELONITE®. This nitrocarburizing process has undergone continuous development with regard to its regenerability and ecology, and from year-to-year the number of applications is increasing on all 5 continents.
Help me out, please. What is the "idea of" a Glock?
The XD does have a great grip though, much better than the 13 shot Glock 21.