JoeyBimmer
Active Member
I know the majority of people don't like these guns, and they really are not that good of a gun in my opinion (with all the 2020 options), but before I shot some FN's (I found factory FN's to be even more agreeable to my hands) the XD fit and felt the best in my not so experienced hands many years ago. I shot some pre M&P S&W's, Glocks, and Sigs, and liked the XD the best.
Another 'error' I made was getting a .40, I liked that it had a lot of velocity, more then the 9mm and the .45, so I went for it. The poor choices of those at a young age, hindsight is 20/20. I should have opted into a .45 or a 9mm.
I have XD40 SA 4" model I bought in the beginning of 2013. I think I paid $550 for it. Over the years I probably have 10,000 rounds through her, it has only ever failed to bang twice in one range time. The striker spring was so gunked up it had soft hits on the bullet, which was easily remedied by simply cleaning the striker spring. I had let the gun sit a good while, so that is operator error, not gun error. Thanks to the Freedom Armory Gunsmith for finding and fixing that in just about two seconds of time.
I am not going to sell the gun, because I don't believe in selling guns, so I want to mod it. I dislike the trigger with all the take up it has, so I want to start with a trigger and some grips. I might also opt in for a 9mm kit for it, because I have seen them for sale for around $250.
Anyone here mod an XD into a running gun they could be proud of? Since the pistol market has exploded with guns that have amazing ergonomics this platform seems kind of meh to get into, but as I said, I already own it, I have many rounds through it, and I still like how it fits in my hand.
What do you guys think? Keep it stock, or hot rod her? I am leaning toward hot rod.
Another 'error' I made was getting a .40, I liked that it had a lot of velocity, more then the 9mm and the .45, so I went for it. The poor choices of those at a young age, hindsight is 20/20. I should have opted into a .45 or a 9mm.
I have XD40 SA 4" model I bought in the beginning of 2013. I think I paid $550 for it. Over the years I probably have 10,000 rounds through her, it has only ever failed to bang twice in one range time. The striker spring was so gunked up it had soft hits on the bullet, which was easily remedied by simply cleaning the striker spring. I had let the gun sit a good while, so that is operator error, not gun error. Thanks to the Freedom Armory Gunsmith for finding and fixing that in just about two seconds of time.
I am not going to sell the gun, because I don't believe in selling guns, so I want to mod it. I dislike the trigger with all the take up it has, so I want to start with a trigger and some grips. I might also opt in for a 9mm kit for it, because I have seen them for sale for around $250.
Anyone here mod an XD into a running gun they could be proud of? Since the pistol market has exploded with guns that have amazing ergonomics this platform seems kind of meh to get into, but as I said, I already own it, I have many rounds through it, and I still like how it fits in my hand.
What do you guys think? Keep it stock, or hot rod her? I am leaning toward hot rod.