While these are both the XD9 rather than the XDe, my wife has at least a few hundred rounds through her gun, and my father in law has at least several hundred through his gun. While this is not much by P-F standards, it is a decent positive indicator from a basic reliability test standpoint.
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I can't say I've put any more than a handful of rounds through an XD. Nor have I read/heard about anyone who has.
But the XDs (aka, HS-2000s) are military/police pistols in Croatia and other parts of the world. I'm not sure that includes XDSs, Es, Ms, etc... but I think it's safe to say the design draws on a solid pedigree. And what I have heard about XDs is almost never negative.
Still, I'd like to hear more about how the XDE handles, shoots, holds up, etc. The PX4 was kind of an obscure gun to me. But hearing Ernest's thoughts on the design, how it shot, how it held up, etc. got me interested. Don't think I'll ever get rid of my PX4cc..... but..... for me, it doesn't really replace a single stack like a P239.
Hence... this.
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I see a lot of XD/XDm at USPSA matches. One of my close friends used to shoot one, and his had serious issues. Of all the major striker fired guns, XDs have been by far the most problematic. I would not choose one for defensive use.
I hope the XDe is a better design, but I would need a lot of convincing.
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I am glad to see some info on this gun. When I first heard of it I thought it may be a modern in production 3913. I haven't heard much about it since.
Who makes holsters that fit this? I was looking into the XDe a year or so ago and wasn’t having much luck from makers that I like (JMCK and Keepers for example). I recently got a G48, as in last week recently, but this is certainly intriguing.
This is why I called it interesting, and said I'd like to hear more.
I'm not against changing my mind, but the XD series doesn't have a great reputation as a duty gun, carry gun, or competition gun in any circles I'm aware of. Fraught with problems would be a fair assessment of Springfield's poly guns in many groups.
This one does fall into a niche that nothing else seems to fill. It's the only single stack, subcompact, 9mm, DA/SA being produced by a large company (that I'm aware of). Thats likely why LTT has made the choice to create a version for their line up.
I get the move, but I'm both surprised and waiting for more information on reliabilty over time and higher round count.
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This is what it will take. The PX4 was a dog on this forum, in no small part because of ToddG’s experience. It took more than Ernest just “fixing it’s shortcomings” to bring the PX4 out of the dark. He also had to shoot tens of thousands of rounds through his personal guns to get people convinced, including me.
And that was starting with a product from a company with a top-shelf reputation for quality. The XD-E doesn’t carry the same baggage as the XD because it’s a different design, but it’s still a Springfield, and that’s the biggest hurdle for it’s adoption (fairly or not).
I’m not in a position to shoot tens of thousands of rounds through anything, so someone else has to do it for me.