Comments on: Springfield XDM .40 S&W

By: Dan m.

Dan m. — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:12:17 +0000

I am looking for an xdm 9mm for around the price you stated in the write up. Any way you could point me towards that direction? And I am looking for a pistol to carry once i get my permit in a couple weeks and my step dad was telling me this would be too big to conceal and i would hate it but i dont think i want a compact pistol. Any ideas or comments are welcome from anyone. Thanks,
Dan

By: mdavis717

mdavis717 — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:11:21 +0000

Sounds like you are not a good shot if you couldn't hit anything with the glock. however, I cannot say anything about the xd's because I have never shot one. I have held one but they are very bulky. I will say they have a lot of safety features offered to the gun but that can be very dangerous to an officer as well.@t

By: NewBlackDak

NewBlackDak — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:55:41 +0000

I bought and XDM .40 last week after shooting a friends xd .40 and handling the xdm in the store. I put 300 rounds the first week. I haven’t owned a handgun in a few years( ast as a 1911 .45), but this thing was a dream to fire. It is very accurate. The trigger pull and reset are the best I’ve seen from a stock gun. I shot a match with it this week, and the grip is incredible. I love the firing position compared to the glock.
2 cons:
My wife has a difficult time with the slide, and she never had that problem when dealing with 1911s.
It’s going to cost me more. It’s such a joy to shoot that I have to get equipment to reload .40!

By: Ron Olson

Ron Olson — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:56:51 +0000

I am also looking for a xdm 9mm. Thank for the information. I got a price of $609.00 is that a good deal’
My buddy has a glock and he said i was out of my mine to buy the xdm 9mm. what do you think
I am also a 23year army guy.
Thank RON

By: Ron Olson

Ron Olson — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:56:51 +0000

By: broncos87

broncos87 — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:26:51 +0000

I recently purchased the xdm 40 for 580.00, went straight to the range and put 60 rounds thru it! it didn’t let me down, i have had a xd40 sub-compact before,its an awesome weapon,the xdm 40 is even better,no jams ,no miss fires,i loved this weapon,its high quality, the price was decent,for what you get,i have not and will not carry any weapon but the xdm,they made a believer out of me 5 yrs ago and i wont go back to any other!!!! this weapon is dead on accurate at 50 ft it was all head shots on the target,several people on range wanted to know what i was shooting,several were active duty army,they were amazed at this weapon, i’m an old navy corpsman,had my experiences, i wish this weapon existed when i was in!!!!

By: t

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:53:07 +0000

@Pat Sounds like your buddy was using some shitty bullets if they were not ejecting properly. I owned a glock 22 for a while and was not impressed by anything it had to offer. Awkward slide to grip angle, wide boxy slide, has some kind of hexagonal rifling in the barrel that claims to increase accuracy and barrel life. ( what a joke on the accuracy part, and as for long life well needless to say it was only around for about 1200 rounds before I traded for the xdm and compared to the match barrel of the xdm at 1200 rounds there was no measurable difference in rifling wear.) The glock also seemed to have a problem with hitting to the left at any reasonable distance but its not that it matters because I couldnt hit a damn thing at over 15 yards with the glock anways. Glock actually had me skeptical about buying an xdm because of the fact that they are polymer guns with a hammerless design and are somewhat similar in design and function. But after I bought the xdm and fired it for the first time my mind was instantly changed. First off the slide to grip angle seemed to be very similar to that of a 1911 which has my favorite ergonomics out of most handguns ive fired. Seems to point where the bullet is going to go and the same goes for the xd. The biggest difference in the two is the accuracy. The glock simply does not even compare to the xdm in overall accuracy. Second biggest difference is the trigger pull. The glock trigger seemed to travel forever before it actually fired and almost a full trigger release was needed to fire the next shot. The xdm trigger on the other hand seemed much better. Much less travel before the break and the trigger only has to be released slightly before another shot can be fired which increased accuracy over the glock requiring less overall movement for a follow up shot thus increasing rapid fire accuracy. The slide of the xd is much smaller than the glock increasing target visibility while aiming down the barrel. The glock has a very squared slide which in my opinion makes the gun look cheap and almost strange looking or ugly you could say. The xdm has a trapazoid shape to it similar to a HK USP thus making see less of the slide and more of the target. The xd also feels good in your hand regardless of hand size thanks to the back straps being adjustable. For those of you that think this makes it "weak" or easy to break well I encourage you to try because that damn thing just aint going anywhere regardless of what you throw at it. Your more likely to break the whole handle off before to break the backstrap or the holding pin falls out. All in all I would recommend the xdm over any model of glock and this ^^^ is only a few of the reasons why. If your looking for a decently priced polymer handgun I advise you to not waste money on a glock. They are not the gun all the hype has made them out to be. After owning my xd 40 for two years now and firing at least 6000 to 7000 rounds through it im happy to say it still fires and retains its accuracy as if it were in its first 1000 rounds. XD has made a believer out of me and I think its safe to say they have also made a gun that will put the glock to shame every time in ergonomics and accuracy, reliability, safety, and overall performance. XDm all the way.

By: john

john — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:12:51 +0000

i have bought a XDM 9mm back last summer of 2009 and i love it. But I have a question about it that i can’t figure out is when i put a full clip in it and just kind of shake it some like in a running motion it rattles but it will not do it with out the clip. So could one of you tell me what would cause that.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:46:28 +0000

absorbtion

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:45:49 +0000

My disappointment comes with the grip. I use the large grip in the palm and need side grips to fill hand. also I like crimsons laser grip but they don’t make it to fit the xdm due to the different size palm grips. I do like the gun itseld and wish it came with adjustable sights. Different palm grips can reduce recoil if made of quality material for absobsion.