YAGT - Springfield XD(M) Compact .45ACP

[jcwagers]

Another good source of info on the XDm, is on Hickok45's youtube channel. He shoots a variety of pistols and has spent some time with the XDm as well as the new 5.25 barrel XDm. I don't personally own an XD or an XDM but they look like nice firearms. I can kinda echo some of the complaints in here about the "misleading" part. I'm certain that they make excellent firearms.....they wouldn't be as popular and well-liked if they didn't. I just think that when something says "Springfield Armory U.S.A." on it......and then it says somewhere else on the firearm "made in croatia"....that's a bit of a disappointment. That's just my personal opinion so feel free to agree, disagree, or ignore it. I think if they just marketed them as "Springfield Armory" and left out the "U.S.A." part......I'd be more understanding of it. There's just something that kinda rubs me wrong in a patriotic way to see something with "U.S.A." stamped on it and know that it isn't made here. Just my .02.....

http://www.youtube.com/hickok45

 

[scorp00]

I picked up a Smith and Wesson M&P 45 over xd it felt so much better in my hand and it was made in the USA as opposed to croatia.

 

[pontifex]

Another good source of info on the XDm, is on Hickok45's youtube channel. He shoots a variety of pistols and has spent some time with the XDm as well as the new 5.25 barrel XDm. I don't personally own an XD or an XDM but they look like nice firearms. I can kinda echo some of the complaints in here about the "misleading" part. I'm certain that they make excellent firearms.....they wouldn't be as popular and well-liked if they didn't. I just think that when something says "Springfield Armory U.S.A." on it......and then it says somewhere else on the firearm "made in croatia"....that's a bit of a disappointment. That's just my personal opinion so feel free to agree, disagree, or ignore it. I think if they just marketed them as "Springfield Armory" and left out the "U.S.A." part......I'd be more understanding of it. There's just something that kinda rubs me wrong in a patriotic way to see something with "U.S.A." stamped on it and know that it isn't made here. Just my .02.....

http://www.youtube.com/hickok45

It's the company name...and the company is based in the USA. it doesn't mean it was made in the USA.

 

[jcwagers]

I realize that it's the company name. I think a lot of people have just come to think that when things have a name followed by U.S.A. on it, that it's generally regarded that it's made here. As I said, it's just a patriotic thing, nothing actually against their product other than the name. Again, that's just my opinion though, and I don't expect it to mean anything to anybody else.

 

[BladeVenom]

nutnfancy takes 45 minutes to say what should take 4 - 5 minutes.

Good videos, but long winded.

Could also have done without their musical choices.

 

[Zargon]

Does not really make it any less compact. It's uncomfortable to shoot the original way, especially when the full magazine supports all fingers. You will not shoot a gun as well if you know it doesn't feel right.

that also not what was posted in the OP

either way I thgouth it felt weird when I first shot my g19 w/o the pinky extension, but my groups with and without told me it didnt matter and if you 'cant shoot' without it, its you and your technique, not the gun :whiste:

 

[KillerCharlie]

I picked up a Smith and Wesson M&P 45 over xd it felt so much better in my hand and it was made in the USA as opposed to croatia.

I got an M&P just because I liked the feel of it and how it shot. It definitely feels higher quality than an XD. Being completely designed and built in America is a bonus.

 

[foghorn67]

I got an M&P just because I liked the feel of it and how it shot. It definitely feels higher quality than an XD. Being completely designed and built in America is a bonus.

Not that the barrel needs to be that awesome in a compact shooter, but I made a few notes this weekend. Me and a bunch of buddies went shooting all day on Saturday. Our tradition is to help clean every gun we shot, despite who the owner is. So I stripped down a few M&P's and XD's. I have to say, the build quality is amazing. Looking down the barrel after cleaning/oiling is something else on the M&P. It's like it's lined with mirrors. Cleans up like a nice rifle barrel.