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Originally Posted by k9870
The general consensus is the XD trumps glock. I haven't shot an XD but know a couple people who love theirs, one a 9mm and one a 45 with 13 round mag, which is pretty cool.
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It has a much better grip. That's always welcome. However, it's not quite as well-made as the Glocks (the finish on the XD's slide apparently doesn't last as long as the Tenifer coating on Glocks, though that shouldn't matter to any civilian).
I also find it a tiny bit odd that nobody really gave a shit about the XD back when it was produced by the Croatians (as the HS2000), but as soon as Springfield renamed it the XD, it suddenly became THE handgun everyone wanted. I sometimes wonder if this is because Americans needed to feel like the Europeans hadn't outdone them in the ability to produce good handguns (because let's face it...nobody was able to admit honestly that they liked Ruger's or S&W's polymer pistols).