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alex0535 · January 18, 2013, 07:03 AM

I still need to get my ccp, when I get one I will be looking for a carry handgun.

My considerations going into it are reliability, ease of concealment, accuracy, and stopping power.

An XD-S is an object of desire. Little gun, lot of punch. I wish the capacity were a little higher but its a little gun, and the capacity is the same as my other immediate option, an old S&W Model 36 .38 special. I have a feeling that I would rather have the XD-S if a situation occurred that I felt I needed it.

I would want to put a a few hundred rounds through it before I started to carry it, both to familiarize myself with it and I would reconsider it as a carry piece if it gave me any hint of not being reliable.

January 18, 2013, 07:03 AM	#33
alex0535 Senior Member Join Date: November 4, 2012 Location: Georgia Posts: 908	I still need to get my ccp, when I get one I will be looking for a carry handgun. My considerations going into it are reliability, ease of concealment, accuracy, and stopping power. An XD-S is an object of desire. Little gun, lot of punch. I wish the capacity were a little higher but its a little gun, and the capacity is the same as my other immediate option, an old S&W Model 36 .38 special. I have a feeling that I would rather have the XD-S if a situation occurred that I felt I needed it. I would want to put a a few hundred rounds through it before I started to carry it, both to familiarize myself with it and I would reconsider it as a carry piece if it gave me any hint of not being reliable.