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March 16, 2018, 07:33 AM | #1 |
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XDE 45 Any one here have one?
I am researching Springfield's XDE 45 and would like to get anyone's experience with them.
How do you like it? Accuracy? Reliability? Function? I tend to gravitate toward hammer fired weapons and am looking at the possibility of getting a smaller 45 acp than my FNX 45 and Bersa 45. The XDE 45 catches my eye and I have only fondled a 9mm version. I guess I am trying to move up from a wish to a NEED.... |
March 17, 2018, 06:08 PM | #2 |
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I've fired one, but I'm majorly biased against subcompact .45s and Springfield. That said, it wasn't a bad gun if that's what you are looking for and don't mind funding a traitorous company.
I, too, prefer DA/SA with a hammer spur. It was noticably easier for me to rack than my Shield. Say what you will about me, but I found the recoil unnecessarily punishing, but again, I feel that way about every sub compact .45acp. I am definitely not inclined to add one to my carry rotation. |
March 19, 2018, 08:06 PM | #3 |
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Thanks!
I'll stick with my 40s....I may have too many guns now. I have a Shield 40 and after an Apex trigger kit the thing shoots pretty good. With arthritis in my hands, racking the slide on the Shield is tough. |
March 21, 2018, 06:45 PM | #4 |
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I don't mean to snipe at you, dontcatchmany, but I do wonder about having arthritic hands and yet shooting the Shield in .40 caliber
Anyway, I bought the XDe specifically for the easy-to-rack slide, expecting that later in my life I might have not be able to rack every slide. Heck, even 10 years ago I could barely do it on a new Browning HiPower. John Moses Browning must have been a weight lifter! Bart Noir Who is starting to dislike the label "Senior Member"
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