This morning (Thursday) they called me and said that the gun was in. I moseyed out there to pick it up. I was quite excited. I've been shooting with a suppressor for a number of months now, but have never been able to see my sights above the suppressor. We bought this gun to fix that.It comes with suppressor height 3 dot steel sights and a threaded barrel. You can buy it in either .45 Auto or 9mm. The .45 version is all black, and the 9mm has a black slide and FDE frame. The 9mm comes with three 19 round magazines, mag carrier, holster, different sized back straps, and a hard case.
You can get the specs here.
I got it home and cleaned and lubed it with Slipstream. I have to say that this gun is pretty smooth. It is new, so I'm sure it will get smoother after shooting it more and more, but it is already pretty nice. The trigger is really smooth and supple. I like how the trigger safety sits flush with the trigger when it's pulled. I really wish Glock would do that. The grip is a nice size, and is quite comfortable.
A couple of my friends and I took it to the range and put a few rounds through it. By a few, I mean almost three boxes. It's a great shooter.
Very accurate, and the recoil is easily managed. We were shooting at 20 feet and the sights were dead on at that range. The fun thing? Putting the suppressor on it and being able to see the sights. It shot right on with the suppressor. It's pretty awesome to shoot so quietly, and even better that the gun comes set up to do it right out of the box.I've been a big fan of the XDS, and carry that quite often. Daily in fact. This is a great addition to the family. If you have a chance, try out an XDm and see what you think. This really is a fantastic gun. We only had one failure, but that was because we were teaching a friend of ours that has never shot a gun before, and he limp wristed it. No biggie. I let him know what happened, and there wasn't an issue after that.
