deepdiver
Campaign Veteran
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I'm not going to get into a Glock vs XD pissing match as there is no point in it and I think both are good sidearms, I just personally dislike the ergonomics of Glocks. I will correct a few things though.
While OEM XD parts are still not released by SA, most of the parts can now be replaced by after market parts. It's taken a few years for demand and sales numbers to get high enough on the XDs to make it worth production to after market manufacturers, but they are now getting up to speed. Most commonly broken parts can be purchased including complete spring kits and striker retention pin as well as sear and trigger bar. I'm sure that in years to come that parts availability with be similar.
IMO an XD is slightly easier to detail strip than a Glock IMO having done so with both with the same tools one after the other.
A few years ago, the XD made it to the final round of the Treasury Dpt tests but lost out due to no external safety in the final decision (which was not part of the original requirement) which greatly effected the addition of a manual safety option. Glocks were knocked out 2 rounds earlier due to breakage IIRC in the toss on concrete floor test. Doesn't mean Glocks suck, but does show that XDs can compete head to head. Furthermore, the XDs have been through the same types of torture tests as Glocks and have been just as durable.
Given the nearly identical platform of the Glock and the XD excepting grip angle, backstrap safety and takedown release, and given that the XD has fully supported chambers in all calibers and given that the feed ramp rests on the XD locking block instead of the mag lip as in the Glock reducing kaBoom! likelihood I'm not seeing how the Glock is some uber better fighting platform. I think it really comes down to personal preference.
I'm not going to get into a Glock vs XD pissing match as there is no point in it and I think both are good sidearms, I just personally dislike the ergonomics of Glocks. I will correct a few things though.
While OEM XD parts are still not released by SA, most of the parts can now be replaced by after market parts. It's taken a few years for demand and sales numbers to get high enough on the XDs to make it worth production to after market manufacturers, but they are now getting up to speed. Most commonly broken parts can be purchased including complete spring kits and striker retention pin as well as sear and trigger bar. I'm sure that in years to come that parts availability with be similar.
IMO an XD is slightly easier to detail strip than a Glock IMO having done so with both with the same tools one after the other.
A few years ago, the XD made it to the final round of the Treasury Dpt tests but lost out due to no external safety in the final decision (which was not part of the original requirement) which greatly effected the addition of a manual safety option. Glocks were knocked out 2 rounds earlier due to breakage IIRC in the toss on concrete floor test. Doesn't mean Glocks suck, but does show that XDs can compete head to head. Furthermore, the XDs have been through the same types of torture tests as Glocks and have been just as durable.
Given the nearly identical platform of the Glock and the XD excepting grip angle, backstrap safety and takedown release, and given that the XD has fully supported chambers in all calibers and given that the feed ramp rests on the XD locking block instead of the mag lip as in the Glock reducing kaBoom! likelihood I'm not seeing how the Glock is some uber better fighting platform. I think it really comes down to personal preference.