Any of the single stack competitors? Off of the top of my head the LC9, Shield, PPS and Glock 43 are 20 oz or less.Such as?
Or, heck, a Glock 19 or 26.
But whatever, if you like your heavy 8 shot da/sa, great.
Any of the single stack competitors? Off of the top of my head the LC9, Shield, PPS and Glock 43 are 20 oz or less.Such as?
Wow, go figure that the $900 gun is better than the $400 gun. I think you deserve a promotion to Major, Captain Obvious.The XD-E is unusually heavy for a polymer gun and isnt all that lighter and nearly the same size as a Sig P239, which I find to be a better gun.
The safety is clearly there to be sold in certain states that mandate a manual safety. I do not intend to use it, not do I intend to use a grip safety on Springfield's other pistols, but they insist on including them.I find the trigger OK not great for a DA/SA and the safety completely pointless (unless you want cocked and locked I guess, which might be ok).
End of the day, hard pass from me. If I wanted a DA/SA single stack that size, I'd find a 239. More likely I'd find a compact doublestack like an HK compact to fit that roll, or a CZ RAMI.
I would like that but wouldn't afford the difference in price.I sold mine and replaced it with a compact 9mm 1911, also springfield.
I haven't checked the width on those pistols, but they don't interest me. As to other, lighter single stack pistols you mentioned, the LC9s and PPS M2 are on my list in competition with the XD-E, but the LC9 is very thin and light and being the owner of two LCP's, I can see the recoil of that LC9 being as bad as the LCP and affecting my ability to shoot after 20 rounds.
The PPS I haven't handled yet, no stores near me have one, but many sing its praises for ergonomics, so I haven't ruled it out yet.
I don't care for the G43, too large IMO, and the Shield I'm not all that familiar with.
Bottom line is DA/SA is what I'm after and the XD-E offers it in a small package, albeit a bit heavier than other single stack compacts. Not necessarily a bad thing, it should reduce recoil.
Certainly not too wide to conceal, but that's 30% wider (including the grip).The CZ is about 0.3" wider
Wow, go figure that the $900 gun is better than the $400 gun. I think you deserve a promotion to Major, Captain Obvious.
Definitely -- I've learned over the last year that the CZ (and I'll assume any other gun its size) definitely gets heavy after many hours of lugging it on my belt. And while it is pretty easy to conceal with a good holster, under a T-shirt it's iffy, and at least does put a lump right in the front of my pants :-DCertainly not too wide to conceal, but that's 30% wider (including the grip).
Wow, go figure that the $900 gun is better than the $400 gun.