Thanks!
I sincerely appreciate all the feedback! I usually come to this forum before making any trade because 1) I'm not a firearms expert. and 2) I value the opinion of seasoned shooters like you all.
Before I even had a chance to check back here to see what replies my question got, I turned down the offer. And boy, am I glad I did.
My XDs does fall into the recall. I need to send it out to get fixed up. I actually printed my shipping label yesterday and plan to send it out this week sometime. Upon return from Springfield, I'm not sure what I want to do with it.. I bought this with all intentions of using it as a primary carry weapon. I loved the size and ease of concealment. When I bought it, the 9mm version was not available. I wish I had waited, I prefer carrying 9mm for many different reasons. I shot about 600 rounds through my XDs without issue and trusted my life with for about 6 months until I received notice about the recall. Had the recall been a small upgrade to the weapon, I wouldn't be so concerned. However, the message "IMMEDIATELY UNLOAD YOUR WEAPON AND DO NOT LOAD AGAIN" kind of turned me off. Not sure I could ever fully trust this weapon again (even having never had a real issue with it myself).
That being said, I will be sending it out to Springfield and hanging on to it for the time being. Currently carrying my Kahr T9, my most trusted pistol, but not my most concealable. Thoughts on the XDs situation? (I'm sure there are threads all throughout here covering this topic, just wondering what you all think here)