#Xd sub compact 9mm manual#

The XD Sub-Compact has a very short rail, but Insight Technologies showed us a miniaturized light with easy-to-work switches. One of the currently popular features of a tactical pistol is a dust-cover rail on which to mount a white light. I consider this system to be safe to handle. There is also an internal striker blocking safety. If this isn't done, you can't manipulate the pistol in any way. The grip safety must be depressed by a firm grip of the shooter's hand.

#Xd sub compact 9mm manual#

There is no external manual safety, but there are both a trigger safety in the form of a pivoting lever on the face of the trigger and a grip safety high on the backstrap. But the trigger pull is also exactly the same for every shot, and that feature makes for both speed and continuity of operation. It's on the creepy side with a certain amount of overtravel. When the slide cycles, the pistol's internal striker is loaded, which leaves the shooter with a short-arc trigger pull of some seven to eight pounds. This pistol is like all XDs in that it has a tough-to-classify trigger operation, which Springfield refers to as the 'USA' (Ultra Safety Assurance) system. If you can do your part, it sure looks like the gun will cooperate. This situation did not afford me a chance to do a proper accuracy evaluation of the gun, but the informal plate shooting we were doing did not cause me to believe an aimed shot from the new XD was going to strike anywhere other than where I aimed it. My initial shooting evaluation of the Sub-Compact was at Raahauge's during the writer's seminar. As a 9mm, the recoil impulse is short and snappy, which mandates a strong grip and locked wrist for fast repeat shots. It may get to be a bit more of a problem when the gun becomes available in. Nevertheless, I found that I had enough grip to control the gun reasonably well in fast shooting exercises. There's enough space on the butt for about 2 1/2 of my chubby fingers. In the hand, the XD Sub-Compact is a solid, chunky pistol that almost seems a bit top-heavy. That's exactly what we are looking at with the XD Sub-Compact. The handgun maker who offers an effective police service or civilian defense automatic pistol is always well advised to abbreviate the gun in length and height the resulting firearm makes an attractive companion to the bigger gun. Obviously, it is intended to go head-to-head with those popular models. This little pistol, called the XD Sub-Compact, is in the same size class as the Glock G26 and G27 guns. It is a much smaller 9mm pistol with a 3-inch barrel and a shorter butt that accepts a 10-round magazine. This new gun joins the already-available XDs in full-size 4-inch and long-slide 5-inch format. The biggest news is another variation of the explosively popular XD pistol. After four days of shooting Springfield's guns and watching the professionally managed match, I came away with a great respect for the company's product line. It also held the inaugural, open-to-the-public XD Challenge, a pistol match intended to display the virtues of the Springfield XD pistol. At this gun-friendly venue, Springfield unveiled a number of special new products. That's why I jumped at the chance to attend a Springfield writer's seminar held at Raahauge's shooting park near Norco, California, last October. But with Springfield, a company that obviously believes that standing still means getting run over, there's always room for more products. The company's current catalog shows several variations of the M1A and M1 Garand rifles, some high-end scopes, a really wide array of M1911A1-style pistols and a growing family of XD autos. Our present generation of Yankee shooters knows that the name belongs to a family-owned, Illinois-based maker of a diverse assortment of quality firearms. Springfield is a name that rings familiar to the American shooter's ear-and with good reason.