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Well, after watching that video, it seems that while your gun will run dirtier with steel cased ammo, and require more cleaning, it probably won't damage it.

If I am wearing an untucked shirt of sufficient length, or a jacket, I *always* carry my XDM Compact OWB using a Crossbreed Snapslide holster. I tend to wear those fishing shirts year round, so it works out pretty well for me. If I am going dressier, and tucking the shirt in or not wearing a...

Personally I would avoid steel cased ammo in a nice firearm like that. Why? Because the firearm was designed with brass cased ammo in mind. Steel cases simply don't have the same expansion properties under pressure as brass cases do, and while the M1A may work with it just fine, I would rather...

Yeah, while I have some paddle holsters, I would never use them for EDC, as they just are not secure enough in many cases, and do not pull the firearm in close enough to the body for concealment. I think it is telling that even Springfield's own store does not offer any type of OWB holster for...

I think .40 is about as high and hard to find as anything else. This article was spot on about 6-8 months ago, but is not at this point of the pandemic. Interestingly, the humble .38 Special and its big brother the .357 Magnum seem to be among the most difficult calibers to find. My nephew only...

Timely, as the wife and I just watched an episode of "Blue Bloods" last night (from season 4) that was about this very topic. Certainly being aware of your environment, versus having your face buried in a phone, are key ways to avoid these type of attacks. And avoiding areas of known problems...

Haha - yeah - this year is different for sure! At my local gun shop, they only recently started restricting ammo sales significantly, with some calibers (.38 and .357 for example) only sold with the purchase of a new firearm. I pick up a box of Hornady Critical Defense or Critical Duty...

Oh - I've never had a failure of any sort with the ammo that I carry around, and I typically only rotate it out of the magazines I use for carry after more than a year - sometimes longer, since I switch up magazines and carry pistols depending on what I am wearing or where I am going. I'm just...

I rotate out the carry ammo because it is not stored in a dry cool ammo box like the rest of my ammo, but is exposed to heat and moisture when riding in my pocket or IWB holsters, depending on what I am carrying. Example is some of the nickel plated defense rounds in my Ruger LCP - the casing...

I have the XDM 5.25 and Compact 3.8, both in 9mm, and they are a pleasure to shoot, and the XDM Compact 3.8 is a pleasure to carry IWB or OWB. I am in no rush to go trade them in for the Elite version, as I am used to both. If your brother can find the XDM in .45acp, its a great pistol. I saw...

Yeah, I don't think I can understand anyone thinking that the skills learned on a full sized pistol would just translate to a pocket pistol or compact EDC without training with the EDC itself. I did choose a XDM Compact 9mm (3.8") as my preferred EDC, as it shoots pretty much just like the XDM...

This comes up from time to time - I think we've discussed it on here before. Last year I ran through a few boxes of .22LR that my mother-in-law found in a closet after my father-in-law passed away in 2014. She gave me his shotgun, an old beat up Marlin .22 rifle, and ammo for both. The 22 ammo...

Thanks - not one of my proudest moments!

The cat door was a flap I had cut and hinged in the wooden garage door, and the cat's bowl was in the garage. The first time it happened, I had gone out to grab the broom, which hung on a set of hooks right next to the door from the house into the garage, and thought I saw the cat eating next to...

I used my Ruger Mark II (.22LR) on a possum one time, which kept coming in the cat door to eat cat food. Does that count?

Late to the game, but I *used* to keep my XDM 5.25 competition pistol in my bedside gun safe. These days, I keep my EDC there - an XDM Compact 9mm. Just makes more sense to put the weapon I carry and use the most in the nightstand. However, when I put it away for the night, I do swap the 13...

Yes - here: http://www.advantagearms.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=XDKits

Very timely article in this current time of high ammo prices and shortages. I've thought of buying one of the rimfire conversion kits for my XDM, or a LCP II in .22LR as a practice weapon for my LCP in .380. For now though, I'm just using my trusty old Ruger Mark II target pistol to practice...

Something that article drove home to me is that while I practice with my carry (both the LCP and the XDM Compact) using a two handed stance and strong hand, I very rarely have ever practice with my weak (non-dominant) hand. That is something to correct when I go to the range. It may be hard...

If those now in control have their way, your CCW will be history, so reciprocity won't be an issue.