XD-E: Your First Carry Gun

[Mike H.]

Hello all, here is today's article posted on TheArmoryLife.com. It is titled XD-E: Your First Carry Gun and can be found at https://www.thearmorylife.com/xd-e-your-first-carry-gun/.

 

[EL LOBO]

I had one of these in .45 ACP not my first carry gun but I carried it off and on for a year. It was a good shooter.

 

[somorris]

Last night, I read an article on Lucky Gunner's site in which he said he had gone back to a DA/SA pistol. He had several reasons, but safety was definitely on the list.

Reading articles like the one linked makes me think maybe I am not crazy afterall.

 

[ca survivor]

I had one, the DA trigger reach was too long for me, finding myself carrying C&L, so I rather carry a 1911 then, traded for a Sig 365, now looking for a XDs II in 9mm so I can use the XDe magazines I have.

 

[MarkAndrewEdwards]

I know this is basically an ad, but I can't endorse an DA/SA pistol as someone's 'first carry gun'. That manual safety requires hundreds, maybe thousands of hours of practice to master.

Someone's first carry gun should not have a manual safety; a striker fired pistol like a Glock 19, XD9, etc is a much better choice in my experience.