XD help

[jackdog]

Most of you know that I love Glocks, but I recently started looking at the XD.
Like the feel of the xd and the grip safety is nice. Trigger does not impress me, but then the glock trigger took some getting used to as well. Reliability is a big issue for me, as my glocks have never let me down. So where can I go to actually shoot the xd. Need some ranges that will rent me the pistol.

[molonlabetn]

I know you're pretty far away from me, and I don't know about the ranges in your area... but if you're ever this way you're welcome to try mine.

Surely there is a range at least in Nashville which has a rental XD?

[skwashdem]

The Sevierville Indoor range has an XD-9 Service for rent, not sure if that's near you, but I do know they have one.

If the XD trigger feels funny, it's probably because it's brand new and hasn't been broken in yet. 100 rounds or so later it will feel noticeably different. My XD's trigger was stiff and heavy for an XD when I bought it. Now, about 3500 rounds later, it's not quite so heavy, and the pull is very crisp IMO.

My take on the XD is that it's a gun that rewards you for shooting it more. The trigger just gets better as you go. One more incentive to shoot it more often.

[Donnie]

I know you're pretty far away from me, and I don't know about the ranges in your area... but if you're ever this way you're welcome to try mine.

Surely there is a range at least in Nashville which has a rental XD?

+1 on that.

[Marswolf]

This brings up an interesting point. Triggers feel different when you are dry firing in a store than they do on the range. Not just triggers either.

I've commented on how different the P7M8 feels when actually shooting it.

The first time I pulled the trigger on an XD-9 sub, it had a round in the chamber. Probably in anticipation of the discharge, I really didn't notice anything particularly different about the trigger pull than the G26 I brought with me and was used to. There is a difference, of course.

Point is, you can't really judge the trigger action on a handgun in the store. You really need to get it out on a range and shoot it.

[molonlabetn]

What Marswolf said... Very true.

One could just about say that some of the best triggers are the ones which you can't feel break when actually firing the gun.

That's the way my Sigs have been, in SA, good 1911s, and the way my XDs have been, once broken-in...

On the other hand... I consider Walther P99s to have a decent trigger, but there is a distinct metallic 'ping' felt upon discharge.

[glockster157]

Try ASP in Joelton TN. They are right off of Exit 35 on I-24 heading into Nashville and they have an indoor pistol range with a good selection of rentals including XD's. The phone # would be 615-876-3010 or 3011

[Punisher84]

If you are near Memphis my range Range Usa has the XD 40 service model for rent. I've had my XD9 sub for almost a year and with at least 2000 rounds through it, it still performs great. I've never had one malfunction.

[jackdog]

Asp would be closer, think i'll give them a call.
Mars you are correct that's why I want to do some live fire testing.
Molon,sss thanks for the offer and the help. I'll let you know how it works out

[Phantom6]

Yeah, what Marswolf said. :up:

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[jackdog]

Phantom6
35 miles west of clarksville. south end of the LBL, or in between Lake barkley and Kentucky lake on 79.

Jackdog

[towerclimber37]

thats some pretty country out that way!