Click here to download the catalog as a PDF file. To view this site you need Adobe Flash Player and your browser must allow javaScripts. Go here to get the latest Flash Player. NEW Xd(m) Continued from page 43 match-grade barrel as standard issue in the new model. The frame, slide and even the match barrel are serial numbered the same. This assures that what you have is the way the pistol was built from the factory. The actual barrel length is 4.5" with a slide length being 7.5" overall. Inside The Frame The trigger is much different than the parent XD system. Mechanically it might be the same, but the Super Sport gig definitely applies to the trigger. The new trigger breaks clean and has a very good reset. Historically, people who first shoot the XD talk of the trigger-slackout, fire, reset, and then a bunch of slackout mode again. The new XD(M) works that way but the trigger system is much cleaner both in the break and reset. Disassembly I like the XD grip safety because it could help pre-empt many of the polymer pistol accidental-negligent-stupidyou-pick-the-word discharges. We all know it takes an idiot to do this. Then again there are more idiots being grown on a daily basis, so why have anything that helps the stupid ply their trade? All of this leads to the fact the new XD(M) can be cleared, unloaded, and with the slide to the rear, the disassembly lever can be rotated up, the slide lock released and the slide comes forward off the frame, without having to pull the trigger to do so. So there. Carrying And Shooting The XD(M) comes in a very stout carrying case that should raise the bar on the boxes factory pistols are shipped in. It’s a good pistol and it’s shipped in a high quality solid properly fitting box. If you know me, you know I shot the pistol. As a matter of fact, I shot the pistol a lot and it always worked, and it is way beyond exceptionally good enough to defend yourself with. I think the morphing of the parent XD pistol into the new upgraded and different XD(M) is a very good thing. Points of interest on the XD system have been changed correctly to make improvements — yet not break that were already correct. Springfield has done a great job of making a great pistol morph into a potentially even better pistol by their work on the XD(M). After successfully using the standard Springfield XD a significant amount over the last year, and now being able to use the new Springfield XD(M), well, if the XD is a Chevelle, then the new XD(M) is definitely the Super Sport. WWW.AMERICANCOPMAGAZINE.COM * 63