Compactness with “shootability” and firepower define Springfield Armory XD(m) at Backup Gun Match (BUG), mounting a compact light/laser unit. the month: Compact .357 SIG with optional thumb safety mostly, a longer-barreled Performance Center 9mm for part of it, using the latter in a couple of IDPA matches along the way (first Master & Second Master finishes, no complaints). Around Christmas I got sentimental and carried a 3" .357 Combat Magnum for a few days, then went back to plastic. January and February I carried mostly Glocks; G31 on home turf, with 1,400+ fps Speer Gold Dots that expand even when they go through winter clothing, and delicious longrange accuracy. In “frozen wasteland” country during deep winter I carried the Glock 30 in .45 ACP with big, fat bullets that stay big and fat even if they clog in heavy clothing and fail to expand. In places where 10-round magazines were required, the 10+1 capacity G30 .45 let me keep my selfrespect without going to “Clinton magazines,” and still feel good about myself. I did OK at matches I shot with Glocks during that period (G17, won Stock Service Pistol division, First Coast IDPA 2/11; G30SF, took second in MajorSub category, Orlando GSSF 2/11). In “glove weather,” the NY-1 trigger-pull option on the Glock is just right for self-defense when the finger can’t perfectly feel the trigger. Springfield XD series got in there too, came in third overall with the XD(m) Subcompact at a state BUG (Back Up Gun) championship, and a XD .45 ACP with SureFire light spent a lot of time at bedside. HKs? Great accuracy. Walthers? Slim, shoot sweet. Kahrs? Wonderful triggers for street needs. Glock, XD and M&P are the dominant sellers. The XD gives me the best trigger reach, the Glock “points” the best for me and the M&P is—subjectively, for me—somewhere in between. Try ’em all. One or the other will pull your trigger. And in the end, my brother geezers, remember: Efficiency is one of the “old values.” WWW.GUNSMAGAZINE.COM NM A4 / 20 INCH BARREL NM A2 / 20 INCH BARREL LE Home Hunt Target GET YOURS NOW AT www.rockriverarms.com 9
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