The “X-Tended Mag”, as Springfield calls it, adds two rounds to the initial load out of the pistol and in doing so extends the base of the magazine well beyond the bottom of the hand. That fact pleases me because I always have had a fondness for the “Combat Commander”, having carried one off duty for several years as a LEO. To me, the entire pistol feels more like a “Combat Commander” 1911A1-style pistol with the “Mid Mag” installed. I do know that I favor the “Mid Mag” because when inserted in the magwell, the bottom of the magazine is at the bottom of my hand. My particular pistol came with a 7-round flush fitting magazine and an 8-round magazine that Springfield calls their “Mid-Mag.” Why the change-up on magazines? I simply do not know. Waht You Get With the Springfield “Single-Stack Summer” Offer (+ A Case To Store It All)Īpparently, earlier deliveries of the XDs 4.0 9mm came with two magazines a 7-round flush fitting magazine and a 9-round extended magazine. Surprisingly, I did not miss the Pierce magazine Extender on the XDs 4.0 9mm something that I use for the XDs 4.0 45. The little finger of my shooting hand wasn’t all tingly as it is when shooting the XDs 4.0 45. The felt recoil of the XDs 4.0 9mm is vary light and manageable. While heavy may not be desirable in a compact carry pistol, it is highly regarded when firing one.
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Regardless, the XDs series of pistols are regarded as the heavier of many sub-compact pistols available. Performance differences may be due to the thicker, heavy barrel or slightly heavier weight of the XDs 4.0 9mm over the XDs 4.0 45. Performance is quite different in both pistols, aside from the obvious caliber differences. I had this in mind when I took the XDs 4.0 9mm to the range for the first time. Overall, the outside dimensions of both the XDs 4.0 9mm and XDs 4.0 45 are the same as are all the controls. There are a few notes regarding the Springfield XDs 4.0 9mm pistol worth mentioning. I had written a review on the XDs 3.3 and 4.0 45 (see, REFERENCES) and the XDs 4.0 9mm pistol is so closely related to the 45 version that I felt no compulsion to write a review of this pistol.
I really wasn’t going to do a review on the Springfield XDs 4.0 9mm pistol.
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