XDs...

Went to see my gun guy today just to look around.  I had asked him to give me a call if he gets a used GP100 with a 4" barrel.  He hadn't called, but he had 2 used ones with 6" barrels.  I like the gun, but the 6" is more than I want.  I asked him to keep looking.

I asked if he had anything else that was neat.  He showed me a Winchester model 70 in 300 Remington Ultra Mag.  I said "No thanks".  A little too much for rabbits, if you ask me.

He then showed me the new Springfield XDs.  .45ACP, 5+1, slim and light.  I carry an XD40 Sub Compact, which is a fairly small "full sized" pistol.  The XDs is slightly smaller.  It's thinner.  It's sweet.  He said that they received 3 of them on Friday.  Their first shipment.  They sold one of them Friday night and one yesterday.  I walked away and met the wife out in the mall, ready to head home.  She asked me if I had found anything.  I told her that Blake had a new XDs that's pretty nice.  "Oh?  You didn't buy it?"

I said "no, I didn't have my glasses with me so I wouldn't be able to see to fill out the paperwork".  She told me that my glasses were in the car.   (She was looking at me like I was a dumbass.  You'd have to know her to completely understand. :)

I took that to mean that she thought I should purchase this pistol.

So, they sold their last one today.

It weighs a whopping 19 ounces empty and will fit in the pocket of my baggy shorts.  It really isn't a whole lot smaller than my Sub Compact, but it's slimmer.  1" wide, total.  If you didn't include the slide release or the take-down lever in that width, it's 7/8 inch wide.  It is just a bit shorter from the bottom of the grip to the top of the slide than the .40 Sub.

Fiber optic front sight, 2 white dots at the rear.

I think I'll like it.

I'll be more careful with this one when I go ice fishing, though...  It would be a shame for it to end up at the bottom of the lake with all of my other guns.  Me and ice fishing just don't get along.  ;)

Stay safe.