Tweet
I've been .45-less for several months after selling my Kimber Ultra CDP II and concentrating on 9MM, specifically Kahr and Glock. I visited my LGS / indoor range yesterday for some quality time with the PM9 and to give my son a chance to shoot his new to him PM9. We both came off the range all smiles.
Subsequent to the range we did the obligatory perusal of the showroom to see what, if anything, was new. Nope, nothing, nada, zilch. Wait a minute! What's that in the corner? A pair of Springfield XDs .45 pistols, one black and one two-tone. Boy that balck one would be nice to have and coincidentally, the XDs has been creeping into my thoughts the past few weeks. But thoughts was as far as it got. By the time we got home and settled down, the thoughts returned with a vengence. Somebody actually had one in stock at a reasonable price. Now they were not only thoughts, but desires. I returned to the store several hours later, only to find the black one had sold fifteen minutes prior. As I stood looking as if I'd just lost my best friend, the sales associate asked one of the managers if there were any more of the black XDs in the back. Lo and behold there was one left. The transaction was consumated in a flash and away I went.
Qualified with it today so I'm within rules & regs for off duty carry and also picked up a seven round magazine. This is one bad @$$ accurate little pistol that is a blast to shoot. It'll be a fantastic addition to my current carry choices.
To make things even better, I had sent a Shield 9 magazine to our very own Beardog asking him to make me a magazine pouch for it. The pouch arrived today and is typical Beardog quality. A few days ago I relinquished custody of the Shield to my son who enjoys carrying it much more than I. He agreed the magazine pouch was a quality item, but had no interest in actually carrying one. So I got the idea of trying the XDs magazine in the Shield 9 pouch. Perfect fit. I win again!
Subsequent to the range we did the obligatory perusal of the showroom to see what, if anything, was new. Nope, nothing, nada, zilch. Wait a minute! What's that in the corner? A pair of Springfield XDs .45 pistols, one black and one two-tone. Boy that balck one would be nice to have and coincidentally, the XDs has been creeping into my thoughts the past few weeks. But thoughts was as far as it got. By the time we got home and settled down, the thoughts returned with a vengence. Somebody actually had one in stock at a reasonable price. Now they were not only thoughts, but desires. I returned to the store several hours later, only to find the black one had sold fifteen minutes prior. As I stood looking as if I'd just lost my best friend, the sales associate asked one of the managers if there were any more of the black XDs in the back. Lo and behold there was one left. The transaction was consumated in a flash and away I went.
Qualified with it today so I'm within rules & regs for off duty carry and also picked up a seven round magazine. This is one bad @$$ accurate little pistol that is a blast to shoot. It'll be a fantastic addition to my current carry choices.
To make things even better, I had sent a Shield 9 magazine to our very own Beardog asking him to make me a magazine pouch for it. The pouch arrived today and is typical Beardog quality. A few days ago I relinquished custody of the Shield to my son who enjoys carrying it much more than I. He agreed the magazine pouch was a quality item, but had no interest in actually carrying one. So I got the idea of trying the XDs magazine in the Shield 9 pouch. Perfect fit. I win again!
I am addicted to brake fluid...don't worry I can 
. I could use some of that.
Comment