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Just my 2 cents here on XD vs. M&P:

To me the XD is the winner for good looks and feels great in my hands.
I've shot them and like them a lot. In the thread "Real world performance of guns immersed
in water", someone provided a torture test that an XD was put through and it was
a champ. To reprise John Cameron Swayze: It takes a licking and keeps on ticking.
Glocks have also gone through similar torture tests and done well.

To me although I think the M&P has kind of a homely look to its grip, it
also feels good in the hand. The M&P's reliability should be good since it's a S & W,
but I have not seen any literature on torture tests on it.

Massad Ayoob (sp?) has or had a Ruger P345 for his service weapon and liked it,
shooting it in some competition. He has a lot of weapons though, and likes Glocks too.

Good luck making a decision. "So many nice guns. Only so much money available!"

SIA

ronzorelli:
So what did they have to shoot at the range Sunday?

Although I have a Taurus that gets the job done and goes bang reliably,
I believe that if you have the extra $$ to spend, an XD .45 would be the ticket,
rather than a PT145. You can get XD's with longer barrels than the PT145.

I have shot an XD .40 subcompact and it was sweet.

With my Taurus PT-111, I always feel like I have to aim high to get a shot where
I want it, whereas the XD put holes where I was aiming. Just my experience.

SIA