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Nice, It's nice to see a new designed SA/DA come out. I will be concidering this gun after we learn a little more.

Meh. After the recall few years back I lost my appetite for XD line. I will stick to the big three for my personal carry...Sig, Glock or H&K.

Omg...it says "grip zone."

I rather like their grip safeties, so them removing that for a manual safety - unless there is a version without it, think I'll pass on this one. I've been meaning to pick up a XD Mod 2 - while the 'grip zone' being written on the grip is really effing retarded, I really like the feel of it.

http://www.guns.com/2017/04/28/springfi ... de-pistol/

OK I'm a bit interested....

ETA:
Wonder if they'll have a full size version of this coming in the future? I personally like carrying decocked, no safety, with one in the chamber sometimes. But my 809 doesn't conceal well.
Well, before I lost it in that boating accident.

AJSully421 wrote:After the "Grip Zone", I will never own one of their products. Ever.

what was the problem with that one? or just the look of it written all over the handle?

this one interests me more than any of the xd/xds models ever did but i dont really need one

I'm a bit interested as well as Springfield builds good stuff. I had an xds 45 that I let go that I shouldn't have. I think if this pistol were the same size as the xds I would have trouble resisting, but according to springfield's site the xde is about 1/2" taller in the grip and a bit heavy. I love my p938 and my p30sk, I really don't need the xde as it is larger/heavier than my little sig and has less capacity than my p30sk. That is my personal situation but I'm quite sure this pistol will be a perfect fit for many. I have always been impressed by the xd line quality.

Surfer

It's actually my drill and I can never get over it.

surferdaddy wrote:Omg...it says "grip zone."

But if it doesn't say "grip zone" how do you know where you are supposed to put your hand?

Soccerdad1995 wrote:

surferdaddy wrote:Omg...it says "grip zone."

But if it doesn't say "grip zone" how do you know where you are supposed to put your hand?

This always confuses me on all my other firearms.

surferdaddy wrote:It's actually my drill and I can never get over it.

does it conceal well? or open carry it?

TexasJohnBoy wrote:

Soccerdad1995 wrote:

surferdaddy wrote:Omg...it says "grip zone."

But if it doesn't say "grip zone" how do you know where you are supposed to put your hand?

This always confuses me on all my other firearms.

Well there's that long skinny part that looks like it would be easy to grab. My hands are kinda big, though so I usually just grab the shorter thicker part instead. Now if they would just come out with a gun that told me where to put the bullets. Maybe a "bullet zone" engraving?

After seeing the emails from Springfield this morning, I thought that this looks like it could be carried cocked and locked for all SA firing, not necessarily DA/SA.
So I called Springfield and asked for customer service. I asked a lady who answered if it could truly be carried 1911 style, and used SA only.
She went into a dissertation between the differences between DA and SA, what each one meant, etc. I told her that I understand the difference, I just wanted to know if this gun could be carried for SA only work. Since it is advertised as DA/SA, it seems like it is maybe only set up for DA first round capability.
We were totally on different pages. I didn't want or need for her to explain to me things I already knew, and she didn't understand that I had a simple question.
Maybe I should have asked to speak with a gunsmith there.

RossA wrote:After seeing the emails from Springfield this morning, I thought that this looks like it could be carried cocked and locked for all SA firing, not necessarily DA/SA.
So I called Springfield and asked for customer service. I asked a lady who answered if it could truly be carried 1911 style, and used SA only.
She went into a dissertation between the differences between DA and SA, what each one meant, etc. I told her that I understand the difference, I just wanted to know if this gun could be carried for SA only work. Since it is advertised as DA/SA, it seems like it is maybe only set up for DA first round capability.
We were totally on different pages. I didn't want or need for her to explain to me things I already knew, and she didn't understand that I had a simple question.
Maybe I should have asked to speak with a gunsmith there.

The safety does double duty as a decocker, There is no grip safety. Carrying this with the safety off, and the hammer cocked would be risky IMHO.