Springfield Armory XD-E .45 ACP

I'm standing here at ancient city shooting range with the Springfield XDE II now available in 45 ACP. Now, if you're familiar with the XDE, you know that it's unlike a lot of the guns you've seen from Springfield recently in the polymer frame steel slide category because it has an exposed hammer and this gun can be used in a lot of different ways. Now, personally, I still like the striker fire guns but there are people out there and you may be one of them who are considering a gun with a manually operated safety lever and or a double action first poll and or a gun that has an exposed hammer. Some people really like those features and this gun gives you a great way to have those features in a slim single stack, concealed carry defensive gun. Now at standard configuration flush magazine is six rounds of 45 ACP.

You can get one with an extended rest for your pinky If you want more of a full handed grip, six rounds also or you can go with an extended magazine and that extended magazine comes with a sleeve and will hold seven rounds Plus one gives you eight rounds of 45 ACP in a very compact and controllable package. The XDE has a "3.3" inch barrel and again, as I said, it does have an exposed hammer and a manually operated safety lever That is also a decocker what that means that you can carry this gun with a double action first shot and then go subsequently obviously to single action you can carry it with the gun cocked in single action modes so that you take the safety off and you're in single action mode for all your shots when you need the gun or you could even be the gun into double action and keep the safety on for even more redundancy and even more safety when you pull that gun out. Now, personally, I think double action mode would be the way I would suggest that you go if you're going to carry the XDE whether you choose to carry it in 45 ACP or a nine millimeter as was previously released from Springfield armory. The XDE is a very versatile gun It's a reliable gun it's a compact package. And if you're looking for the manually operated safety lever or the exposed hammer it may be the perfect gun for you when it comes to concealed carry.