Two more new weapons; strictly research!

Two more new weapons; strictly research! PICS ADDED

In my quest to own a concealable weapon for every dress occasion, I did the paperwork on a Springfield XD 9 mm subcompact last week. Went to the shop Wednesday to pick up the XD9 subcompact.

While driving to the shop and even while walking through the door, I kept asking myself, "Did I get the right 9mm? Should I have bought the Glock instead?"

Mind you, all this was after doing a lot of research on which is best, the XD or the Glock. What I discovered is a lot of people will claim the Glock is the best while others will claim the XD is the best (as in most reliable). Generally, the best I could determine is, for the most part, those who prefer the Glock do not own an XD and those who prefer the XD do not own a Glock. And, while the Glock has been around longer which might make the Glock claim to greatest reliability more believable, I have not read or heard one bad word about the reliability of an XD. Apparently they just eat whatever you feed them and keep on popping with no squawks or complaints. So, all my listening and reading was for nothing, completely inconclusive.

Walked on into the shop to pick up my XD9 subcompact. It was ready for me and they plunked it on the showcase for me. As fate would have it, my new XD 9 was now sitting on top of the show case directly over a Glock G26 with night sights. Talk about fate! I took the opportunity to handle both of them at the same time. An XD and a Glock in the same caliber and almost the very same size weapons. What a research opportunity!

The salesperson saw the look in my eyes and said, "If I call it in and tell them you want two instead of the one we first called in and give them the serial number of the Glock also, I think you can take both of them home with you."

He then picked up the "call-in" phone, made the call, gave them the info on me and after five minutes, hung the phone up and said, "Yep, you can take both of them home with you."

Now, I didn't really need another 9mm Glock since I already have a G19. But, here is an XD and a Glock of the same size, one in my left hand and the other in my right hand.

A little voice in my head said, "This is the opportunity to learn once and for all, by your own experience, which is best, the XD9 subcompact or the G26."

How could I do anything else but listen to that logical voice, so, I bought an additional 2 mags for the G26 and had 3 of the 4 G26 mags fitted with the factory +2 floor plates, leaving the fourth mag with the original 10 round capacity just in case I should ever want lose a little length of handle by sticking that one in the gun. Then bought two additional hi-cap mags with the grip extensions for the XD just to keep everything the same between the two handguns. Took both the XD9 and the Glock G26 home with me.

Sometimes it gets costly to learn things for yourself.

Jim