JesseM

40 makes a lot of sense if you are going to reload and if you want to use the gun in limited. (I don't know a lot about 40 but I've been told to make it meet major you need to load it a bit hotter than most factory loads come, so if I'm wrong about that then it wouldn't matter.) I can also use the 45 in limited-10 without being at any sort of serious disadvantage. And in IDPA CDP the rules are must be 45 and the XDM was still far far less than any 1911 I'd want to buy to run seriously. I don't know if the bowling pin matches I go to are regulation but the 40 didn't seem to give them quite knock that the 45s did, a lot of the guys with 40 were struggling to get them off the table. I will say that I like the XDm 5.25 in 45 enough that I am seriously contemplating getting another one in 9mm and tricking it out so I can used it in both IDPA ESP and USPSA Limited just using different magazines.

I bought an XDM 5.25 in 45 for almost the exact same reason. I needed a 45 for pin shoots that started happening locally. I'm primarily a Glock guy so I looked at the Glock 21 but couldn't find one at my local GSSF shop and I found the idea of paying full retail for a Glock unappealing. Eventually I drifted to the 5.25 because it has a few competition features on it from the start. I like it quite a bit but I've only had it about a week so I've only shot 200 round so far so not exactly a lot of experience with it but I'll give you my impression. The trigger is smooth and breaks pretty clean and the reset is audible but a bit longer than I'm used to with the Glock, not necessarily long, just longer than I'm currently used to. The trigger is not completely dead after you drop the striker, so dry fry is going to be very easy. Came form the factory with the smallest backstrap on it and it actually feels like a good size. With the small one the back is very straight, not much of a hump. It didn't feel that large until I went from the XDm to the Glock 17 and then the Glock felt small. The grip itself is a bit smoother than even a Glock, I've invested in some of the grip tape for it. The magazine release works from both sides which I love because I use my index finger on my strong hand to depress the release. I got an extended mag release which makes it even easier. The interesting thing is that it not only moves laterally it also rotates. Looking at the mechanism it makes sense why, it's the way they made it ambi, there's this little paddle thing inside the magwell that pushes out of the way. It's hard to describe. Not really any advantage or disadvantage just kind of neat. The sights are very nice. The front sight is a big wider than I'd probably like but I don't think it bothers me enough to go through the trouble of changing it... at least not yet. The rear right is fantastic. Fully adjustable, with a flat black serrated rear blade is my preferred setup though so your mileage might vary. I thought I would hate it but the grip safety isn't as bad as I thought. I have never once noticed it was even there which is probably the kindest thing I can say about it. You can get a larger one though if you are concerned. It made me change the way I show clear vs how I show clear with my Glock but the addition of the front serrations on the slide made it easy. The muzzle flip wasn't as bad as I thought it would be for a 45. It's definitely more than a 9mm Glock 17 but it's not wild or uncontrollable by any stretch. So I bought it just to use in pin matches and now I'm thinking about running it in some IDPA matches in CDP. I wish you lived closer I'd tell you to bring a box of 45 and give mine a go.

Does anyone know if an XDM45 will fit in the box with the Pistol Gear Patriot magwell on?

That's sexy as hell. I ordered the small patriot model because it's the largest one that will let it fit in the box with the 45ACP frame size. It's going to be my CDP gun.

How difficult is it to blend it?

That's good to know, I was looking at the pistol gear magwells with the dawson basepads. Though the pistol gear mag extensions hold more so I was looking at those too, anyone have any input on the pistol gear mag extensions?

The rule has to work for all guns. If half a pound isn't enough of an advantage, then where do we draw the line? More importantly, do we want ROs having to memorize lists of guns that may or not be at half-cock? Are the guns designed to be carried that way? A blanket rule is the only one that will realistically get reinforced. Any of you who are uncomfortable decocking a gun at Make Ready have other choices you could make.... While I understand what you're saying how can you call the class "Production" and say that how the manufacturer of the gun designed the gun to be carrier isn't acceptable? CZ designed the decocker on my 75BD so that I could decock the gun safely and carry it that way. I believe Nik was addressing those who do not like having to fully manually decock guns that are not equipped with a decocker. That is the blanket portion of the rule. If the gun has a decocker, you must use it. If your gun doesn't have a decocker, you must fully decock manually. Jonathan's got it -- the rule says "fully decocked" for guns without a decocking lever; and wherever the decocker leaves the hammer for guns with a decocker... Really? Because I was telling a guy at my local club about how I was thinking about shooting my CZ-75BD in production for some matches and he was adamant that I would have to manually drop the hammer and fire it from DA and that the half-cock position the decocker leaves it in is not sufficient.

The rule has to work for all guns. If half a pound isn't enough of an advantage, then where do we draw the line? More importantly, do we want ROs having to memorize lists of guns that may or not be at half-cock? Are the guns designed to be carried that way? A blanket rule is the only one that will realistically get reinforced. Any of you who are uncomfortable decocking a gun at Make Ready have other choices you could make.... While I understand what you're saying how can you call the class "Production" and say that how the manufacturer of the gun designed the gun to be carrier isn't acceptable? CZ designed the decocker on my 75BD so that I could decock the gun safely and carry it that way.

I was actually concerned about how dirty the frame would get after lots and lots of 22 so I was thinking of getting a dedicated Kadet pistol so I didn't have to worry about mucking up the 9mm frame. This post reaffirms that instinct.

So the general consensus is that you can in fact use the XDm 5.25 in 45 for CDP in IDPA? I don't know of any reason why you couldn't but I wasn't sure.

Semi serious question. What do I do if I can't beat any of the par times listed as novice?