xdmfan

I've got the Blade-Tech Signature OWB - fits the OSP fine.

I've had a couple of Arredondo extended base pads and then later a couple of Taran Tactical because I preferred metal. All four worked well for awhile, then all four started having problems where the follower seemed to be hung up, rounds not coming up, causing misfeeds, of course during matches. I've never had any such issues with pure factory mags, and never have to clean them. Holding the springs compressed with a thin screwdriver to get the base pads on isn't difficult, but how do you get them off without mangling the springs? I know no way of depressing the spring to clear them out of the way, and I know they're getting bent up a bit and probably damaged if I force the issue. Is there something easy I'm overlooking.

Depends on what you use it for. If you're leisurely punching holes at the range, the factory sights will be fine, in fact more accurate than the Dawson. If you're in competition and need to get a fast sight picture, and "good enough" fast, tactical accuracy, you want something narrower.

Another for Dawson .100. For older eyes such as mine definitely helps. In the opposite direction, I have Tru-Glo TFOs on a couple of XDM Compacts, and there is almost no gap in the sights, which is noticeably slower to pick up. I do okay in IDPA with them where the distances are short, and aim not as critical, but the Dawson's are faster.

I was shooting the Freedom Munition 180gr, which seems to be factory loaded to just barely make major, which is good. Now that they are in bankruptcy and the QC on their ammo has reportedly gone down the toilet, I'll have to find something else when my stash runs out. I don't shoot USPSA enough to bother reloading for it, just 9mm.

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The extra length on the 5.25 doesn't matter since there's no sight radius considerations. I've got a Venom on mine, like it. I've only competed a couple of times, definitely needs some getting used to acquiring the sight picture quickly.

Having the slide machined to a particular optic would be a little like the tail wagging the dog. If the battery life is really as you say I may as well get a DeltaPoint Pro which has the motion feature and a multi-month battery life in addition to OSP support. My aim was a rig I could shoot some in Carry Optics, and have as a nightstand gun where I could depend on it to come on when needed without a switch, and not have a dead battery. I didn't want to spend $500-600 for the high end dots. At least in a pushbutton bedside safe the optic won't be coming on all the time to drain the battery. I pick up the OSP tomorrow from the transfer but will throw my Venom on it for the short term.

Based on my research this is my best option, combining motion activation with 50k hour battery life and other features I want. The problem is mounting it. According to Sig it probably does not match any of the OSP plates. A Romeo 3 mounts to an RTS mount, but Sig tells me they're different mounts despite similar size bases. For a lot more money Sig sells a kit that fits the XDM dovetail, but I don't want that, besides which then I didn't need an OSP. Does anyone have any insights on this?

I've used 9mm in .40 with no problems whatsoever, shooting many matches that way. I have the 140mm extensions installed on 9mm bodies, so when I shoot major I use those for .40.

My non-scientific data says I see slightly more XDMs now then when I started three years ago. I love my 5.25 9mm so much I went major with a 5.25 .40 last year. Despite all the bad press about how a .40 is tougher to shoot I can shoot it as comfortably and well as my 9. Like others have said, there will always be a segment chasing the latest fad. Add to that, the market is much more fragmented now. My spin on Glock is there are are so many more aftermarket parts because the gun needs so much more work to be right!

I put about 80rds through it today without a bobble. Perfect!

Figured better to revive an old thread than start a very similar one. Just got a 5.25 .40 to shoot major starting this coming Saturday. Between having dropped a ton on gun gear recently and trying to watch $$ a bit and not having time this week to swap a PRP trigger and stuff from an unused XDM, I figured to put the .40 upper on my 5.25 9mm lower with a PRP Ultimate Match and a few other goodies. A guy on the Facebook XDM page said he'd done similar without problem but the admin suggested calling Springfield. I expected Springfield to give a lawyerly CYA answer, which they did. She said it won't work, then softened to there might be problems, including the slide being hopelessly stuck on the frame, suggested there were differences in the lowers, but when pressed couldn't tell me what they were. So, I'm reassured from this thread that I'm not going to have a ruined gun, unless someone has some updated experience to the contrary. Does the .40 use a heavier spring, if so what weight? I'm running a 16(?)lb on my 9mm. I'm guessing that I ought to at least swap the .40 spring into it?

Great insights. I've heard some negative comments about striker-fired guns before, but in this field you've got a million opinions and you can always find something negative about anything. That said, I'd seen something awhile back about DA/SA making a bit of a comeback. Who knows? Maybe because I'm not a top level shooter, if there's muddy ground or puddle I take an extra fraction of a second to not drop my mag in it, so I've very rarely gotten any grit on one, certainly not to the point of tearing it down. It always amuses me to see some guys with the high dollar race guns getting tripped up with mag issues. I want say "just get an XDM and be done with it!"

So I'm not sure what you're saying. I hadn't heard that the XD has an inherently better trigger than an XDM, and even if it did, once you're talking aftermarket it all goes out the window. I've got PRP Ultimate Match kits in both my 5.25s. One feels a little better than the other, both way better than stock, which left me wondering if a professional who knew what they were doing it installed them (I did them) whether they'd both be even better. It seems the CZ is a step back, not forward. I've shot some SSP IDPA with my old Ruger P95DC, and having a long, hard first pull followed up by easy single actions is not the hot ticket to shooting consistently. I always wondered why in competition, where shot-to-shot consistency is the goal, why people use DA/SA guns, but then there's a lot I still don't know. Sounds like you need another XDM with a better trigger job than the first. I'm curious about your mag comment. I've competed with over 10k rounds (not much compared to many) without ever disassembling or cleaning my mags, with no problems whatsoever. They've always, even new, binded when loading, where you really have to push down on the bullet nose every 5-10rds to snap them free to finish loading, but since they've all done that since new I figured it was af characteristic of them and has no impact on feeding.

Well I guess I've been right to be Limited because my mag release has an enlarged button. I may switch that to something else then. Thanks.

Okay, now I'm a bit confused. I've not been at this too long, but have been running my 5.25 in Limited. It's got a PRP Ultimate kit, Mag-Tech mag release, solid steel guide rod, .100" front. I thought if the mod was visible it knocked you out of Production, and that the over travel hump on the Ultimate trigger and the mag release would do it, but JWard79 names both as legal for Production.

I'd contacted Fisher to verify which version to order, telling them I had a 5.25, and they said the 5.25 wouldn't fit. Looking at their pics, if a 4.5 works a 5.25 ought to - same nose geometry, just longer. It's not like the MGW tool where you have a clamp for the internal slide rails. Grrrr. Who knew this could be this damn aggravating? I'm tempted to buy their tool and give it a whirl, or re-order the SightMaster Pro, which I had managed to cancel. The mfg of that said it would do a 5.25, and that his son did his 5.25 with it. Maybe I can start renting it out!

I'll order another .225 for my other 5.25. I couldn't get the first one installed yet until I get a tool in. Earlier today I went ahead and ordered a Sightmaster Pro ( http://www.glockstore.com/tools-1/sightmaster-pro ) which was more than I wanted to spend but is supposed to work well with almost anything. Maybe I will return or do the sights and sell, buying a more basic one later for other work. The Fisher looks like the basic SighMaster with a bunch of extra spacer blocks thrown in. Darn. I was thinking the more basic tool but I read people were having some problems with the one included spacer. The Fisher looks like a great solution without breaking the bank.

As I'm thinking about it, better to err on the side of a little taller than stock than same or a little shorter. I may have to raise the rear sight adjustment a bit, but a lower front would force a lower rear, and my rear is already down most of the way, so I may run out of adjustment in that direction if I change loads in the future. I'm hoping I've got a fair amount of upward adjustment in the mechanism - will play with later.

First of all, for some reason, the search function here isn't working last night or today, with any browser, so can't bring up the old threads discussing front sight replacement, but I previously written down that many had replaced the wide factory fiber with a Dawson .225T by .100" and were happy with the result. I ordered one and it arrived. I just removed my old sight and measured it as about .215T, and as a sanity check, my new one measures the advertised .225, plus appears slightly taller when held side-by-side. Is there a reason you all went with a taller sight, or should I return this and buy a .215x.100, which they do sell? Just curious as to why you'd go taller, or did they perhaps not have a .215 back then, since the threads were a couple of years old? On a related note, since I own many XDMs of different sizes, I sprung for a MGW sight tool for about $120, figuring it'd be a worthwhile investment for doing multiple sight changes. I first used it on a 4.5 and it worked great. Last night I discovered it won't fit a 5.25. Major bummer! I went back and checked many on-line seller's descriptions before I found one that mentioned it doesn't fit the 5" and longer barrels. I never could find a site for MGW. I had a fun time whacking the old site out, even after soaking in Kroil. I hosed up the dovetail edge of the sight enough that I may as well have cut it out. Does anyone know if any of the other sight tools fits a 5.25? I could sell this one and get most of my money back.

Or you may be able to bring the XDM's jumpiness under control with a solid guide rod, reduced spring, etc. I'm a new convert to solid guide rods - could definitely see some improvement in keeping the sights on target.

The match went well, my best finish ever. The gun did seem easier to control. I think there was a slight POI shift, hitting maybe 1+" higher at 15yd, but can't be sure. Next job is to find a better sight setup for my 5.25. I've gone back to shooting a 4.5 I bought awhile back (which is what I put the guide rod in) to which the previous owner installed Dawson adjustable sights, and I just like that picture a little better than the 5.25 sights and just shoot that gun better. For some reason the less expensive PRP Drop-in kit he'd installed feels better than the PRP Ultimate Match Kits I installed in both my 5.25s - go figure.

I just got my new solid steel GR from PRP and was hoping to shoot it in tomorrow's steel match, but I don't have 1.5+hrs this afternoon to drive to the range and test it and possibly re-sight it. Do these change POI at all? I wouldn't think so, but I've been wrong before.

That's exactly what I figured and wanted to hear. I contacted PRP a couple of months ago and whomever responded told me I was out of luck. I was going to try their parts other than the springs and see what happens. Now I feel much better.