Thread: why am i more accurate with my XD45c than my XDM40?

Quote: Originally Posted by mp3mogul I can shoot the wings off of a fly with my XD40SC... no not really... but here I fired 50 rounds through my XD40SC at 25 yards.... this pistol is superbly accurate... This is my favorite CCW, and I carry it daily. I have just started adding my two XD45's to my rotation... they are accurate... but not quite this accurate at 25 yards.... I absolutely LOVE my XD40SC... it's my favorite handgun......

Quote: Originally Posted by Ezra Smack Longer sight radius? The XDm has a longer sight radius than a XD45C. The barrel is 1/2" longer, and (assuming stock sights) the rear sight on the XDm goes clear to the back of the slide, the XD sights do not. I believe between the barrel and the sights, the XDm has close to 3/4" longer sight radius.

Quote: Originally Posted by 1lowlife Because the 40cal round is too snappy. Too much upward muzzle flip.............. The 45ACP has a nice smooth push back, rear-ward recoil... Just my opinion....YMMV.. DING DING DING....We have a winner

The Guiderod shouldn't effect reliability except make it better probably, and properly chosen, same with the Spring.

I gotta say i agree with you. I shoot the xd 45c as well if not more accurate than my xdm 9 which i definatily put more rounds through. I can control the xdm better though, but thats more a caliber issue and the muzzle rise. but in slow fire i can aim better with the xd

i went from a .45c 4" to an XDm .40, 6months later I sold the XDm for a .45c 5" for this very reason, I liked the M, but i love the XD .45c

Longer sight radius?

Because the 40cal round is too snappy. Too much upward muzzle flip.............. The 45ACP has a nice smooth push back, rear-ward recoil... Just my opinion....YMMV..

I have thousands and thousands of rounds through my 9mm, but I can pick up almost any .45 and shoot just as well, or better. It has always been that way. I don't know why, it is just the way it is with me.

Anticipation of recoil is the biggest reason for poor groups, and that is something that you WILL do during slow fire. Also, if you shoot your 40 the most, then the 45 is a pleasantly softer shooter and easier to be accurate with. This happens for me when I shoot a 9. I'm so use to my 45 that shooting a 9 feels like a pellet gun, and thus I'm faster and more accurate with a 9. But if I shot a 9 all the time I don't think I would...