Help me choose between these 3!

[NickW]

I've always liked Glocks...untill I started shooting XDs that is. Out of the three, XD FTW. A revolver is also a really good choice for a CCW. I would def recommend a revolver if you're not experienced with hand guns too. Even though my XD has never jammed (knock on wood), I'd rather have the reliability of a revolver if I needed to pull it and shoot. And as far as revolver, I like a S&W or Ruger .357. They can shoot .38 for cheap target practice. Good luck.

[Jaimecbr900]

I've always liked Glocks...untill I started shooting XDs that is. Out of the three, XD FTW. A revolver is also a really good choice for a CCW. I would def recommend a revolver if you're not experienced with hand guns too. Even though my XD has never jammed (knock on wood), I'd rather have the reliability of a revolver if I needed to pull it and shoot. And as far as revolver, I like a S&W or Ruger .357. They can shoot .38 for cheap target practice. Good luck.

Umm, the XD wasn't a choice.....

A jam is only caused by one of 3 things wrong: Dirty weapon (your fault), very bad ammo (again, your fault), and mechanical malfunction of the weapon (may or may not be your fault). I'd venture to say that I've shot, in my lifetime which is ancient compared to most of you , hundreds of thousands of rounds in so many different weapons that I couldn't even begin to count. I've NEVER had a "jam" that couldn't be cleared in a matter of seconds. True, if the chips are down, you want zero jams, but if even mediocre weapons are not prone to jamming IF you recognize the weapon's weakness. For example, I have a POS little .25 that my wife wanted because it had PINK grips . It can't feed a HP to save it's life. So guess what? I only shoot FMJ out of it. Never jams on those. It's a POS gun that I'd NEVER carry for self-defense, so it doesn't matter to me. Point is that I've shot, found it's weakness, and worked around it. There are very simple things that can be done to most semi-automatics to help them feed more reliably and avoid the dreaded ammo sensitive situation. Besides, you can usually clear a jam by racking the slide back hard and raking a new round in. The only exception is if the gun is having mechanical malfunction, such as bad ejectors or double feed.

Anyway, that's my . Get the Glock and you'll be perfectly fine.

[NickW]

Umm, the XD wasn't a choice.....

Ya...ummm...I didn't know I had to completely clarify , but I was saying out of the three listed, I think an XD is a better choice. I think someone on the 1st page said the same too.

I agree with your paragraph about "jams", but from what I've gathered, the OP isn't really experienced with guns. So while you (aka an experienced person) can quickly clear a jam (or prevent them, like you were saying), it's an even bigger preventive to just have a revolver. But that's just my as well.

Out of the 3 that are listed though, I would go with the Glock.

[Truegiant]

Umm, the XD wasn't a choice.....

A jam is only caused by one of 3 things wrong: Dirty weapon (your fault), very bad ammo (again, your fault), and mechanical malfunction of the weapon (may or may not be your fault). I'd venture to say that I've shot, in my lifetime which is ancient compared to most of you , hundreds of thousands of rounds in so many different weapons that I couldn't even begin to count. I've NEVER had a "jam" that couldn't be cleared in a matter of seconds. True, if the chips are down, you want zero jams, but if even mediocre weapons are not prone to jamming IF you recognize the weapon's weakness. For example, I have a POS little .25 that my wife wanted because it had PINK grips . It can't feed a HP to save it's life. So guess what? I only shoot FMJ out of it. Never jams on those. It's a POS gun that I'd NEVER carry for self-defense, so it doesn't matter to me. Point is that I've shot, found it's weakness, and worked around it. There are very simple things that can be done to most semi-automatics to help them feed more reliably and avoid the dreaded ammo sensitive situation. Besides, you can usually clear a jam by racking the slide back hard and raking a new round in. The only exception is if the gun is having mechanical malfunction, such as bad ejectors or double feed.

Anyway, that's my . Get the Glock and you'll be perfectly fine.

Hundreds of thousands huh. How old are you? Where all those rounds recreational or hunting/sporting? Just curious

[Jaimecbr900]

Hundreds of thousands huh. How old are you? Where all those rounds recreational or hunting/sporting? Just curious

I'm 39. I've hunted since I was a teen. I was in Law Enforcement for a short stint. I used to collect guns.....actually that was the excuse I used to justify to my wife why I had so many of them... I also used to compete, rather heavily, in both USPSA and Pin shooting competitions. I used to have a pretty cool setup for reloading all my own stuff just for those competitions. I competed in both rimfire and big bore competitions. I still have my rimfire "race gun" (not really a race gun though), which is just a Browning Buckmark 5.5 with a Red Dot and a little trigger and ramp work to speed it up.

So yes, I'd venture to guess that I have shot quite a few rounds so far......

[Truegiant]

A jam is only caused by one of 3 things wrong: Dirty weapon (your fault), very bad ammo (again, your fault), and mechanical malfunction of the weapon (may or may not be your fault).

So where does limp wristing fall into your category of three?
Mechanical mulfunction of the person?

Glad to know there are other people out there that like to shoot.


Like I have said a million times before. I dont recommend making a choice until you have shot one yourself.

[allmotoronly]

I've always liked Glocks...untill I started shooting XDs that is. Out of the three, XD FTW. A revolver is also a really good choice for a CCW. I would def recommend a revolver if you're not experienced with hand guns too. Even though my XD has never jammed (knock on wood), I'd rather have the reliability of a revolver if I needed to pull it and shoot. And as far as revolver, I like a S&W or Ruger .357. They can shoot .38 for cheap target practice. Good luck.

I've owned both glock's and XD's. To me the XD seems a little unbalanced compared to glocks. That's why I carry my glock 27 as my CC instead of my XDM-.40. The XDM stays in the safe and is usually only shot by friends when we go shooting and they don't have anything to shoot...