Springfield Armory® Provides the following general warning: The official name of Proposition 65 is the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986. Proposition 65 became law in November 1986, when California voters approved it by a 63-37 percent margin. This list, which must be updated at least once a year, has grown to include approximately 900 chemicals since it was first published in 1987. Proposition 65 requires California to publish a list of chemicals known to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm. Proposition 65 also prohibits California businesses from knowingly discharging significant amounts of listed chemicals into sources of drinking water. By requiring that this information be provided, Proposition 65 enables Californians to make informed decisions about their exposures to these chemicals. These chemicals can be in the products that Californians purchase, in their homes or workplaces, or that are released into the environment. Even though installing the small or large back strap can improve the ergonomics of the XD-S under firing conditions, I would like to see Springfield Armory provide a small punch and a few spare roll pins with every pistol to accommodate customers who change the back straps until they determine the grip option that works best for them.Proposition 65 requires businesses to provide warnings to California consumers about significant exposures to chemicals that cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm. However, it is necessary to use a punch to remove the small roll pin that holds the interchangeable back strap in position. Since I am very familiar with Springfield Armory XDs and XDMs, I had no problems operating the XD-S. Two of the three members on the test team who carry Glocks daily had difficulty shooting the XD-S without engaging the slide stop. I also prefer the fixed sights that are installed on other Springfield Armory XD and XDM pistols to the fiber optic front sight used on the XD-S. I also suggest inverting your spare magazine pouch on your belt as a way to limit the bulge or the "printing" of the magazine carrier against your clothing.Ī city police officer, who also serves as a department firearms instructor, agreed with me that the ambidextrous magazine release on the XD-S test pistol was not as easy to depress and operate as the magazine release button on other pistols including other XD and XDM variants. Regardless of how you carry a pistol like the XD-S, I also advise carrying two spare seven-round magazines.
There was also no discernable difference as far as comfort under firing conditions between using the XD-S with the standard seven-round magazine and the larger nine-round magazine. And overall it was comfortable to shoot, a major concern for a lightweight sub-compact pistol with a short polymer grip.
The Springfield Armory XD-S was tested with a wide variety of defense ammunition. During the second range session, I used the XD-S to deliver a succession of head shots while firing 147-grain 9mm Federal FMJ, 135-grain Hornady Critical Defense and 115-grain Hornady Critical Defense ammunition from a standing unsupported position at a distance of 30 feet.
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Loading the XD-S with standard velocity Federal, Winchester, and Hornady FMJ and hollow-point ammunition, I was able to fire it about as fast as I have ever fired a sub-compact pistol while delivering a series of tight groups on a cardboard man-size torso target at a distance of 21 to 25 feet from a standing unsupported two-handed position.
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