[lelandray]

Mr. Bangbang, the HS2000 is the original model of what is now known as the Springfield XD series. As I understand it, Springfield bought the HS2000 and is marketing it with few changes from the original. I'm not sure about the extent of the modifications from the original HS2000 platform, but I doubt there's that much difference.

Currently I own two XDs, both in .45 ACP, one a "Service" or 4" model, and the other the "Tactical" 5" model.

I love em, as not only do they carry a nice, full load of one of my favorite calibers, but because of the all steel magazines, the grip is a good bit smaller than the .45 Glock, and thus much more comfortable to me. Reliability to date with several hundred rounds through each gun, is 100% with factory ammo, and though most of my shooting is with reloads, the only problems I've had were with semi-wadcutter bullets. With round nose or truncated cone lead bullet loads, it's pretty boring shooting them, since they go BANG every time, eject the spent casing and chamber another.

Somewhere down below in this section there are a couple of test report threads I started about the XDs. I'm sold on them.

For more info, you might try the HS2000 and XD Talk Forums , which are a wealth of information about the history, use, and modification of the XDs.

Hope this helps.

Here are my XDs. Both have been modified with the addition of night sights, with Meprolights on the Tactical, and Tru Glo Tritium Fiber Optics (TFO) on the Service model.

 

[lelandray]

I was waiting for someone to mention plastic breaking down. I left two 15-round Glock M19 magazines in the center console of my truck for quite some time, and when I went to get them out to shoot the ammo and replace it, I found that not one, but BOTH magazines had split wide open. The plastic was broken all the way from feed lips to base, and when I pried on it slightly, the plastic simply broke the way a plastic milk carton breaks up after being out in the sun for a long time. I had to replace both mags, but I did strip the springs, followers, and baseplates in order to have spare parts.

I guess the moral of this story is that the center console of an F150 is not a long term storage solution for plastic magazines, even though they were completely hidden from sunlight. I can only guess that the ambient heat broke them down over time.

This is yet again a plus for the XD, as its mag bodies are made of stainless steel, and I rather expect that if there is any failure in the baseplates, it would be quite inexpensive to replace them. I'm thinking about getting a couple of spares just in case.