{"id":479,"date":"2011-01-31T05:25:38","date_gmt":"2011-01-31T05:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=479"},"modified":"2011-01-31T05:25:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T16:53:27","slug":"springfield-armory-xd-m-compact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/springfield-armory-xd-m-compact\/","title":{"rendered":"Springfield Armory XD-M Compact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"640\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/JXa4mxM_7eI?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\"\/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"\/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"\/><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/JXa4mxM_7eI?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"640\" height=\"385\"\/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>\nSpringfield Armory<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.springfield-armory.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"springfield-armory-xd-m-compact\" title=\"Springfield Armory XD-M Compact\" target=\"_new\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"springfield-xdmcompact\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.springfield-armory.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nThis is another of the guns that we checked out on Range Day before SHOT Show and as I explained there, it is more of a gun than it is a story. Last year Springfield released the XD-M 3.8, which was a short barreled gun with the same frame as a standard XD-M. It handles really well but it looks odd because of the long grip on a short barreled gun.  This true compact XD-M is the same gun with the shorter frame. We actually got a chance to shoot this gun and it is as natural a pointer as the other XDs, with all of the added XD-M features. Next we&#8217;re hoping for a subcompact.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIf you were thinking of getting the 3.8 XD-M because of the capacity, this compact does come with an extended magazine with a sleeve, to bring the gun up to a full 16+1.  This is the same extended magazine made for the regular XD subcompact. it feel just like the 3.8 with this long magazine and is almost identical.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Springfield Armory https:\/\/www.springfield-armory.com\/ This is another of the guns that we checked out on Range Day before SHOT Show and as I explained there, it is more of a gun than it is a story. 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