For mounting to the XD-M Elite, you could use the Delta Point/Shield plate available from Springfield.
Brutal Standards
The Vortex Defender-CCW was built to be tough with its new shock-absorbing polymer insert.
Besides some pretty good scratching and scarring from the hard drops, both optics functioned perfectly and held zero.
The author put the Vortex Defender CCW through its paces during this torture test.
Well, it turns out Vortex wasnt joking when they said it was a duty-ready design.
There was no shift in zero, failure of the LED or any other mechanical or electronic failures.
The housing is 7075 aluminum for durability.
The Vortex red dot sight performed well when mounted to a full size gun — in this case, the Springfield Armory XD-M Elite.
The large hard-coated aspherical lens gives a distortion-free view with extremely bright and clear dot clarity.
You also get motion activation and auto shut off.
Vortex includes a tool that makes adjustments and battery changes easy.
The Vortex Defender CCW was also tested on a compact pistol. As with it had on the larger gun, the optic performed excellently on the Hellcat Pro.
The windage and elevation are 1 MOA adjustments, with a clean tactile response as you make your adjustments.
Having an astigmatism, dot clarity is a must for me.
On max brightness, even in the Arizona sun, the dot is blazing bright.
Vortex designed the Defender-CCW red dot sight with easy-to-operate controls.
I will answer that question this way.
Does that answer your question?
As evidenced in this photo, the author pulled no punches when putting the optics through their paces.
Vortex uses tough 7075 aluminum as the foundation for its newest red dot optic. This housing should be rugged enough for nearly anything.
The Defender CCW red dot is motion activated and automatically shuts off at 14 hours. It has 3 MOA and 6 MOA dot options.
There was no shift in zero, failure of the LED or any other mechanical or electronic failures throughout the testing of this optic.
The Defender was designed with an aggressive texture on the front of the housing, which is purpose-built to rack the slide by the optic.
The author tested the optic by doing multiple drop tests on the steel bed of his pick-up truck and onto hard-packed granite from approximately 6’ high.
After the testing, the optic showed wear, but it was still running perfectly. This beat-up optic remains the author’s optic on his Hellcat Pro.
