The XD-M 10mm performed flawlessly and powered through all 10,000 rounds without a single failure.
What do you learn on the way to ten thousand?
A lot it turns out, but lets not get ahead of ourselves.
The XD-M in 10mm offers a lot of power and capacity in a reliable, rugged and capable package.
If you are just tuning in, a recap is in order.
Things progressed, but slowly.
And finally, that star has appeared.
The XD-M 10mm is exactly the gun we have been waiting for.
It is sized for the human hand, sharing an ergonomic footprint with the excellent XD-M 45.
It manages 15+1 in a flush fit magazine, which counts as P for Plenty in this caliber.
The author pushed the XD-M with 10,000 rounds of FederalPremium Hydra-Shok.
It comes out the box ready for action, with usable sights and a trigger we know and love.
But is it tough?
That is the question I set out to address.
As a 10mm guy, that is a fair question to ask.
So I did, and Springfield Armory told me to step right up if I felt froggy.
I countered with a proposal to run 5,000 rounds through the new model.
They said 10,000 or they werent even interested.
To be fair, I didnt even own one until about six months ago.
So I was shocked to find that not only did the pistol survive, we barely scuffed the finish.
Literally, not one part even looks truly used.
I am confident that if I actually cleaned the gun, I could pass it off as new.
The most amazing part, I didnt even break a fiber optic in the front sight.
Springfield Armory has always run a significantly thicker front fiber optic than most.
I always assumed it was just to be different, or to illuminate the dot a little better.
Turns out it was also a durability factor, and speaks volumes for how they think about things.
The test also says a lot about the downstream members of the XD-M family.
How about old low-pressure .45 ACP?
I love the .45 ACP round for certain applications, but it isnt 10mm.
Hell, how about the .40 Slow and Weak?
[Read:10mm vs 40] The implication is staggering.
I have a newfound respect for the XD-M, forged in the fire of 10,000 rounds.
The fact that the XD-M not only survived, but thrived, is way more than I bargained for.
Not one pin broke, not one stress crack, not one malfunction.
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