OK, gun gurus...Glock or Springfield XD-M? (vanity)

I'm finally buying a handgun this week, after a long time wanting one, my wife finally relented.

I know I want a 9mm. (No, I don't want anything bigger than that.) It's mostly for target shooting, and to have around the house, not for concealed carry.

The two I'm interested in are the Glock and the Springfield Armory XD-M. I'm torn between the two.

Those that know handguns far better than I do...which would you choose, and why?

Wo shi hen hao, xie xie! Ni ne?

I carry in WA, in China I have a dispensation that allows me to keep them at my apartment, and shoot them at designated shooting ranges. I’m angling to get a diplomatic exemption to carry.

I can carry in most of the union through reciprocity, but not my home state. Go figure. I am honestly shocked that the Chinese are so accommodating especially to a foreigner.

We've fallen a long way from our Founder's intent.

BTW, I am doing fine.

You point is well taken about taking care to ensure the gun fits the hand well, that when you grip it, it becomes a comfortable natural extension of our arm, wrist, and hand.

I bought a Glock 19 yesterday, but only after the salesman encouraged me try several CZs. I love what I’ve read about the CZs, and I was impressed with the fit and finish when I looked at them close up. But I noticed that when I closed my hand around the grip of any CZ model with a compact frame the somewhat sharp forward edge of the standard CZ magazine would dig into the bottom 1/8th of an inch of the fleshy part of my little finger. I didn’t notice it at first. I noticed only after I alternated holding the Glock. The salesman had no such problem with the CZs but his hand was just t-h-a-t much smaller than mine. The Glock 19 fit my hand perfectly, and I’ve fired one before so I knew what I would be getting if I bought it. So that’s what I got.

I would have hated to have impulsively bought the CZ and only noticed the little finger pinch AFTER I had put a box of ammo through it.

I own a 9mm XDM and my only complaint is that the trigger break isn’t as crisp as I like. Thus, my groups aren’t as tight as I’d like. I shoot ~3-4” groups at 10 yards, which is “good enough” in a defensive situation, but a H&K .40 that I tried at the range that a fellow shooter had, and which had a much better trigger, I put three nearly through the same hole on the same target.

Lots is the guy or gal behind the butt of the weapon, but the trigger is a big deal too. I hear the XDMs get better with age; mine may just not have enough rounds through it yet.

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