XD GEAR
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XD GEAR
Does anyone actually use their XD Gear? I find the components which came with my XDM, expecially the holster, and magazine carrier, to be slightly better than nothing at all, with the holster being much more functional than the magazine carrier.
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Re: XD GEAR
Out of all the XD pistols I have had I never did use any of the gear. At least with the XDm pistols they give you a paddle holster in stead of the goofy belt slide one for the regular XD
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Re: XD GEAR
I have used the paddle holster with my xdm, and it is functional, problem is the paddle is too small, in terms of surface area, and it causes the weapon to roll into your side.super_duper wrote:Out of all the XD pistols I have had I never did use any of the gear. At least with the XDm pistols they give you a paddle holster in stead of the goofy belt slide one for the regular XD
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Re: XD GEAR
I use the XDs holster. It may not be the best holster out there, but it works and it was free. I have never used the mag holder. The purpose was concealment and light weight, so need to carry around two extra magazines.
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Re: XD GEAR
I used my Paddle holster for my XDm for a while. it's ok. (the old style belt holster SUCKED)
the mag holder isn't "bad" either. I have the 3.8 XDm.. so the extra mags have the sleeve on them. Hard to find a double stack mag pouch that can hold a 13rd mag WITH sleeve..
sure I can find a kydex style that holds it further away from my body than the XD gear one.. but that defeats the purpose. I found an Uncle Mike's pouch that holds two mags.. that will velcro shut, but it's kinda bulky.
If you don't have an upLula.. the XD gear loader works great.
the mag holder isn't "bad" either. I have the 3.8 XDm.. so the extra mags have the sleeve on them. Hard to find a double stack mag pouch that can hold a 13rd mag WITH sleeve..
sure I can find a kydex style that holds it further away from my body than the XD gear one.. but that defeats the purpose. I found an Uncle Mike's pouch that holds two mags.. that will velcro shut, but it's kinda bulky.
If you don't have an upLula.. the XD gear loader works great.
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