He may be talking about with the ammo.

I think the XDs is a decent handgun but unless you just really love 45, I would give the XDs9 a look too.

1. You get more rounds (which is the most important thing for a CC gun in my mind)

2. You get slightly quicker follow up shots (recoil is a bit more tame)

3. The extended mag holds even more ammo than it does in 45.

4. 9mm is cheaper to shoot.

5. 45 ammo weighs a lot more, so a fully loaded 45 will be heavier than a fully loaded 9mm.

6. 45 is still good too, but for a carry gun I prefer 9mm.

Then again, you may like it either way. Whatever you choose, they are both dimensionally identical. The only difference is the width of the barrel (making the naked 9mm version slightly heavier by an ounce or two).

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Posted by Anton7

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Posted on 4/22/14 at 8:51 pm to bapple

A voice of reason

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Posted by TigerOnThe Hill

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Member since Sep 2008

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Posted on 4/22/14 at 11:09 pm to bapple

For sure, the 9mm is a fine self defense gun and cc gun. As usually, you've made a nice comparison between the 9mm and 45. OTOH, I was curious as to why he thought the XDs 45 was heavy. Yes, 45 ammo weighs more than 9mm ammo. But when comparing an empty 45 gun to an empty 9mm gun, the empty 9mm (23 oz w/ empty mag) is actually heavier (smaller hole in the barrel and 2 more rounds in the magazine).

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He may be talking about with the ammo.

Surprisingly, when both XDs' are fully loaded, the 9mm is heavier (albeit not noticeably) than the 45.

Here's the weight comparison, using lighter bullets for both.
9mm= 8 roundsX115 gr bullets=920 gr.
45 cal=6 rounds X 185 gr bullets=1110 grain.
45 ammo is only 190 grains heavier, but the unloaded 45 gun starts out 2.5 ounces lighter. If anyone wants to do the rest of the math, here's the conversion. 1 grain=0.00289 ounces.

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