Springfield Armory does a land-office business importing and rebranding handguns from Karlovac, Croatia. Although their XD series’ slides resemble nothing so much as a double-decker bus, SA guns have a more natural point of aim than Gaston’s gats and a smoother trigger. Looking to make their most popular pistol more popular, Springfield’s announced the XD-S Mod.2 in .45 caliber. Highlights include . . .
Ameriglo®’s Pro-Glo glow-in-the-dark glow worms night sights, Posi- Wedge™ shoes serrations, an enhanced trigger and a 3.3″Melania Melonite® treated hammer-forged steel barrel. According to the press release below, the XD-S Mod. 2 in .45 “embodies everything Springfield Armory stands for.” How great is that? 
Springfield Armory® Announces the XD-S® Mod.2™
Springfield Armory’s most popular pistol is better than ever
GENESEO, ILL. (01/15/18) – The next evolution of the acclaimed XD-S pistol is here. The latest edition of Springfield’s most popular pistol is engineered in a slim, single-stack frame, holding 6 rounds of .45 ACP in a premiere concealed-carry firearm.
Springfield Armory’s XD-S Mod.2 offers upgrades from the inside out. A higher hand position, enhanced grip texturing, thinner slide, an SA front sight with Ameriglo®’s Pro-Glo system and SA tactical-rack rear sight, and an enhanced trigger advance this polymer-framed pistol’s acclaimed Point and Shoot Ergonomics™. Other features include a loaded chamber indicator and a grip safety that immediately readies the gun for action, while the drop safety in the striker block renders it virtually incapable of firing if dropped.
The XD-S Mod.2 frame moves the shooter’s grip higher on the firearm, closer to the bore axis, to enhance control, and softens recoil for improved accuracy. This Mod.2 improvement, coupled with the thinner beavertail, makes this lightweight pistol even more comfortable to shoot than its predecessor.
The width of the grip is a mere .975”, and the enhanced grip texturing gives the operator a solid feel and secure hold of the pistol – especially important in defensive encounters. Longer Posi- Wedge™ serrations make the slide easier to grab and rack.
The new XD-S Mod.2 features an SA front sight with Ameriglo®’s Pro-Glo™ green tritium inside a yellow luminescent circle, paired with an SA tactical-rack serrated steel rear sight with U- notch, making target acquisition extremely fast in low-light. The enhanced short-reset and consistent trigger is the perfect choice for a defensive carry pistol.
Chambered in .45ACP, this latest edition of Springfield’s most popular pistol is engineered for a slim, single-stack frame just 6.5 inches long and under 5 inches high – ideal for the invisible fit and easy draw required of a concealed-carry pistol. The 3.3-inch barrel is Melonite® treated hammer-forged steel, with a 1:16 twist for outstanding accuracy in a sub-compact size. Dual springs and a full-length guide rod manage .45 recoil and help keep rounds on target without punishing the shooter’s hands.
The XD-S Mod.2 comes with two stainless steel magazines: a flush-fitting 5-round mag, and one 6-round mag with Mid-Mag X-Tension™. These magazines, unloaded and seated in the pistol, give the XD-S Mod.2 a weight of 21.5 ounces and 22.5 ounces, respectively. The single-stack magazines provide ample capacity in a remarkably slim design, giving the XD-S Mod.2 the ideal profile for concealed carry purposes.
For those looking for a constant-carry pistol, the new XD-S Mod.2 is the perfect choice. It embodies everything Springfield Armory stands for: constant improvement, high-quality, and a relentless commitment to one goal – forging firearms that enable responsible citizens to preserve their right to keep and bear arms in the defense of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Now available in three configurations:
XDSG93345B .45 ACP MOD.2® XD-S® 3.3″ BLACK, FIBER OPTIC SIGHT $568.00
http://www.springfield-armory.com/products/xd-s-mod-2%C2%81- 3-3-single-stack-45acp/# XDSG93345B XDSG93345BT .45 ACP MOD.2® XD-S® 3.3″ BLACK, TRITIUM NIGHT SIGHT $618.00
http://www.springfield-armory.com/products/xd-s-mod-2%C2%81- 3-3-single-stack-45acp/# XDSG93345BT XDSG93345BVR .45 ACP MOD.2® XD-S® 3.3″ BLACK, RED VIRIDIAN® LASER $598.00
http://www.springfield-armory.com/products/xd-s-mod-2%C2%81- 3-3-single-stack-45acp/# XDSG93345BVR
For more information about the new Springfield Armory XD-S Mod.2 pistol, please visit www.springfield-armory.com.XD-S® Mod.2™ Video:
Finally. When it comes out in 9, people will buy it.
Since fixing drop test issues I will match my Taurus millennium g2 pt111 9mm against this weapon any day of the week! Facts: millennium has 12 plus 1 capacity, extra magazine and as a self defense weapon the 9mm is a better fit. No one wants collateral damage that a 45 may offer in a usual 25yd max. Self defense shoot.
You won’t get cut in a knife fight if you have one and he doesn’t.
I would never want to get in a knife fight; I would rather fight with swords, which have both offensive and defensive capabilities. Or an arming dagger (usually 16″ long blade, 4″ handle with cross bar guard).
I always carry a pocket knife (a Kershaw), which is quite sharp but is most definitely not designed as a fighting knife. It is too small, too short and too fragile. That does not mean that in a pinch it would not be extremely effective, as long as one respects its limitations.
A short knife should be used against the closest body part of the opponent (usually a fist) to cut, and against the face, throat, and inside the elbow where blood vessels are close to the surface. A cut at or above the eyebrows may result in enough bleeding to blind your opponent and end the fight. A stab adjacent to the wind pipe or into the side of the neck, even with a short blade, will likely result in a fatal wounding. Forget the heart, stab into the liver (upwards stroke, just below the rib cage) and then cut; the liver is full of blood and far less protected by ribs. If you end up behind your opponent (and he is not trying to flee), attack the kidneys, or the hamstring just below the buttocks, if available. The latter will not likely kill your opponent, but it will almost certainly disable him.
The rules of a knife fight are the same as for a gun fight; the purpose is to stop the attack, not to kill your opponent.
I see some of our resident statists are out and about commenting….Usually the same tired diatribe about you carry a knife as a tool, never for defense…Well, ancient history shows the Knives , Dirks, Daggers, Bowies, Tantos, etc.,etc…Have all been used by peasents, (When NOT being harassed, or killed by knights, samurai, Sheriff’s of Nothingham, etc…), were perfectly suited as a tools, or weapons for the common defense…Just that Big Government, Paramilitarized, Left-wing police/ STASI, and Statist Bootlickers are going give u long winded lectures about “why you don’t need to have one–for anything…Is the same BS talking points of Globalist/Neo-Communist/Liberal Pro-Aggressive DemoCRAP Gun control and Anti-2nd Amendment activists…Obviously, like other free-thinking commenters have said…Its a tool for cutting boxes, and such…But if lethal danger is abound, a simple emergency weapon one can deploy ta close range on short notice…And the pointy end goes into bad guys trying to hurt you….No Mall Ninja training required…Go for broke ! Live another day!
A knife is indeed a tool, perhaps the first and oldest Multi tool. Used for work in field, hunting, butchering and defending ones self, then eating at the end of the day. In this country we have kind of gotten away from our human roots and left the knife at the dinner table, in favor of a firearm.
For those of us that choose to Honor our history by carrying a knife, let us not forget that, just as with a pistol, there is responsibility. And just as with a gun, you can do damage without Training, but to gain maximum potential, you need to train and train hard. Muscle memory helps, but determination,familiarity and skill go alot farther when rubber hits the road. During the onset of the war, I recall alot of guys getting stabbed by they’re own blades. Because in CQB, when you had two guys fighting for control of a firearm, alot of our guys forgot that they had knives strapped to they’re gear. The other guys would grabb it and go to work. Alot of this fell to the fact that many of our guys didn’t see they’re knives as weapons. They used them more for opening boxes and cans and had no training in the use of a blade. I believe that if a little emphasis had been placed on the idea as knife as weapon as well as tool, like it was in times past, perhaps a few more of our guys would have made it home.
Why do I have the feeling that with Newport RI having been the playground of the rich and connected for over 100 years, the security guards of the rich are allowed to carry whatever, wherever and whenever they please with the full blessings of the State government.
Excellent move, Christie.
It’s almost like people of the gun believe in the free exercise of natural rights for all, regardless of gender, race, or sexual preference, while the left merely pay lip service to support for people like Shaneen Allen and Meg Fellenbaum.
The only thing I ever killed with a knife was a 130ish pound feral hog. I was surprised at how quickly a thrust into heart and lungs dropped it, and how little movement and noise followed.
It has been a long time since I had any filipino knife classes, though I have had some (three a week, for a year).
I carry weapon grade knives (usually a Benchmade Osborne but sometimes an Esee Izula or Busse HG55), but mostly for regular old knife use, such as cutting twine on hay bales, etc. A knife is one of the most basic and useful tools around.
You anti-SA are a bunch of petulant crybaby fair weather friends. You are nothing but traitors to the Constitution and acting like a bunch of safe space demanding SJW snowflakes. Especially if you are saying you will buy the stuff from Clinton snuggling Smith and Wesson. How quickly people forget. You are nothing but hypocrites and whiny babies.
https://www.nraila.org/articles/20000320/the-smith-wesson-sellout
Little late, but, thank you?
‘It doesn’t make any sense that you need a license to sell a service like cutting hair, but not one that sells guns.’
This explains their mentality – the existence of stupid laws justifies the passing of more stupid laws.
I’m not a fan of Glocks. They’re very functional, the S&W model 10 of today’s world, I just don’t care for them. Mostly it’s the plastic brick feel of them.
But of all the Glocks I’ve handled and shot the 21sf is the one I would have if I was required to buy a Glock. It manages to fit my hand better than the others.
I don’t remember the model number but the .40 cal with a can was my worst, by far, experience with a glock.
Biss(rhymes with p#ss) is claiming he’s the “middle class” candidate. 2 billionaire guys Rauner and Jabba the hut Pritzger who no doubt don’t need the $. A quick Google on Biss reveals his big math thing was discredited…just another leftard pol looking for a payday.
hmm a glock i might actually buy, i like the SF alot.
brutal
When discuss gun with people I get racial. I ask them if only white police should have guns???
I’m very polite when I ask them. No need to be rude. The blacks get just as uncomfortable as the whites do.
I will compose a letter and send it to NPR. We’ll see if I get a response.
I know about 4 FUDD’s up in Western Montana. All of them hunt, all of them carry handguns when they are hiking/camping but all of them don’t have much of a problem casting their vote for gun control politicians (mostly Democrats) and all but 1 is against the ownership of scary black rifles and standard cap magazines. Mostly they prescribe to the “mass shootings would end if we banned AR’s” mentality and that their hunting rifles/shotguns and handguns would then be safe.
I tend to bring up events like the Navy Yard shooting and the media’s term “police style” or “assault style” shotgun and Virginia Tech where one of the 2 handguns was a .22 with a 10 round mag in order to get my point across that sacrificing ground on AR’s is not going to protect their hunting guns.
In the end, they always want to drop the conversation because I think they know their logic is flawed. I have yet to hear one compelling argument from any of them in regards to why they think their guns would be safe from a future ban. Useful idiots, the lot of them.
I inform them that splashy spree shootings make headlines, but are extremely rate. The majority of gun deaths are suicides. The majority of the remainder are gangland drug war murders. Excluding those, our firearm homicide rate is on par with or even lower than much of Europe.
It makes no sense to impose universal restrictions when the vast majority are not going to abide by them anyway. All that “gun control” accomplishes is the harassment, vilification, and legal entanglement of good Americans who have no desire to hurt anyone.
The truth is that most restrictions aren’t even about crime prevention. They’re just about increasing the hassle associated with exercising this right. The true goal is to decrease the incidence of people exercising their right to keep and bear arms. Really, what other constitutional and human right would we tolerate placing this many restrictions on?
The TPH is similar in appearance and function but certainly not identical to the PPK.
My brother just returned from a trip to Haiti; confirms it is a shithole.
If someone swung that magic unicorn and all the firearms suddenly disappeared, the real question is “How long before I acquire a replacement from the pimp or drug dealer down the street?”. As long as I have the money, someone will sell me the product!
RINO governor will never sign.
Seems like some people just don’t like Glocks. I have a few, a 30SF that I carry in colder weather. It has functioned flawless in the years I’ve owned it. Many malfunctions are related to magazines, I have been marking mags for years for that reason.
The gun grabbers use of the term “common sense” makes as much sense as calling the murderous absolute monarchy on the northern half of the Korean Peninsula as a “Democratic Republic”!
Another Kennedy carpetbagger only THIS one is the tail-end of Bobby and Ethel’s DNA. We’ve been invaded by dumbotards running for guv’ner in Illinoisistan…😩😖😡