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You get some freebies with the XD, and more safety features, but you cant beat glock reliability and quality. I am sure others will agree or disagree.
Best thing you can do is shoot both, or go hold both and see which fits better.
XDs are at least as reliable as Glocks, maybe more so. Quality? Equal or better with the XD. XDs have fully-supported chambers and better triggers than Glocks. For many people the ergonomics of the XD are exceptionally good while Glocks are, at least to me, weird. The Glock grip angle does not work for me at all and the grip itself is too square at the back. I really like the grip safety of the XD and would not carry a Glock due to it's lack of an effective safety. Everyone here knows what "Glock Leg" is so I shouldn't have to explain further. I agree with gnarkill that you should shoot both and see what you like better. If one or the other doesn't "click" with you check out some other guns too. You're shopping for a carry piece, take your time and get it right. Whatever you buy is going to spend a lot of time with you...
I am in the same boat. I had been looking at a glock 27 until I shot the 26 today and have now reconsidered. From what I have read the XD is a little heavier and clunkier than the glock, both are excellent guns though. You get some freebies with the XD, and more safety features, but you cant beat glock reliability and quality. I am sure others will agree or disagree.
Best thing you can do is shoot both, or go hold both and see which fits better.
What do you mean, more safety features?
Oh I see you mean a "Safety" you have to switch on and off with a click. That makes it more safe.
I agree the center lever on the trigger is kind of lame, it does require the lever be depressed before the trigger will depress fully.
Inside the Glock are two safety's, one is the firing pin safety that is depressed when, 'and only when' the trigger is pulled. This safety must be depressed or the firing pin cannot travel forward to the striking position.
The second safety is the firing pin is in a neutral 'at rest' state, until the trigger is pulled and the cruciform is pulled back to engage the (what would be a sear, Glock has no sear, as it has no hammer.) firing pin pulling it back, tightening the spring, then when the end of the cruciform contacts the connector it starts riding downward, to a point where it releases the firing pin, and the pin is driven forward by a spring to the ammo.
Glock's are safe, Dropping them, tossing them, dragging them behind a truck will not cause them to fire. (Like I said the firing pin has no tension until the trigger is pulled.) Unlike many guns with hammers and sears.
Glock, as long as you don't pull the trigger they will not go off.
You can add a safety-bar trigger that a pin has to be pushed from one side to the other to unlock the trigger.
I own some really nice other brand guns, they are wonderful to shoot. I trust my life to a Glock.
Yes I have put a heck of a lot of thought and research into the gun I carry. Glocks are safe, reliable, and durable. Look at your parts schematic Glock has 36 parts from frame to the pins holding it together. My SW 908 has 265 listed.
+1its all in the fit... Don