Hello all, here is today's article posted on TheArmoryLife.com. It is titled “Buying Your First Concealment Pistol” and can be found at https://www.thearmorylife.com/buying-your-first-concealment-pistol/.
Buying Your First Concealment Pistol
- Thread starter Mike H.
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santos Garcia III
Alpha
I would like to see comparisons between the XD mod with the hellcat or hellcat ported for beginners EDC.
Lab4Us
Master Class
Hellcat RDP. Only adds one inch to length and 1.5 oz to weight, along with the compensator. Bonus is the longer barrel as well as option to add optic.
I just compared these two quickly. It seems there are just as many RDP choices as regular Hellcat choices (limited capacity, manual safety, different magazine sizes, colors, etc.)
santos Garcia III
Alpha
But then you can't push one model over another can you.
Lab4Us
Master Class
Well, the XD is $173 cheaper? I’d still keep my Hellcat OSP, which was $489 new via Firstline program. I haven’t looked around, but XD may be cheaper via Firstline as well ($349.00 at Berelli’s via Firstline program, I was curious 
). So $140 cheaper for XD.
I’m not a fan of a grip safety on a small automatic either, though I’m sure some folks like them. Would much rather have a manual safety, though I’m used to those from 1911s.
I’m not sure the benefit Springfield would get promoting one model over the other, unless they are having trouble moving the new XD-S Mod.2 OSPs?
). So $140 cheaper for XD.I’m not a fan of a grip safety on a small automatic either, though I’m sure some folks like them. Would much rather have a manual safety, though I’m used to those from 1911s.
I’m not sure the benefit Springfield would get promoting one model over the other, unless they are having trouble moving the new XD-S Mod.2 OSPs?