I had a range session with my new XDM 10MM 4.5 just yesterday and it was once again flawless. I’ve run around 500 rounds through it with 0 malfuntions, without cleaning it.

@AlaskanBallistics

Ай бұрын

Time to clean and carry it

We just talked about the Springfield the other day. Nice to see a vid today.

Springfield for the win.

@AlaskanBallistics

Ай бұрын

Yep!

I decided to give springfield a try and got a 4.5 xdm elite 10mm. I have over 500 rounds through it now, factory ammo and reloads. It has been absolutely reliable, and more accurate than any semi auto I've ever shot. From a sandbag it will hit a 10 inch gong consistently from 100 yards, with an occasional miss. I use an rmr sight for hunting at night. I got a big 200+ pound boar hog with it from about 40 yards. 10mm seems to have plenty power.

@AlaskanBallistics

Ай бұрын

Thank You for sharing your experience! Godspeed and good hunting to you and yours.

Good stuff as usual, thanks for the insight ..

@AlaskanBallistics

Ай бұрын

Thank you. Godspeed and good hunting

have run springfields for about 15 yrs now. have never had an issue. open sight balloon at 153 yrds with sand hill back stop..insane distance and average 3-4 balloons every 10 rnds with all rounds close proximity..great gun very accurate..no jamming issues to date

@AlaskanBallistics

Ай бұрын

Awesome.

I've had my xdm since they came out awesome pistol and recoil not bad at all

Great video. If I’m not mistaken the Springfield has 16 round mags vs 15. At least mine does.

@AlaskanBallistics

Ай бұрын

Interesting

@Javisto

7 күн бұрын

You can actually fit 17 in there

@AlaskanBallistics

7 күн бұрын

@Javisto maybe so but that can screw up the spring in the long run.

👍👍Good video Chuck….thanks.

@AlaskanBallistics

Ай бұрын

Thanks Lance

I love my G20 gen 5 it has the Holosun SCS green dot.. that and the G19X are my favorite 2 glocks ever made.. i really prefer the generation after the gen 4 like the 19x and the gen 5's

Great video!!!

@AlaskanBallistics

Ай бұрын

Thank You!

@darealyunga.v.3392

Ай бұрын

@@AlaskanBallistics Yes sir !🔥

Got the xdm elite 10mm 3.8 compact, love it. Great reliable and accurate but I still prefer my glock 20 over all my 10mms

@AlaskanBallistics

Ай бұрын

Still loses too much velocity for my taste.

@D-A-1776

Ай бұрын

@AlaskanBallistics . True, I do prefer my glock 20. Been thinking about getting the xdm full size my local gun store has a few. 10mm is getting popular here in east Tennessee.

My Springfield xd 4.5 10mm used to get the same velocities as my Glock 40 10mm with stock 6” barrel

@AlaskanBallistics

4 күн бұрын

Interesting. Why doesn't it anymore ?

@Rushshooting67913

4 күн бұрын

@@AlaskanBallisticsI traded it in for a Glock 21 Gen 5 I still have the Glock 40 though.

@Rushshooting67913

4 күн бұрын

I wanted the Springfield with the mos but it wasn’t in stock so I got the Glock 21. Most accurate handgun I own glad I got it

Thanks for the video Chuck 🇺🇸 🇳🇿

@AlaskanBallistics

Ай бұрын

Thank you David!

Thanks for the video. Chamber support issue a deal breaker for the Glock in your opinion?

@AlaskanBallistics

Ай бұрын

Not if you don't mind spending the money on a kkm barrel

I have both Springfields and I had a gen 4 Glock 20. Both are very nice. I think it’s just personal preference.

@AlaskanBallistics

13 күн бұрын

I can agree with that

Happy Father's day 💙. Go buy a Springfield 🎉

@AlaskanBallistics

Ай бұрын

Lol thanks

@dexternorman6283

Ай бұрын

Yes Sir Salute 🫡

@dexternorman6283

Ай бұрын

One of my favorite in my gun collection Springfield Armory 3.8 10mm

@AlaskanBallistics

Ай бұрын

That's a fun one for sure.

Great video. Personally id take the G20. My hand rolled PF45 in 10mm has been solid except for the aftermarket pos trigger pin that snapped in half, gun still worked though. I replaced it with a factory pin and it’s been perfect since. I shoot Underwood ammo about 90% of the time so the cheap inferior trigger pin wasn’t up for the task. I’ve been shooting Glocks for 25 years. Their simplicity is unmatched. Great video.

@AlaskanBallistics

Ай бұрын

Very true 👍

Just bought my Glock 20 Ge 5 Glock couple weeks ago, first thing I did was order a KKM barrel and stainless guide rod. I mirror polished the trigger bar today. With those three improvements I think the Glock will hang in there with the Springer. One thing you didn't mention is price, where I live the Springer is eighty dollars cheaper than clock. Of course 3 mags with Glock, 2 with Springer and they cost twice as much as the Glock mags.

@AlaskanBallistics

18 күн бұрын

A fair point !

I have the XDM elite in 9mm with 3.8 and want to buy the 10mm next. I have done 3 NRA standard 250 point shooting tests for various certifications and aced them all easily. The match barrel is wicked accurate and I used Augilla ball ammo. I am a lot quicker on finding my sight picture on follow up shots with the U notch rear. Iv had it for about 3 years and carried it daily at work (armed security) put around 500? Through it no prob and not a single malfunction.

@AlaskanBallistics

Ай бұрын

You'll enjoy the 3.8" 10mm just as much.

Yup, and it’s time to let bygones be bygones. Get a Springfield for the channel! I worry they are going to move to echelon pattern and I worry it might be a while before they get that right and my guess is they will discontinue the xdm before they get the new echelon 10mm correct. Seems like most gun companies get that change wrong…

@AlaskanBallistics

Ай бұрын

Yep

@c.h.u.d

Ай бұрын

I'm a total Springfield or HS produkt fanboy. I've got multiple springfields and those are the only guns that I'll buy the echelon is great but I don't like it more than the XDM elites I don't like the way they gave up the grip safety the loaded chamber indicator the cocked striker indicator basically everything that the XDM has I think they heard too many people bitching and moaning about the grip safety which has been prevalent on a 1911 since the beginning of time and try to appease that crowd I'll stick with my XDM s.

Get an XD, much better than a Glock. Also, there are not as many parts to swap out to make it work the way you would like your pistol to shoot as well. Good luck and stay safe!!! 😉😉😉

@AlaskanBallistics

Ай бұрын

Thank you

See you at the range

@AlaskanBallistics

Ай бұрын

👍

My department has had tons of issues with Glock, being 9mm 40 45 357 sig or even 10’mm with the mag releases, rapid fire we have had multiple people accidentally have the mag half loaded fall out, I brought my XDM and everyone fired about 200 rounds out of it in a group of 12 people, we didn’t have a single jam, no magazines accidentally fall out due to hitting the mag release while rapid firing. Super solid gun. I have over 10 Glocks but the XDM for 10MM is best for me.

@AlaskanBallistics

Ай бұрын

I've only seen the magazines fall out of glock's from people pressing the magazine release with their support hand. Happened to me once sorting a drill

@ehxoz6365

Ай бұрын

@@AlaskanBallistics exactly The mag release in gen 4 and 5 is to big IMO for rapid fire assuming you aren’t gripping the gun 100%. The XDM is not big but not tiny.

@AlaskanBallistics

Ай бұрын

@ehxoz6365 but it gets hit when drawing by some people.

@c.h.u.d

Ай бұрын

Heeey that's Glock "perfection"😀😀.Springfield's all day for me, Ive got 7 different ones .built and reliable as a tank

XDM even though I’ve sold 2 XD’s over the years and don’t have the desire to get another one. I would like to see you do a 10mm 1911 vs. XDM comparison. Springfield Ronin vs. XDM would be interesting (I own a 9mm Ronin).

@AlaskanBallistics

Ай бұрын

Gotta get the funds.

Thanks for the video. Haven't quite decided but I believe I am going with a S&W. :-) I have the week to decide and appreciate your feedback.

@AlaskanBallistics

Ай бұрын

Stay away from S&W M&P. Too many fail videos are out there, one on my channel too. Like the Glock you have to switch it springs and guide rod and magazine springs for heavier ammunition

@donaldmonroe8503

Ай бұрын

@@AlaskanBallistics Thank you very much. Yes, I see all the noise about them. I trust you. Don't trust all of them per se. Watched your videos last night. I have a G20.4 and a G29.4 so I'll keep looking. I can stretch this out longer, if I need to do that. Honestly, I am trying to wrap my head around what exactly the flaws are with the S&W M&P. Springs are not always flaws, at least in my mind. Take the Garand, best battle rifle on the planet, in my opinion. But, put a 30-06 round in that weapon that isn't rated for that service rifle and it may or may not be reliable. Just me thinking out loud.

@AlaskanBallistics

Ай бұрын

@donaldmonroe8503 if you really want the m&p, get the longer barrel performance center. Seems to be less, but not zero issues. Also exact springs and fixed are listed in that video's comment section Thank You

@donaldmonroe8503

Ай бұрын

@@AlaskanBallistics Thank you very much for your time and advice. Gonna hold off with my purchase.

@AlaskanBallistics

Ай бұрын

Honestly I'd just get a stippling job on the g20 and a 5 to 7 inch kkm barrel...

You need not worry about bumping the mag release when drawing on the springfield. The mag release spring is pretty stout in their pistol line. Ive had horrible issues with glock mag releases being im a lefty but never springfield pistols.

@AlaskanBallistics

Ай бұрын

Good to know

I always change barrels and recoil springs on my Glocks.

@AlaskanBallistics

Ай бұрын

Cool.

Is there any way to pin the grip safety on the XDM?

@AlaskanBallistics

Ай бұрын

I honestly don't know

I have the xdm elite in fde!

@AlaskanBallistics

Ай бұрын

Beautiful

Watching your and Chuke's videos I got the glock 20 with kkm then I went down the aftermarket guide rod heavier spring weight, that was a mistake. Horribly unreliable. Went back to stock spring and it is reliable.. Then I got the XDM Elite. Better trigger reliable out of the box

@AlaskanBallistics

Ай бұрын

Which guide rod/spring did you get? Poundage?

@lacrossed55

Ай бұрын

@AlaskanBallistics Glock Store titanium 20#. They wouldn't take it back once I figured out the GR was the issue. (Though technically outside of their policy)

@AlaskanBallistics

Ай бұрын

@lacrossed55 my ndz 22lb is great except with lightly loaded fmj from ppu or herters

@lacrossed55

Ай бұрын

@AlaskanBallistics it was crazy. Higher power stuff, nose up ftf all day long. Especially Buffalo Bore. It was OK, but wouldn't place my life on it, with Underwood hardcast

@AlaskanBallistics

Ай бұрын

Yeah the ndz steel will be way better.

Glock 20 Gen 5 still having issues with the 200-220gr underwood cherry ammo? Seems like it would be a deal breaker if you cannot reliably shoot heavier ammo. I don’t recall the Springfield having such an issue

@AlaskanBallistics

27 күн бұрын

The Glock gen5 is not having issues unless really dirty

My G20 Gen4 can occasionally be weird with hardcast rounds, seems like it depends on the day lol. I don't carry the hardcast in it when im out in the woods anymore, because I don't feel like I can't guarantee its going to feed perfectly every time. What has functioned basically perfectly is the Underwood Xtreme Penetrators, their overall length and shape of projectile just seems to work in my particular G20.

@AlaskanBallistics

Ай бұрын

They're a good bullet might also try Underwood's 165gr fmj. Flat nose. Not too long like hardcast.

@RJAZ89

Ай бұрын

@@AlaskanBallistics thanks, I’ll have to try those out. Not sure if you ever tried out the hardcast rounds made by a small company out of Idaho, “Lost River Ammo Company” the guy makes some really solid stuff and the prices are dirt cheap. I use his .45 Hardcast in my G30 and they feed really well. I believe they ship to AK now. A really good guy overall

Id take the XD hands down! I have owned an XD and for a polymer gun i actually liked it quite a bit. I despise all things glock. From the first time i shot one to the last. From the goofy grip angle to the repulsive look. But what makes me hate them most is the fan boys. Most of which know little to nothing about firearms and usually can't shoot. The polymer pistols that i prefer over any others are the M&P's. I own a slew of them (although not a 10mm) and theyre all dead reliable, accurate and the ergonomics suit me better than any other that ive shot. I have little doubt that whatever problems S&W are having with the 10mm guns will be resolved and when they are ill have one. Till then, it 1911's, Sig 220 and S&W 1006....

@AlaskanBallistics

Ай бұрын

To each their own

👍👍

@AlaskanBallistics

Ай бұрын

Thank you

Get the XDM! I really like mine. I’ve seen Chuke shoot he just shot the target backing with no target. No wonder he’s a horrible shot. 😂

@AlaskanBallistics

Ай бұрын

Yep

Fn510

@AlaskanBallistics

Ай бұрын

Just wish they made that with a better grip

@thebushbunker

Ай бұрын

@@AlaskanBallistics like a bglocky grip?

@AlaskanBallistics

Ай бұрын

@thebushbunker better stippling.

Springfield Elite 3.8 barrel. Holds its own among 10mm competitors in the working man's price point.

@AlaskanBallistics

Ай бұрын

Yeah but velocity loss in that barrel. Good for concealed carry

@bustabass9025

Ай бұрын

@AlaskanBallistics Yep, but that's the case with any short barreled firearm. They aren't intended for long-range work. The Elite version of the XDM is a great 10mm carry piece; accurate, easy to handle, functions flawlessly. I bought one when they first came out. Does the job for me.

XDM BEST

Great video. Your last 3 shots off the bench rest around the 11:38 mark are going over the back stop berm. Be careful.

@AlaskanBallistics

Ай бұрын

Thanks

My DOT is not sighted in either

@AlaskanBallistics

Ай бұрын

Lol been watching chuke too much?

If you want a true 10 mm semi-auto sig p220 Legion double single action

@AlaskanBallistics

Ай бұрын

For the price of 3 of these. But yes good gun

@MrAntuan25

Ай бұрын

@@AlaskanBallistics buy once cry once.

@AlaskanBallistics

Ай бұрын

@MrAntuan25 or buy 3 times the amount of guns for the same reliability, if not better.

@MrAntuan25

Ай бұрын

@AlaskanBallistics I own both I started out with glock 20 And have own multiple springfields 10mm. You can't beat a steel frame with Fully supported lock up and In slide rails that run Across the whole frame. It's a much better shooting firearm. The weight of the p220 handles 10mm better . The srt trigger on the p220 legion Is night and day better than polymer 10s . The only argument you can make against it is price and capacity My suggestion to that is, you get what you pay for ,and shoot better.

@MrAntuan25

Ай бұрын

@AlaskanBallistics I do agree between the glock 20 g5 and the The Springfield xdm, The springfield is undeniably better and every category. On the springfield I can do without the grip safety though . Between my ownership of both of them. I would buy the springfield again Over the glock.

I absolutely hate mettle recoil guid rods there really junky sounding and feeling. Ill take the glock you can change to what you want .

@AlaskanBallistics

Ай бұрын

They're also less flex which means more accuracy and longer dwell time.

MY GLOCK GEN 5 BLOW UP WITH HARD CAST 220

@AlaskanBallistics

Ай бұрын

Yeah... that's why you out a fully supported chamber barrel in first. Common knowledge for 10mm glock's

Chuke is jealous that you hit the target at all.

@AlaskanBallistics

Ай бұрын

Truth

John Wick would pick Glock over XDM

@AlaskanBallistics

Ай бұрын

True.

XDM lol "grip zone" .. Whats it 1999? It wasn't a good gun then ..just average heavy gun ... In 2024 we see 2011 now 500$ in 10 mm why would someone buy the xdm?

@AlaskanBallistics

Ай бұрын

Where can you find a 500 dollar 10mm 2011?

If CHukes G20 was sighted in correctly would have helped. Both seem to be solid guns but, I'm partial to the glock

@AlaskanBallistics

13 күн бұрын

Me too