A Whole Lotta 9: Springfield XDm 9mm 

When the XDm was brand-new, not such a long time ago, I asked Denny Reese about a 9mm version. “How many rounds would it hold; nineteen, twenty?”

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“Ahhh, something like that,” was his vague reply. Clearly, Springfield was interested in getting the .40 cal version off to a good start, and that they did. He changed the subject, and I took the hint.

Well, it didn’t take much longer, and here we are with a huge capacity 9mm that you can treat like a normal pistol. Well, normal in the modern sense. In the old days, to have more than-common capacity you had to go with aftermarket magazines–magazines that were longer than the frame. Often they’d be marginally reliable. As 9mm pistols in the old days were not entirely reliable themselves, a few models with dodgy magazines made things worse. Today we expect reliability almost as a birthright. We expect capacity. And we expect all the options while we’re gearing up for the zombie hordes. Well, now we have it, and I for one have to think this whole 9mm vs. .40 vs. .45 thing over again.

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