Scaled for Self-Defense: Springfield XD-S 9mm Review

There are people—and companies—who have one good thing, one trick that they work for all they’re worth. Then there are those who are a steady stream of ideas and products that people want and are eager to get. Springfield is one of the latter group. Whether it is making a century-old product (1911s), a half-century-old product (M1As) or something that is of more recent vintage (polymer-frame pistols), they just keep on lifting the curtain on one hot new product after another.

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The company’s latest item—the XD-S—is a wake-up call to the world of carry guns—Springfield Armory intends to own it all. I’ve been a fan of the Springfield striker-fired pistols for some time. When the original, the XD, was the offering from Geneseo, Ill., I had Irv Stone III of Bar-Sto build me a multi-use XD. Originally a .40, when he was done with it, it was a .40, a .357 SIG and a 9mm. And while fun and versatile, it was not exactly a carry gun you’d want to have lashed to you all day long.

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