5 Reasons Why Glock is better than the Springfield XD

The Glock and Springfield XD are oftentimes compared because they are both popular, striker fired service pistols that are imported into the United States and widely used by Law enforcement and the military. As such, the debate about which is better often rages.Show more

In this video I'll give my 5 reasons why Glock is better than the springfield XD.

The two pistols are definitely not the same, but they're close enough in terms of their attributes and their primary use cases that they get compared frequently.

My Experience with both the Springfield XD and Glock Pistols

Having years of experience as an owner and shooter of both brands, I have to say I prefer Glock's offering and for this reason I've gone much further down the Glock road then the XD.

5 Reasons I personally Prefer Glock over Springfield

Reason 1 (Least Important): The glock pistols feel slightly tighter and smoother when shooting.

Call me one a glock fan boy, but Glock has always shot very smooth for me personally. I know people's mileage varies. Some people either love or hate Glock's ergonomics, but personally I love them. The grip angle keeps the top bones in your hand parallel to those in your arm, allowing you to keep your trigger finger straight while getting a high grip on the frame. Some people hate it, I personally love it.

Reason 2: The takedown lever on the springfield doesn't play well with an active grip style

I like to angle my support hand forward to grip as much of the top of the frame as possible. On the XD, it makes it a little harder to get a good purchase on the frame, as it gets in the way of your support hand thumb. I would like the frame to actually be cut there instead of protruding. Other pistols that I own have this naturally, and in others yet, I'll stipple this in. The takedown lever should have been placed on the right side of the pistol in my opinion, since most people are right handed shooters and not gripping the frame in this area.

Reason 3: The aftermarket for Glock is huge

There's so many varieties of glock compatible products on the market. The XD market is nothing to scoff at, its better than the majority of pistols out there. But with Glock, you can customize literally anything about the pistol, which has a fun factor to it along with a practical factor. Suffice to say the Glock platform has been a better platform for me to tailor for my competitive shooting needs.

Reason 4: The XD is harder to work on

Both designs are simple, but the Glock is stupid simple to fully field strip and disassemble. The XD wasn't hard, its easier than other pistols, but it wasn't as intuitive the first time. I have a video on disassembling the XD on my channel. I can disassemble and reassemble a glock pistol with my eyes closed. Another example is trying to change the sights on the XD. The tolerances are so dang tight. Even with a sight pusher, I wasn't able to do the job without special tools like a bench vice. Glock on the other hand, changing sights are a breeze.

Reason 5 (Most Important to me): The Stock Trigger on Glock has night and day better reset

This is my biggest gripe with the XD. The trigger on the XD is okay. It has a clean wall and a crisp break, nothing to complain about here. However, the reset is very, very long on the XD. And this is by far my largest complaint. You basically have to pull the trigger and then ride the reset the entire way back to the front of the trigger guard. As someone who is trained to to ride the reset just far enough to break on a two stage trigger, the XD by comparison feels like an eternity between break back to reset. This isn't something I've been able to get used to, and it differs from every other pistol that I own. This makes shooting with the stock trigger difficult in the XD vs a stock Glock trigger.

Three things that the XD does better than Glock.

Thing 1: The rear striker engaged indicator is fantastic

Glock has the side chamber indicator but that isn't helpful when the gun is holstered. The springfield rear chamber indicator is a really nice safety feature, as you can visually see when holstered what condition the pistol is in. Other brands like CANIK also do this well.

Thing 2: Factory Sights are better on the Springfield XD vs Glock

The sights from the factory are better on XD, especially being that they are metal. Glock factory plastic sights are usable but they suck. As mentioned earlier, the point about the aftermarket for glock though offsets that point as there's a huge variety of aftermarket sights and given the competition they tend to be very affordable for Glock.

Thing 3: Some internals are nicer on the Springfield

Some internals on the springfield are nicer. The springfield recoil assembly is all metal from the factory. The feedramp on mine came polished which is a nice touch. These are negligible however as it isn't like Glock suffers from any reliability issues. Both pistols are ultra reliable.