The two toned Springfield XD 4” 45 caliber that I rented was ugly as sin!  I guess I get the idea that you might be in the forest with your pistol and that you need it to ‘blend’ in with the surroundings, but for God’s sake, just get a full black gun!

Okay, now that I’m off my high horse regarding the color, I can give it a review lol.  The Springfield XD came with 3 dot adjustable sights, a trigger safety, grip safety, and 10 round capacity double stack magazine.  The trigger safety really just means that it takes what seems like forever to fire as it disengages the safety when you pull the trigger.   I do like the additional feature of the grip safety as it reminds me of my 1911, and the XD’s grip safety is much smaller than the 1911’s.  I do have to say that the Springfield double stack magazine was really easy to load ammo into and it seemed like a much better quality magazine than the USP.

The gun was rather accurate when I was shooting although I think someone had messed with the adjustable sights because it was shooting low.  I typically either shoot left or right of center, but when I started shooting this one I kept hitting low even as I had lined up the sights properly.  In order to hit the center I had to bring the front sight up higher than the back sights and then I was hitting center.  So I’m not sure who  messed with the sights that way, but that is a risk you take when renting range guns.

I liked the way the gun felt in my hands as it wasn’t very heavy, but I do not like the two toned color scheme.  If I were to purchase this gun, I would definitely get the full black color and obviously, have the sights be adjusted correctly.  

Grade: A
Grade: F for two toned color