XDS Water Testing: Robustness Surprising

Yes, it had to be done. You saw it first at VigilantSpectre Operations: Springfield Armory XDS Water Test Test. We split the testing up to enure that the dirt didn't interfere with the water test. See the dirt test for XDS failures Oh yeah, and nobody died by loading their XDS. I still do not like this handgun however for many reasons stated in my initial impressions video. To sum it up, it is well made but, poorly executed in my humble opinion. I feel like they tried too hard to make it similar to the XD (HS2000) line and it didn't need to be. Anyway, enjoy the show

Springfield Armory XDS: Robust Enough? Part I

Springfield Armory XDS acquired. Lets just say I am not throughly impressed with the weapon. I think it has major ergonomic and functionality issues right out of the box. But then again, so do most micro-autos.

I think that just about all of the gear that comes with the weapon is gimmicky at best. I hate the sights, the mag release... and of course the fact that it is a striker-fired gun. I do give it some points for being a 45 auto clambering; however, let's see what happens when it gets really dirty. I think the results speak for themselves but draw your own conclusions.

Dirt test, the first ever by the way, check the upload date:

Coming soon: Water test.
You saw it here first at VSO