The hammer-forged barrel is match-marked and, based on our previous experience with Springfield XD pistols, when they say 'match' they mean it shoots like a house afire. The sights are steel and have a black oxide finish, as well. The front sight is a fiber-optic design with a small red tube that collects light and directs it toward our aiming eye. Afterward, they are both given a black oxide finish. The slide and barrel are given a Melonite treatment, a hard surface treatment that reduces wear and enhances corrosion resistance. The slide and barrel are given a Melonite treatment. Unlike other designs, shooters get only the most aggressive design underneath their hand in the area where it's needed. The Mod.2 version has an improved and hand-specific GripZone frame texturing, featuring three different textures. Improved and hand-specific GripZone frame texturing. Since then, Springfield Armory has continually tuned, refined and improved it. The original XD dates back to the turn of the 21st century and has earned a well-deserved reputation for ruggedness and reliability. The XD Mod.2 fits that description very nicely. If you take any product and work on a regular basis to improve a detail or feature, you'll develop, after a relatively short time, a product markedly superior to its original version. We've continually been improving the XD, and the Mod.2 is the result so far.' I recently had the opportunity to talk with Dave Williams of Springfield Armory who said this about the newest XD Mod.2: 'The XD Mod.2 is an evolutionary product. We currently live in an era where it seems that every new product released is extolled as being 'revolutionary,' 'ground-breaking' or ascending 'to the next level.' It is refreshing to have someone tell it to you straight.

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