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I just picked up a Springfield Armory XD40 subcompact. It is going to be my new concealed carry pistol. I know it's "only a .40" but the primary driver for this switch is the consistent man-machine interface. I have an XD9 that I shoot often and an XD45 that I use for home defense. Now that I have an XD40 for concealed carry, the controls on three guns are going to be consistent. Don't you hate using a different computer and realizing it has a two-button mouse when you're so used to your three-button one? Or how about using a three-button one when you're used to having a wheel mouse? Can you imagine having a fire extinguisher with a pull-out pin to unlock the lever? What if you have another one with a screw out pin to unlock the lever? What if you had another one that had a carabiner style clip? It's the same concept at work here. I'm so used to shooting the XD that sometimes I wonder if I'll forget to drop the manual safety on my PT-145 in a panic situation. Whenever I shoot my PT-145, I often include dropping the safety as part of the firing sequence. I try to make that short thumb movement come naturally. That's great but it's not needed when I shoot my XDs. So there's inconsistency in training and that's always been in the back of my mind... till now.
Don't worry, I'm not giving up on the Taurus PT-145. I'll still take it to the range occasionally. It's just that it will be outnumbered 3 to 1 in my gun safe.

Don't worry, I'm not giving up on the Taurus PT-145. I'll still take it to the range occasionally. It's just that it will be outnumbered 3 to 1 in my gun safe.