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August 2005

Springfield Armory’s .45 GAP Takes On Glocks in .45 ACP

Glock created the .45 GAP for its polymer pistols, but Springfield Armory’s XD 45 puts the round to good use as well. What would happen when we compared it to the 21 and 21C?

Based on the performance of our three polymer 45s, the return to high-cap .45s in lightweight pistols may become very popular.

When asked why he carried a .45-caliber pistol, Texas Ranger H. Joaquin Jackson said, "Because they don't make a .46." Jackson, other law-enforcement professionals, and many consumers like the stopping power of a big round like the .45 ACP, and now they have an additional .45 — the .45 GAP — from which to choose.

Having tested the Glock GL37 in .45 GAP against standard .45 ACP guns and ammo (December 2004), we wanted to test another maker's arm chambered for the GAP. The Springfield Armory XD 45 XD9504, $514, is the first pistol chambered for .45 GAP to be produced by a company other than Glock. In a…

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