I spent a lot of time reviewing and testing the various "plastic" 9mm guns when I decided to buy one. After range time I decided on the XD, among other things it fit my hand best, I like the grip safety but I added the aftermarket extension due to my natural high grip and also added the aftermarket "ears" because my thumb just wants to find the 1911 safety to ride on. Mostly just because it felt best in my hand.
Since then my wife shot a perfect score on her CHL requal with the XD9 and decided the gun was hers, so I decided on and XD45c to replace it.
XD45 or M&P 45
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jimlongley
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Well thanks for the responses, I took the xd45 back to Cabelas today (btw if you have not fired it they have a full refund policy). I ordered a black M&P45 from budsguns tonight for $66 cheaper than the XD45c. The Xd was just too blocky for me, and I bought it because they did not have what I wanted.
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HankB
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Forget what the gun rags say - they always seem to get pistols that are pinpoint accurate and will feed everything even after being packed with sand and gravel. 
As to your specific questions, the M&P is too new in .45 to have much of a track history - reliability is still a question mark. It wouldn't surprise me if the pistol will have at least a few teething problems that won't show up until there are quite a few in the hands of the buying public.
XD45 is new, too, and most of them seem to work quite well. But if you look through this and other forums, you'll find a fair number of people have had problems. There are also quite a few used XD45s on the used gun market - not a good sign for such a new pistol. (On the plus side, SA seems to actually fix the ones they get back under warranty.)
Personally, I'd give either one another year or two on the market before taking the plunge myself . . . but then, I'm one of those who got burned on another highly-regarded polymer pistol (Kahr P9) so I may have a bit of a bias against new plastic guns.
As to your specific questions, the M&P is too new in .45 to have much of a track history - reliability is still a question mark. It wouldn't surprise me if the pistol will have at least a few teething problems that won't show up until there are quite a few in the hands of the buying public.
XD45 is new, too, and most of them seem to work quite well. But if you look through this and other forums, you'll find a fair number of people have had problems. There are also quite a few used XD45s on the used gun market - not a good sign for such a new pistol. (On the plus side, SA seems to actually fix the ones they get back under warranty.)
Personally, I'd give either one another year or two on the market before taking the plunge myself . . . but then, I'm one of those who got burned on another highly-regarded polymer pistol (Kahr P9) so I may have a bit of a bias against new plastic guns.
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Thanks Hank. I bought a Steyr M40A1 a little while back and liked it so much I wanted a .45 caliber but they don't make them yet. So the M&P45 caught my attention. Lucky for me they just started shiping this week. I'm not a huge fan of the .40 caliber and most of my pistols are .45. I Also wanted to my reloading simple.