williamkevin wrote:Congrats on a great gun! My wife and I each own one in 9mm.
Field strip, clean & lube according to the owners manual before you shoot it. The recoil spring will "set" over time (my slide got easier to operate the more I shot it) 200-300 rounds or so.
Enjoy!
Even so, it is a given that the recoil spring on a 3" barreled pistol will be harder to overcome than the spring on a longer one. I have enough rounds through my XDS45 now that it is well broken in, but it still has a stiffer recoil spring than its big brother XDM45.