Summary: The description, specs, photos, pricing and user ratings of the Springfield Armory XD-E pistol.
Manufacturer’s Description
Springfield Armory‘s XD-E is a semiauto, hammer-fired pistol built on a black polymer frame with a forged steel slide with a black melonite finish, and chambered in 9mm. The “E” in the name denotes the gun’s external hammer.
Other features include:
A double-action/single action trigger;
an ambidextrous thumb safety/decocker;
an ambidextrous magazine release;
dual recoil springs;
The XD-E from the right with the hammer cocked.
a full-length guide rod;
a hammer-forged steel barrel with a melonite finish;
a low-profile notch rear sight with two white dots dovetailed into the slide;
a fiber optic front sight dovetailed into the slide;
a high-grip beavertail and trigger guard;
a 1″ wide grip with three-zone texturing, including moderate texturing on the frontstrap and backstrap, aggressive texturing on the grip’s corners and light texturing on the grip’s sides;
a pop-up loaded chamber indicator on top of the slide;
an accessory rail;
a slim, contoured slide-release lever;
no-tool disassembly via a slim, contoured disassembly lever;
rear grip serrations on the slide;
three magazines, including a flush-fit magazine, and extended magazine, and a flush-fit magazine with a pinky extension.
Springfield says it made the XD-E’s slide easy to rack.