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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.

The Specs

XD-E Pricing & Shopping

MSRP: $519

More XD-E Photos, & Video

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The XD-E from above.

The XD-E from the left.