Springfield XDs 9mm & Glock 42 .380

[BlackKnight]

One of the advantages of being a rangemaster for my department is that I get to shoot a lot and many times other peoples guns. Between last week and this week I shot new guns that belonged to one of our detective's.
So, I would like to give a small range report on each.

Glock 42
This is Glock new pistol. It is a .380. It is a slim, single stack magazine handgun. It fit the hand okay, but it you have large hands your pinky is going hang in the air.
It shot very well. It fit my hand pretty comfortably although I have long fingers. My only gripe was I felt the trigger was too tight, much more so than our G19's. Plus, I don't personally like the .380 round.
But, I can see the gun be a good BUG, off duty, or undercover gun.

Springfield XDs 9
Now, this gun is a little larger that then the G42. The gun fit the hand much more comfortably, but again, if you have large hands, the pinky will hang freely. The detective did have an extended mag. I do not know if they have these for the G42.
The trigger was little hard as well, but much less then the G42, and much smoother.
What I really liked, and I may look into for some of my other guns, was the hi-viz fron sight complemented by the the rear two dot system. My eyes picked up the sights much easier and faster.
This guns also shot very well with no issues.
Must be my tired old eyes.

So that's my short range report.