According to Springfield sales reps, the original “Mod1” XD (mechanically identical to the Mod2/3/4) is still the top seller (I wonder how much of that is because of CA) - not counting the Echelon and XDM - and HS Produkt has no plans to discontinue it. It seems the only reason for the Mod3 - now the Mod4 - existing is to offer an optics cut at a more accessible price point than the XDM and Echelon.
This poor thing has always been an also ran, the only thing it's got to offer that a Glock or an M&P, or even a P320 at this point is that stupid grip safety.
I don't know who's buying them.
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I have owned a few of the them over the years and wanted to like them but I could never really shoot them well. I figured with the Echelon they would concentrate on that design instead of revamping the XD. I don't know how much of a foreign market there is for these but I don't see many of the XD guns at many dealers anymore unless they are in the used gun cases. The whole "Grip Zone" was a total failure and have no idea why they went all in with that slogan. I hope many people were fired for that nonsense. At least with the "Yeet Cannon" you knew what they were selling but weren't serious about it.
