I won't be real wordy, as I don't type worth a c$#@. Short summary, after 100 rounds of W-W 230 hardball... very impressed!! If you want more... read on!!My wife recently bought a S&W 638 and this XDS.Both were supposed to be hers, I may take, acquire,or inherit this little pistol from her. We did our shooting from our front yard, sand berm, back-stop range at a distance of 30ft. As this was both a break-in and test of the handgun, the shots were slow controlled fire. With the empty gun weighing in at 21.5 ounces, recoil(at least with the 230.s) was "snappy" but hardy uncomfortable. The grip is generously serrated. That were not an issue for me, at least for the first 70 rounds. Up until that point all shots were kept inside approx. a 5" group. The groups then opened a bit with several flyers. Probable cause was likely both from cumulative recoil and the rather sharp serrations. My wife, after running only 2 magazines, found the serrations more than she was comfortable with. The trigger pull was as good as or better than any of the single action only, poly pistols that I've handled, reasonably light and fairly crisp break. The pistol comes with a fiber-optic front sight. It came with red, with the capability to change to a "near" fluorescent green insert. I'll probably change to the green, as it seems to work much better with my color blindness!! The only issue that we had was a couple of failures to completely go to battery when releasing the slide on a new magazine. The wife was pulling the slide back and hitting the slide release. I believe that she held onto the slide, slowing it's forward travel. I never experienced the problem. All in all, this will probably be my new CCW using my new IWB holster(that I haven't gotten yet)!! memtb
