Description
Buyers in capacity restricted states usually pay full price for a factory bundle and then discover most of the magazines in it are illegal where they live. The Springfield XD Mod 4 Gear Pac LC is built to avoid that. It is the same fourth generation optics ready 9mm and the same complete package, but every magazine in the box holds ten rounds, so nothing has to be set aside or sold on.
A Compliant Package With Nothing Wasted
Four magazines is the number training actually requires. Classes typically ask for three at minimum and most new owners turn up with the single magazine their pistol shipped with, then spend the day topping off between drills. Getting four ten round magazines in the box removes the first and most tedious purchase a new owner faces, and in a restricted state it removes the risk of buying the wrong ones.
The optic is a Viridian RFX11 green dot. Green emitters are easier for most eyes to acquire against bright backgrounds than red, and the RFX11 is a closed emitter design with the window sealed against rain, dust and the lint that collects in any holster carried daily. That is the sight an experienced buyer would choose rather than the open emitter unit usually bundled at this price.
A padded pistol bag rounds out the package. It sounds minor, but a decent range bag bought separately costs another fifty to a hundred dollars, and a pistol that lives loose in a console does not stay in good condition for long.
The Pistol And Why The Fourth Generation Matters
Capacity limits touch the magazine and nothing else, so this pistol is mechanically identical to the standard version. No magazine disconnect, no altered trigger, no block wedged into a full size magazine body. Training on it transfers directly, and moving to a less restrictive state later means buying magazines rather than another firearm.
The factory milled optic cut is the reason to look at this generation at all. Earlier XD pistols required gunsmith work to accept a red dot, and that cost a serious fraction of the pistol price. Here the slide arrives cut with a plate system covering the common footprints, so even if you replace the bundled sight later you are never locked in. Underneath sit steel sights: a red fiber optic front sight paired with a white dot rear.
Ergonomics were reworked for this generation and it shows in the hand. The trigger guard is undercut so the shooting hand sits higher relative to the bore, the beavertail is extended, frame texture is more aggressive than earlier XDs, and slide serrations run fore and aft. The flat face trigger feels lighter than its measured weight. A passive grip safety, a loaded chamber indicator and a striker status indicator complete the safety set.
Springfield XD Mod 4 Gear Pac LC Specifications
- Caliber: 9mm Luger
- UPC: 706397005085
- Barrel: 4 inch hammer forged steel, Melonite finish, 1:10 twist
- Slide: forged steel, Melonite finish, factory milled for optics
- Frame: black polymer with Picatinny rail
- Front sight: red fiber optic, steel
- Rear sight: white dot, steel
- Trigger: flat face
- Safeties: passive grip safety, loaded chamber indicator, striker status indicator
- Weight: 27 ounces
- Overall length: 7.3 inches
- Height: 5.5 inches
- Grip width: 1.2 inches
- Capacity: 10 rounds
- Included: four magazines, Viridian RFX11 green dot, padded pistol bag
Two notes. Some distributor sheets still list this UPC under the older Mod.2 name; the pistol shipping under this number is the current fourth generation and the specifications above are the manufacturer figures. Gear Pac contents are also set per production run and can change, so confirm the current bundle with us if the optic is why you are buying.
Why Buyers Choose The Springfield XD Mod 4 Gear Pac LC
Nothing in the box is wasted, which is the first argument and the reason this version exists. Restricted state buyers routinely pay full package price for magazines they cannot legally load and then buy compliant ones separately. Here all four are usable where you live.
The second argument is the quality of the bundled gear. A closed emitter optic is the upgrade experienced owners choose, not the compromise they replace. Packages built around an open emitter dot and a nylon holster get gutted within a year and the buyer pays twice.
The third argument is the pistol underneath. A factory milled optic cut, steel fiber optic sights, a flat face trigger and a forged steel slide at this price are difficult to match, and the XD platform has been in continuous production since 2002 so holsters, parts and magazines are everywhere.
Who Should Buy The Springfield XD Mod 4 Gear Pac LC
This suits a shooter in a state that caps magazines at ten rounds who wants a complete red dot setup in one purchase. It works equally well as a first serious handgun, a home defence pistol with a light on the rail, and an inexpensive training gun. Buy the standard capacity Gear Pac instead if your state allows sixteen round magazines.
Learn more about this service pistol package from the manufacturer, or see more firearms available at MAG5 Firearms.
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