I absolutely love my XD9 and XD40. The XD is one of the best pistols I own. I frequently recommend it to friends. Even with the Springfield markup it's still one of the best values out there. I also wish I had gotten one of the HS2000's when they were available but oh well.

I don't have any idea about pricing either. Looks like they've got quite a marketing campaign behind it so I expect them to start appearing in large numbers early next year. Depends on how fast those Croatian manufacturers can crank 'em out.

As with any new pistol introduction I'm a bit leary of going out and buying the first production run. Hopefully some reviews and 1000+ round tests will start appearing soon.

I can't wait to get my hands on one and try it out.