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I am considering getting a 6 inch barrel model. Anyone have any experience with it?

Thanks
Ryan

I have one. It is very accurate. I mounted a Hawke RD25 red dot scope on it for Bullseye shooting.

I would recommend adding the barrel weight. Muzzle flip is reduced significantly.

very accurate and reliable gun

Highly recommended.

If used is an option, the Sig/Hammerli Trailside is the same gun and a lightly used one is a gem IMO. I believe the ancestry of the Trailside/Xesse began with the Hammerli 212.

mparker wrote:Highly recommended.

If used is an option, the Sig/Hammerli Trailside is the same gun and a lightly used one is a gem IMO. I believe the ancestry of the Trailside/Xesse is began with the Hammerli 211.

Not exactly, the trailside has a non adjustable trigger, this can be updated to the adjustable like the xesse has but parts labor and two way shipping to larrys guns plus a couple weeks wait time will run you about 300.00

Buy from Larry's Guns - bought mine 3 years ago. Great service. Great gun.

I would recommend that gun before most others.


benelli, hammerlis, pardinis and S&W are 400 more to start.

I have a Marvel and it shoots ok and my benelli shoots great after I upgraded the grips.

That Hammerli has the nice balance like a hi standard citation.

The key to the hammerli is its accurate like a model 41 but is less finicky with ammo.

The new model 41 is really nice and you don't need gun smithing to add a red dot not sure about the Hammerli.

If you can spend 1500 all in mags and mounts I would go with the Smith because it will last forever and a year.

I love my Benelli but its expensive and its not made in the USA.

another option would be to get a Ruger Mark II and send it to Clark Custom my guess is you save some money over the Hamerlli and it will be good too.

Thanks for all the replies! I picked it up about 2 weeks ago. It is very accurate and reliable. Stock trigger pull is very good. Yesterday I shot my personal best score (789) at bullseye match. I highly recommend this gun to anyone.

What ammunition does your X-esse like to shoot? I'm having problems with the second to last round popping up and jamming into top of the mouth of the chamber using SK Standard Plus. I load five rounds and it occurs every time with a stiff LGI magazine spring and will take about 100 rounds to occur with the stock spring. I've only ran about 300 rounds through it so far, all SK Std +, so data is thin at the moment.

I plan to test CCI SV, Aguilla SE and Eley Club soon. The folks I compete with either gave me some samples or we traded a bit so I could try some different brands. Super people to be around.

Xesse is an older design with a high barrel line of the generation of SW41, High Standard, etc. For conventional pistol this is not much of a hindrance (10-ring on a RF target is huge and 10 seconds from an on-target position is a long time), but if you become interested in international events (standard or rapid fire pistol) this will become a big disadvantage compared with more modern designs given the international rules.

Sa-tevo wrote:What ammunition does your X-esse like to shoot? I'm having problems with the second to last round popping up and jamming into top of the mouth of the chamber using SK Standard Plus. I load five rounds and it occurs every time with a stiff LGI magazine spring and will take about 100 rounds to occur with the stock spring. I've only ran about 300 rounds through it so far, all SK Std +, so data is thin at the moment.

I plan to test CCI SV, Aguilla SE and Eley Club soon. The folks I compete with either gave me some samples or we traded a bit so I could try some different brands. Super people to be around.

Shot Eley club, Wollf Match and Laupa pistol OSP without malfunction.

Ryan1911, thanks for the reply.

Another question if you have time. Were your magazine feed lips molded evenly or off-set? Mine were molded offset to the right about 1.5mm and not on the center line of the feed ramp and chamber.