I actually picked up a gun to share with my pops. He's an armed guard so and they only allow US Made pistols for govt. contracted security.
So we picked this up
Smith and Wesson M&P .40 Cal. It's actually a REALLY nice pistol. I've run almost 500 rounds through it myself since we got it last month. More specs here:
http://www.smith-wesson.com/wcsstore...TECH_SPECS.pdf
In fact, I was "playing" with it last night.
I'm still "aiming" for the xd-45. Prolly pick it up in the new year.