Let me address the last, the trigger pull problem. The DA at least seems to be high on all the guns. If/when you install a spring kit and lower the weight to the place where you want it, you seem to get unreliable ignition. It seems to be related to the frame mounted firing pin. For whatever reason, those seem to require a higher hammer fall than the good old hammer mounted pins. Keep in mind every change isn't necessarily an improvement. Some changes were done to please some salesman, politician (remember the agreement with the Klintons?) or whatever. The guns didn't improve, they just became easier or cheaper to make.

I've never even see a 386XL. My 386 isn't even a PD or Night Guard. Its just a garden variety 386, but I like it a lot. I did remove the infernal lock, and even installed springs that made it fire about half the time. So out they came and the originals with unGodly stiff pulls went back in.

If I saw a 386XL in the flesh, I'd probably buy it on the spot.

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Dick Burg