Fusion XF Pro Review — An All-Metal Striker Gun That Takes Glock Mags

Not to be confused with the XP Pro, Fusion's double-stack 1911 you've probably seen all over YouTube, the XF Pro is a second-generation striker-fired pistol imported by Fusion Firearms. The headline is the frame: it's all metal. That adds weight — it comes in around 27 or 28 ounces — but it's a striker gun that isn't polymer. The only non-metal part is the magazine release, and that's deliberate. Anyone who's seen a metal-framed Glock-pattern gun knows a metal mag release chews up Glock and PMAG magazines, so they kept that piece polymer. Because yes, it takes Glock mags.

The grips on mine are red — the package I got came with black and red — and they also offer a white/black camo and a bronze camo. I'd love to see aftermarket G10 options eventually. The slide is optic-cut and ships with two plates; the RMR plate on mine also covers about five other footprints, and the second plate handles smaller optics. One knock: the plate is chunky and sits above the slide, so your optic rides fairly high. I've got a Vector Optics Frenzy 1x24x29 on it, and that optic is getting its own review.

The slide has porting on top and on the sides. My barrel is fluted, not ported, but Fusion offers a ported one — and any Glock Gen 4 barrel drops in, so Aim Sports, True Precision, Lone Wolf, whoever, gives you an easy ported option. The recoil assembly is Glock-pattern too, a double spring in the 17 to 18 pound range that's a little hefty for a non-ported barrel; you can swap in any lighter Glock Gen 4 or 5 guide rod and spring. Takedown uses two screw-style pins you pull down on instead of the ribbed plastic Glock tabs, and you get a much better grip on them.

The trigger is where this gun excels. A little play, then a wall — not razor-defined, but definitely there — then the break, followed by a very short, smooth reset that leaves you right back on the wall. You are not finding that in any stock Glock; this is the $200 aftermarket trigger, from the factory. There's a blade safety that works. It also has a loaded chamber and striker indicator on the back, and here's a trick they don't advertise: rest your thumb on it as you draw. If anything touches the trigger in the holster, the indicator comes up into your thumb and you'll feel it.

On the frame you've got an integral gas pedal — how awesome is that — which gives you real purchase and keeps the gun flat, plus a finger index point on the other side. Glock internals, Glock guide rod, Glock barrels, Glock mags. It does not take Glock triggers; the assembly looks Glockish but it's different. For the range test I ran PMAGs, Glock OEM mags, and Rattlesnake Tactical mags from Ammunition Depot.

The PMAG ran clean with last-round lockback, and the gas pedal keeps my thumb off the slide stop, which y'all know I ride. The Glock OEM mag was fantastic — smooth, flat, lockback, no issues. The Rattlesnake mags stovepiped and then locked back early, and that's the magazine, not the gun; I've had the same results running them in other pistols. Also a heads-up on the rail: to mount my Streamlight TLR-1 HL I had to use the 1913 rail key, not the Glock one.

Final thoughts: I've got a loving, beautiful relationship with this gun, and I'm contemplating it for EDC. The problem is holsters. It's thicker, it has the gas pedal, and it will not fit a Glock 19 or 17 holster. I'm carrying it in a Tier 1 Concealed MSP with the TLR-1 cut, and it fits, but with the longer light the gun rides high enough that you can get a finger into the trigger guard — I don't grab a gun that way, but I worry about foreign objects. I'll probably swap to a TLR-7 so it sits deeper, and add a wedge. Fusion sells holsters, but none were set up the way I carry — double clip with a claw and wedge. Even so, for a Glock 19-sized gun it conceals very easily; the lines are well done. Sub-$500 out the door. Fantastic firearm.