Congratulations! Your friends XD9 is a great gun. I shoot an XD40 which is pretty much same thing with a smidgen more power than the 9 and I have nothing but praise for it. Great gun and only had it jam on me once when shooting a lanes in house reloads which I will never do again. As for the holster, the ones that come with the XD's are great if you just want to be brandishing your gun around your friends but I wouldn't use one for conceal and carry. I have one with a clip like an ink pen that holds it up inside the top of my pants and a padded one that does the same thing but actually is affixed to my belt. I don't carry as often as I once did but the padded one worked better for dress slacks while it was too bulky when wearing blue jeans. Wait, maybe I am just too bulky in blue jeans. LOL