Project SA XD service 9

[mike51392]

So I own several XD's (sub,service,) they all shoot great except for my service 9 - it shoots left and low confirmed by several shooter's from a rest - I was able to drift the sights and get it to just shoot low - i still wasn't happy so i thought to myself what the hell reddots on pistols is trending and I wanna be 1 of the cool kids
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Removing the rear sight was a pain in the buttocks until I decided to use the right tools
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Sprayed some clp let sit for 15min grabbed a regular hammer and a steel punched 3-4 good and I mean good whacks and bam sights were off
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Completely stripped the slide not necessary I just wanted to give this thing a thorough cleaning

[mike51392]

So for any1 who has removed the extractor from an xd can tell you it's not easy and not really necessary but if you do remove it you'll quickly realize why it's such a pain to remove the part is out of spec I regret not taking pics I actually tried to remove it again to show but couldn't and my fingers hurt
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So here's the cheapest/crappiest way I found to mount a red dot it's a ade product sold by amazon $20
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So part E2 replaces your rear sight and E1 screws on to E2 using 2 small screws - SIMPLE RIGHT, WRONG
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Part E2 is way out of spec so a good set of files is gonna be needed and 2 hours with smoke breaks in between to get it to work

[mike51392]

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Sorry folks I didnt take pics of the part E2 when I was done fitting it 20200106_200631.jpg
The 2 screws that secure E1 to E2 were too long and had to be trimmed and E1 is way too wide to self center on to the slide meaning even when you tighten the 2 screws that secure E1 and E2 - E1 would still move a bit if you taped on it - so I degreased and cleaned all parts and put a thin layer of red loctite on all matting parts did my best to center everything and let it cure for 3 days
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And bam here it is - crap the striker retaining pin
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No problem I just drilled from the bottom of the slide using a small drilled and cleaned it up carefully

[mike51392]

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Pics of pin in place
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I went as far giving it a few good whacks with a non marring hammer and its freaking solid well only time will tell Waiting for optic to get here about another 12 hours it's another ade product il update as soon as I get my hands on it and test it

[DoubleA]

Nice work, and no visible scratches. How well centered is E2? Do you think the red dot will be able to compensate for any variances?


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[mike51392]

I did my best to center using your naked eye it's perfect measuring with my mic's it's only a few thousand's I do believe that the red dot should allow me to zero poa

[mike51392]

I'm gonna try to shave off atleast 2 pounds off the trigger pull - I have some ideas on how to do that along with polishing all the contact points on the trigger components

[mike51392]

Just freaking dawned on me replace the retaining roll pin with a longer 1 and it will solve any movement issues
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Hard to tell but its perfectly level with E1
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I cant find my sharpie lol and the red dot is gonna hide it anyway
Il update when I get my red dot

[mike51392]

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Alright so when I first ordered the mount I didnt notice that they sold package deals so i bought the red dot with the XD mount it was an additional $5 bucks so it made sense to buy the package deal
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The red dot packaging
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What's inside the red dot with rubber cover, adjustment tool, spare battery, hex tool, spare o-ring, and lens cleaner all for $87.59

[mike51392]

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View of dot doesn't make too much sense to take pics of it considering it looks completely different in pics - you get what you pay for the dot isn't super sharp but its perfect for the price, the brightness adjustments are nice it holds its last setting when powered on and off - the lens is huge for a pistol optic the field of view is amazing
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[mike51392]

Il hopefully be able to give you guys a range report by the end of the day tomorrow

[E Michael]

Thanks for sharing.

[hotrail]

That's an awful lot of work to make the sight mount actually fit the pistol it is advertised for. There's got to be a better option in the market.

Anyway, looks like you got er done. Hope you enjoy the finished product! Thank you for the informative post.

[mike51392]

I agree it was alot of fitting to make it work but when it was all said and done the mount is rock solid - I wrote a according review on amazon but if you have the skills and tools it does work - i have the range report il be posting in a few hours

[mike51392]

So prior going to the range I sighted in the red dot using my g-sight training tool
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My xd was spot on there was no adjustment necessary
This was @ 7 yards all the circles are 1" and keep in mind this is my first time shooting a red dot on a pistol other than a 22lr
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I was amazed at how easy it was to hit your targey
I shoot 500 rounds totale there was another 100 round box not in the pic - right around 250 rounds my red dot came loose not the mount the optic itself - I tightened it back down and it was slightly off I never prep the hardware on the optic for the simple fact that I wasn't sure if it was gonna work - know that I know I'm keeping it and the ade optic just plain work I'm gonna secure it permanently
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