New gun new problem

[justincredible]

Well i took my new XD 45 out today and put the first batch of rounds through her. Wish i could say how great it went but.....no. I fired only 38 rounds when it FTF and thats when i noticed that the striker rod that pops out the back to indicated there's a round in the chamber was gone. Apparently the black piece of plastic that acts as the guide for this pin broke and the spring ended up bending in half. I talked to a guy behind the counter and he said it was a common problem with XD's. I personally have never heard of this problem before and really liked the XD series of pistols but to be honest this has left a bad taste in my mouth! maybe i'll go brush my teeth, get the gun fixed and get a glock

[apbrian112]

call up springfield... i haven't read about this problem but then again i don't spend a lot of time on xdtalk (i just stay here, all day long...). i haven't had a problem with my xd9 and i'm experiencing stovepipes with my xd40 tactical (but i think that's due to the aftermarket recoil spring = to heavy for the reloads i'm using)

[Blue]

Wow that's terrible. I've never heard of that happening, send it back and give it a try again, I've got a few thousand through my XD9 and my only problem I've EVER had with it is I keep running out of ammo

[railroader]

I had the rod itself break and the gun kept running. It's not a loaded chamber indicator by the way, it only shows the gun is cocked. Mark

[Oldnoob]

wow, that sucks. i'll check out xd forum for you see what they have to say.

[justincredible]

thanks oldnoob i'll check for your post.

[leelaw]

I've not heard of this before, thanks for the head sup.

Chalk this up as a reason why you check YOURSELF if a round is loaded in the chamber (or the hammer is cocked), and not to rely on mechanical devices to tell you, since they may fail.

[Slayer]

Dont get a glock. Get a M&P

[justincredible]

well nothing really much left to say, i just figured i'd get my 100th post on a thread i started no matter how mad i was earlier, and i'm going fishing in the morning things are looking up

[RedDawn]

Wow that's terrible. I've never heard of that happening, send it back and give it a try again, I've got a few thousand through my XD9 and my only problem I've EVER had with it is I keep running out of ammo

Running out of ammo should be the only problem any gun may have.

That being said, I hope everyone has contacted their Assemblyman/woman to tell them you are opposed to AB2062.

[Oldnoob]

in case i forget, here is the link i post on xd forum. hope they can help you with your problem.

http://www.xdtalk.com/forums/general-hs2k-sa-xd-talk/71853-new-xd-owner-need-your-help.html

[MILLITIAof1]

I talked to a guy behind the counter and he said it was a common problem with XD's.

you should listen to anybody BUT the guy behind the counter.
never heard of this though, I have 3 xd's with over 10k rounds between them and not 1 single problem.
I think you got the 1 in a million deal.

[Darklyte27]

Dont get a glock. Get a M&P

+1 with night sights !!!

[justincredible]

FYI Springfield is replacing the gun at no charge including shipping. This makes me feel 55% better only because it still broke on its first outing.

[retired]

I'm a member of xdtalk and I've never seen that problem mentioned before. As one member said on the thread about it, yours must be the 1 in a million.

SA seems to have done right by you giving you a new gun. I'm surmising they picked up the price of shipping also right. At least I hope they did. Early on with most problems, they would, but when every Tom, Dick and Harry tried to get a free new finish from regular wear, they stopped that.

I bought my XDSC9 in 04 and had a mismatched pair of sights. They replaced the rear one for free and picked up the shipping too.

Good luck with the new gun.