Is there really a problem with the XD40????

[crofrog]

Originally Posted by R/T Performance

Ok Chris How about this
Sub 2500-3000 Round s had it since spring
Service 4500-5000 Round had it 1.75 years Note fired 8 rounds with 2 grains extra powder.No Damage (Long story lets just say the fan on my furnace is good for exzactly 2 grains
Tactical 300-500 Rounds only had it 3 Month comp only gun

I'm not going to say you were one of the lucky one's. What I am going to say is you made sure your's worked for you. This is something that it is important to do, and has _not_ been done on guns with low round counts. I wouldn't feel comfortable carrying that tactical, yet.

So Clearly I must have been lucky Three times since it's an under built 9mm Frame

Well honestly you can only say 2 times so far :P

So if I put a 430 Hp motor in my truck that came with 230 stock Hp It will break
Guess I got lucky there to since it weighs 5200# and runs 13.40@99.87 MPH

Yeah, cause this has so much to do with what we are talking about, and you can't honestly claim that you belive that 430HP motor to be as relibale as it was stock. Of course if it's a truck; it's probally american and you are just use to it going tits up already.

Let's look at a small list of failures to examine why I said the .40 might be underbuilt or improperly designed.

Ejector breaking when inserting the mags the .40 sits the round higher reducing the clearence with the ejector, should have been redesigned.

Cracking locking blocks, the increased pressure in the gun from the .40 round cause the locking block to fail. Basic engineering princple ignored. Problem not prevalant on 9mm because of lower pressures.

Slide locking back. Improper mag design, should have been caught in function testing, if not in design.

I'm sure there are more...

All of those to me mean the .40 was not tested enough and was not engineered to be a .40 they where just like hey, we make this hole in the slide a little bigger, increase the size of the bore and chamber some and bend the mag feed lips we can get a .40 to fit...

Chris

[crofrog]

Originally Posted by 87-51

YES I do rely on this weapon with my life. How many rounds does it take to make you rely on a weapon? Enough to wear it out? Every weapon is a mechanical object that CAN fail. I don't care what it is. Most of the .40 "failures" I've heard about here have happened pretty much right off the bat. I've seen Kimbers fail, Glocks fail, etc, etc. Does that mean you shouldn't trust your life to them as well?

No it means you should make sure the gun works for you. I feel that after a few thousand rounds most of the failures should have happened already. I shoot about 300-500rd's every week right now. So my gun's round count will go up reguardless. As long as you follow the guideline for what parts to replace at what intervals and the gun is below it's service life, it should not be "worn out".

I am just wondering if this is really a valid problem or if it is just a perceived problem.

I feel there are valid problems. There are a lot of people posting they have issues, and for example the locking block more people looked and then relized they had it to. Issues exist with the design and execution of the gun. Hopefully they'll get them straightened out.

Chris

[USMC-PRIDE]

Have you called springfields armorers, engineers, president,etc etc, and enlightened them with your vast knowledge of all that is guns and offered your professional expertise to help them resolve the issues with the XD?? Or is it just for our benefit? It would seem to me that springfield would be the place to go with all of this.

[Captain Ray]

Chris.. if you don't like your gun, sell it. I don't think you will have any trouble unloading it (pun intended) on any forum member here.

I will buy your malfunctioning gun. I start the bid at $250... that's not a bad pricefor a POS.

Raymond

[[TASF]Overkill]

$275!

[Captain Ray]

TASF doesn't have any money!!! He would have to borrow it from Maverick... $276!!

Raymond

[gdpak]

Most every new product gets rushed out to the market. Most of those do have defects or bugs that need to get worked out and the manufacturer has the mindset of fixing them over the first few years (especially car manyfacturers). That's why I usually don't buy a big ticket item (especially a car) until it's been through a few generations.

I understand the XD's have gone through several changes already, so they must be listening, and most importantly, they're taking action.

I would depend on mine in a life threatening situation. I like it, I trust it.

[Ouch!]

Originally Posted by Son of Norway

No problems with mine.

could this be the problem?
http://www.hetracil.com/index.html

[stunksinatl]

I'm sorry, I can't help but LAUGH!

-stunks

[xd4zero]

3 SA XD 40's no problems, if you are basing your knowledge on what you read on the forums, read other makers forums and you will find plenty of problems with thier firearms (even the perfect glocks have problems according to GT). People tend to report problems with thier firearms, if they don't have probems, they don't report it.