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AmazingYFactor · 04-11-2006, 04:06 PM

Guys,

I let a friend borrow my XD9SC just the other day. He owns a Beretta 92FS. Anyway, I forgot to tell him how to remove the slide for cleaning.

Here's what he did: he locked the slide back and then raised the disassembly lever. He then used the slide stop lever to bring the slide forward (yikes!) instead of slowly bringing the slide forward. Then, he tried to pull the slide off (before pulling the trigger). Then he realized the gun was cocked and he needed to pull the trigger. Once the striker fired, the slide came off.

He told me all this when he gave the gun back to me. I checked everything out, and nothing seems broken. Is there anything I should check to see if anything was damaged? I don't want to fire any rounds through it until I know it's safe.

--paranoid in TX--

TxStorm · 04-11-2006, 04:09 PM

Should be fine.. dry fire it a few times. Or use snap caps. The recoil spring probably did its job as it was still locked in and dampened the forward slam.

retired · 04-11-2006, 04:33 PM

So, when are you going to loan it to him again.

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nightraider · 04-11-2006, 05:28 PM

It probably didn't hurt the gun. A couple years ago when I bought my XD, at Gander the guy behind the counter field stripped it that way. He was pretty well versed in guns and knew a lot about the XD and the Glock. At the time I knew a lot about Glocks since I owned one a G19 and we bsed about my Glock 19 vs the XD-9 I was looking at. Anyway, I wouldn't worry about it because when he did it I asked if it is ok to do that. He said that he had demoed the gun for several months and did it about every day, with no signs of damage. The gun looked prestine to me after field stripping it. Personally, I let it go down slowly, because I'm a wuss and will always be afraid of breaking it.

azdave · 04-11-2006, 06:43 PM

Make him shoot it.

GAshooter · 04-11-2006, 07:33 PM

It should be ok!! But if u are still paranoid like the guy said above let him shoot it or call Springfield Armory if u are still paranoid! Personally i would disasemble it and make sure everything looked ok and if all was good then i would jst shoot it!

Blake.

btadamsdvd · 04-12-2006, 02:51 PM

It should be fine, the only thing you would need to check is if any springs were damaged. Anything else in the gun should not break simply by doing that. If a gun broke the first time I disassembled the gun the wrong way, I would get rid of that gun. It's obviously not a gun that would hold up to that many live round being fired from it.

LTC-USA · 04-12-2006, 04:58 PM

I would sooner loan my wife out than my XD. Just kidding. (I think)

xd45acp4life · 04-12-2006, 07:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LTC-USA

I would sooner loan my wife out than my XD. Just kidding. (I think)

YA DUH!!!!!! The XD will save my life> the wife just wasts it. just kidding. (I think)

Vincent · 04-13-2006, 05:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AmazingYFactor

Guys,

I let a friend borrow my XD9SC just the other day. He owns a Beretta 92FS. Anyway, I forgot to tell him how to remove the slide for cleaning.

Here's what he did: he locked the slide back and then raised the disassembly lever. He then used the slide stop lever to bring the slide forward (yikes!) instead of slowly bringing the slide forward. Then, he tried to pull the slide off (before pulling the trigger). Then he realized the gun was cocked and he needed to pull the trigger. Once the striker fired, the slide came off.

He told me all this when he gave the gun back to me. I checked everything out, and nothing seems broken. Is there anything I should check to see if anything was damaged? I don't want to fire any rounds through it until I know it's safe.

--paranoid in TX--

Tell your friend the gun is ruined. Tell him it jams, shoots left, sometimes misfires, etc. Tell him you want him to buy you a new XD-45.

04-11-2006, 04:06 PM	#1
AmazingYFactor XDTalk Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Frisco, Texas Posts: 42	friend borrowed XD Guys, I let a friend borrow my XD9SC just the other day. He owns a Beretta 92FS. Anyway, I forgot to tell him how to remove the slide for cleaning. Here's what he did: he locked the slide back and then raised the disassembly lever. He then used the slide stop lever to bring the slide forward (yikes!) instead of slowly bringing the slide forward. Then, he tried to pull the slide off (before pulling the trigger). Then he realized the gun was cocked and he needed to pull the trigger. Once the striker fired, the slide came off. He told me all this when he gave the gun back to me. I checked everything out, and nothing seems broken. Is there anything I should check to see if anything was damaged? I don't want to fire any rounds through it until I know it's safe. --paranoid in TX-- __________________ Springfield XD9 Service Model Springfield XD9 Subcompact CZ 75B Smith and Wesson 642 Taurus 905 Wasr 10/63 AK-47

04-11-2006, 04:09 PM	#2
TxStorm XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: De Leon, TX Posts: 201	Should be fine.. dry fire it a few times. Or use snap caps. The recoil spring probably did its job as it was still locked in and dampened the forward slam. __________________ Texas XD Practical Shooters Association 2- XD40 Services w/ mods 1- XD40 Sub Compact 1- XD40 Sub Compact Bi-Tone Various other Toyz ..

04-11-2006, 06:43 PM	#5
azdave XDTalk Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Phoenix Posts: 75	Make him shoot it. __________________ XD9 Service w/OD frame Sig P239 .40

04-11-2006, 07:33 PM	#6
GAshooter XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Augusta,GA Posts: 126	It should be ok!! But if u are still paranoid like the guy said above let him shoot it or call Springfield Armory if u are still paranoid! Personally i would disasemble it and make sure everything looked ok and if all was good then i would jst shoot it! Blake. __________________ 9mm 4inch Black XD Colt .357 Magnum Ruger 10/22 Mossberg 12 Guage Custom 280 Baikal .410 Savage Custom .17 HMR

04-12-2006, 02:51 PM	#7
btadamsdvd XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Commonwealth of Virginia Posts: 182	It should be fine, the only thing you would need to check is if any springs were damaged. Anything else in the gun should not break simply by doing that. If a gun broke the first time I disassembled the gun the wrong way, I would get rid of that gun. It's obviously not a gun that would hold up to that many live round being fired from it. __________________ The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. - TJ \"What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance?\" -TJ

04-11-2006, 04:33 PM	#3
retired XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: S. Calif. Posts: 5,405	So, when are you going to loan it to him again. .

04-11-2006, 05:28 PM	#4
nightraider XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,483	It probably didn't hurt the gun. A couple years ago when I bought my XD, at Gander the guy behind the counter field stripped it that way. He was pretty well versed in guns and knew a lot about the XD and the Glock. At the time I knew a lot about Glocks since I owned one a G19 and we bsed about my Glock 19 vs the XD-9 I was looking at. Anyway, I wouldn't worry about it because when he did it I asked if it is ok to do that. He said that he had demoed the gun for several months and did it about every day, with no signs of damage. The gun looked prestine to me after field stripping it. Personally, I let it go down slowly, because I'm a wuss and will always be afraid of breaking it.

04-12-2006, 04:58 PM	#8
LTC-USA XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: UT Posts: 944	I would sooner loan my wife out than my XD. Just kidding. (I think) __________________ Springfield XD 9mm subcompact-Tripp chrome (2005) Browning Hi-Power (1966) Browning .25 (1966) 1903 A3 .30-06 Jack Russell Terrier

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