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sage · 05-03-2006, 10:35 PM

i've got a XD9 service model with a little over 2000 rounds through it. the 500 rounds or so, i've noticed/developed a problem. the first 15 casings go up and to the right as they should, but the very last one is always hitting me right between the eyes! its quite annoying...not as annoying as it being more consisitent and accurate than myself. any input?

dad23honu · 05-03-2006, 11:09 PM

It's weird that you posted this. My last one always goes straight up and back and lands smack dab on top of my head. What gives?

mnxd-9 · 05-04-2006, 02:02 AM

I get the same thing on my XD's.
I figure its because there isn't another bullet coming up from the magazine to help push the empty off the the right side.

mojust · 05-04-2006, 03:43 AM

How big is your head?

tec · 05-04-2006, 05:24 AM

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Originally Posted by mojust

How big is your head?

thanks for the first morning laugh.

Wear a hat, it's always better then having a hot case go down your shirt, or worse yet, land in that space right between your glasses and eyeball.

thebigruss · 05-04-2006, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by sage

i've got a XD9 service model with a little over 2000 rounds through it. the 500 rounds or so, i've noticed/developed a problem. the first 15 casings go up and to the right as they should, but the very last one is always hitting me right between the eyes! its quite annoying...not as annoying as it being more consisitent and accurate than myself. any input?

It's cause you keep shooting gangland style on the last shot...

BeardXXXd · 05-04-2006, 07:47 AM

it was designed that way in hopes of a military contract.. its actually a military spec..

in the heat of battle, soldiers can get zoned out and keep shooting a empty gun..
the thiking is the last case hitting you will make u know the gun is empty.

in basic training they spend days doing drills... case hits ur head.. RELOAD!

ttheobald · 05-04-2006, 08:21 AM

Are you left-handed?

Glocks do that consistently to me, which is why I'm not a Glock-owner. The XD ejects more laterally instead of to the rear, so the casings don't whack me in the face or go down my shirt. Not sure why the last one would kick more rearward, but it's possible that as the gun lightens up (mag becoming more and more empty) your grip is shifting the trajectory of the ejected casing...?

T

djturnz · 05-04-2006, 08:53 AM

[quote="thebigruss"]

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It's cause you keep shooting gangland style on the last shot...

I always thought that shooting gang style would send casings into my face. I tried on Sunday and they all just went left over the top of the slide (I shoot RH)

mndelta25 · 05-04-2006, 09:14 AM

I've had the same problem, though when I shoot Blazer aluminums every case does that. Just gotta get used to it I guess, and get a hat.

05-03-2006, 10:35 PM	#1
sage XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 16	why does my last casing consistently hit me in the forehead? i've got a XD9 service model with a little over 2000 rounds through it. the 500 rounds or so, i've noticed/developed a problem. the first 15 casings go up and to the right as they should, but the very last one is always hitting me right between the eyes! its quite annoying...not as annoying as it being more consisitent and accurate than myself. any input?

05-03-2006, 11:09 PM	#2
dad23honu XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Northern California Posts: 3	Top of my head It's weird that you posted this. My last one always goes straight up and back and lands smack dab on top of my head. What gives?

05-04-2006, 02:02 AM	#3
mnxd-9 XDTalk Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: MN Posts: 62	I get the same thing on my XD's. I figure its because there isn't another bullet coming up from the magazine to help push the empty off the the right side. __________________ 'Honk; if you've never seen a gun fired from a motorcycle' XD-9 Tactical XD-9 Service XD-9 SubCompact Taurus 85 Ruger 22/45

05-04-2006, 03:43 AM	#4
mojust XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: connecticut Posts: 169	ejections How big is your head? __________________ Sig 228, 226 Blackwater, S&W 60, Mossberg 590, XD .45 ACP, Springfield 1911, Smith 1911. Happiness is a warm gun

05-04-2006, 07:47 AM	#7
BeardXXXd XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Westmorland Posts: 724	it was designed that way in hopes of a military contract.. its actually a military spec.. in the heat of battle, soldiers can get zoned out and keep shooting a empty gun.. the thiking is the last case hitting you will make u know the gun is empty. in basic training they spend days doing drills... case hits ur head.. RELOAD! __________________ My Website Ballistic Chart a sense of epic grandeur!

05-04-2006, 08:21 AM	#8
ttheobald XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Columbia, MO Posts: 223	Are you left-handed? Glocks do that consistently to me, which is why I'm not a Glock-owner. The XD ejects more laterally instead of to the rear, so the casings don't whack me in the face or go down my shirt. Not sure why the last one would kick more rearward, but it's possible that as the gun lightens up (mag becoming more and more empty) your grip is shifting the trajectory of the ejected casing...? T

05-04-2006, 09:14 AM	#10
mndelta25 XDTalk Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 69	I've had the same problem, though when I shoot Blazer aluminums every case does that. Just gotta get used to it I guess, and get a hat. __________________ Springfield XD 9... Rounds through: 1100, FTF: 0 Remington 870 Express Magnum Remington 710 Remington 597

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