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glock10mmman · 03-30-2007, 05:41 PM

I just picked up a brand new Xd tactical 40 today and have yet to shoot it. Will be putting 500 or so down range tomorrow to get ready for competition next week.

The slide stop lever is freggin stiff. Almost to the point that its gonna slow me down on reloads. How many rounds appox down range before it loosens up?

Sorry for the newbie post, but my experience with Xd's so far has been putting about 50 rounds or so threw swatkins13's XD 45 tactical he had. Never really got down and dirty with it as it was his baby

g10

Moe C. · 03-30-2007, 10:01 PM

Yeah mine was really stiff as well to the point that it was painfull to flip it. I'd say mine loosened up nicely after 500. As I'm sure you know, the metal needs to get polished down through use. Of course my slide release lever had a crack/stress fracture in it so I sent it back to SA for a replacement. Hopefully SA will tell me what the think caused the crack.

I'm of the opinion that it won't hurt to "dry" rack the slide. That way you can smooth things out a little quicker. Although it sounds like you will have that covered putting 500 through it. Have fun!

leeindy · 03-30-2007, 10:17 PM

it breaks in after a while. if your really worried about it polish the contact points.

deepdiver · 03-30-2007, 10:18 PM

It's a "slide stop lever" not a "slide release lever". Rack the gun and release slide to load and the slide stop lever won't matter for loading.

If you insist on using the slide stop lever to load the XD (as admittedly the manual states) you'll find that it is much easier to release with a full mag than without a mag or with an empty mag.

glock10mmman · 03-30-2007, 10:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by deepdiver

It's a "slide stop lever" not a "slide release lever". Rack the gun and release slide to load and the slide stop lever won't matter for loading.

If you insist on using the slide stop lever to load the XD (as admittedly the manual states) you'll find that it is much easier to release with a full mag than without a mag or with an empty mag.

My bad. I knew that acutally.

I know it releases better by racking the slide, but in competition shooting thats one extra step that will slow me down. Now for combat shooting I use the tap rack bang drill. LEO 7 years.

I only asked as my Sigs and Glocks always seemed eaiser to drop the lever than the XD. First one ive ever owned.

g10

03-30-2007, 05:41 PM	#1
glock10mmman XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Augusta, Kansas Posts: 113	Slide stop lever stiff on Xd tac 40 I just picked up a brand new Xd tactical 40 today and have yet to shoot it. Will be putting 500 or so down range tomorrow to get ready for competition next week. The slide stop lever is freggin stiff. Almost to the point that its gonna slow me down on reloads. How many rounds appox down range before it loosens up? Sorry for the newbie post, but my experience with Xd's so far has been putting about 50 rounds or so threw swatkins13's XD 45 tactical he had. Never really got down and dirty with it as it was his baby g10 __________________ 10mm! Anything that fast needs a stewardess on it!! *Support the 10mm freaks best friend.......Double Tap Ammo.com* Last edited by glock10mmman; 03-30-2007 at 10:20 PM.

03-30-2007, 10:01 PM	#2
Moe C. XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Whidbey Island, WA. Posts: 190	Yeah mine was really stiff as well to the point that it was painfull to flip it. I'd say mine loosened up nicely after 500. As I'm sure you know, the metal needs to get polished down through use. Of course my slide release lever had a crack/stress fracture in it so I sent it back to SA for a replacement. Hopefully SA will tell me what the think caused the crack. I'm of the opinion that it won't hurt to "dry" rack the slide. That way you can smooth things out a little quicker. Although it sounds like you will have that covered putting 500 through it. Have fun! __________________ XD-9 Service * 1700 * rounds since 02/07 ------------------------------------------------ 'The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyrannies of evil men.' -Ezekiel 25:17 'Tyranny is the exercise of some power over a man, which is not warranted by law, or necessary for the public safety. A people can never be deprived of their liberties, while they retain in their own hands, a power sufficient to any other power in the state.' -Noah Webster

03-30-2007, 10:17 PM	#3
leeindy XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: montana Posts: 2,892	it breaks in after a while. if your really worried about it polish the contact points. __________________ USAF F-15 Attack Control Specialist / Range Officer / Defensive Pistol Instructor "A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity" Sigmund Freud Anchorage Practical Shooters Club aka ANPRACS ANPRACS Match Videos click here and here USPSA # A-58756 IDPA # A28338 Co-Founder of the OFFICIAL XDtalk Competition League Another good gun forum http://www.nationalgunforum.com

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03-30-2007, 10:18 PM	#4
deepdiver XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: SE Missouri Posts: 1,585	It's a "slide stop lever" not a "slide release lever". Rack the gun and release slide to load and the slide stop lever won't matter for loading. If you insist on using the slide stop lever to load the XD (as admittedly the manual states) you'll find that it is much easier to release with a full mag than without a mag or with an empty mag.