finally got my XD9Tac, not happy :(

[monsterdawg725]

my xd service was made before they started the melonite metal treating it has the standard black oxide finish and has never rusted in any way .

[mcb]

my $0.02: I have a pre-melonite XD-40 and it rusts all the time. Just this past week I shot a USPSA match on Saturday and Sunday, put about 250-300 rounds through it. I got tied up at work and did not clean it until after practice on Wednesday evening. Where I had repeatedly grabbed the slide during the match was all rusty, The end of most of my pins have evidence of rust. Thing is if I wipe it down with oil and it comes right off. It's just surface rust. Not great but no big deal. It's not like the gun is going to quit working because of a little surface rust. Keep it oil and shoot it.

Personally I am sort off disappointed that mine does not look worst than it does. I don't want it to look abused but some good wear from hard use look good IMHO. I have over 10,000rds though mine now and its been in and out of a XD-gear holster a lot and still looks decent. I figure/hoped by this time it would show a lot more wear than it does. Yeah the old finish is not as good as the new finish but that said it's held up to some pretty harsh use by myself and with a light coat of RIG grease looks pretty good.

Rambing
mcb

[stroker]

Springfield told me that it did not matter if you are the original owner as long as the weapon had their name on it, the warranty was lifetime. "Unknown if it's their lifetime or yours"

[rgeliske]

Originally Posted by IndianaJones

The test fire date that I have for my XD40 is late 2005, but the XD40 is a 2006 model I bought in June 2006.
When I called and Emailed SA about the finish, I was told it DID and I was told it Didnt have it. I gave them the serial # and still got double talk....each person I tlked to would give me a different answer.


There are some posts here at XDTALK about it, if youre interested, do a search for them.

I bought a XD9SC in Jan 07 the test cartridge had a date of Aug 05 when I called Springfield to confirm I was told that they shipped guns as they pulled them off the shelf not necessarily the most resent produced. I have had many pre-Melonite XDs and rust has never been a major concern. There are other manufacturers who have finishes that are prone to surface rust if not maintained but that does not make them bad guns. You might want to try this stuff it is suppose to prevent rust and lubricate at the same time.

http://www.boeshield.com/

See MIT test results below

http://web.mit.edu/charvak/www/Scien...corrosion.html

[mattjohnston87]

Originally Posted by monsterdawg725

my xd service was made before they started the melonite metal treating it has the standard black oxide finish and has never rusted in any way .

+1

Rain, snow.... you name it.

Matt

[HTOWN stunna]

Tripp Research nuff said.