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hardwarz · 10-05-2007, 07:02 AM

Ok, that's the best I can come up for a title.

I work in a CPZ, there's nothing I can do about the anti-gun policy of a international company and I need this job, so let's try to focus on the XD problem.

Every morning, I put on my XD. When I get to work, I lock it in my safe in my vehicle. But before locking the gun in the safe, I eject the mag and take the mag with me. When I get out of work, I load the mag into the mag well, rack the slide and let it fly home. I throw on my holster, double check by feel on the loaded chamber indicator and go about my day.

This morning, I put my XD on. When I got to work, I eject the mag, set it down, ejected the round in the chamber. I went to put the 10th round back into the mag and notice the ammo was everwhere. Still in the mag, but some rounds were facing up, down, etc. I had to eject 3 rounds out of the mag to get everything lined up. This was certianly disconcerting as if I would have had to use it, I'd have one round only.

Anyone else run into this? What caused this?

Hardwarz

apollosmith · 10-05-2007, 07:38 AM

Never had that exact thing happen, but make sure your ammo is pushed all the way to the back of the magazine. After loading mine, I tap it against the palm of my other hand to make sure they are all seated. This can also help alleviate chambering problems.

While I don't have any problems with your routine, do make sure you are cycling that top round to the bottom every so often. Chambering the same round over and over can lead to the bullet being seated to deep, which could result in something very nasty on your first shot (when you need it most).

bama · 10-05-2007, 07:42 AM

Sounds like a bad spring in the magazine.

**mhillsing23** · 10-05-2007, 08:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bama

Sounds like a bad spring in the magazine.

Yeah, I don't think I could trust that magazine again. When you need to fire, you don't want that mess in your mag!

rgeliske · 10-05-2007, 09:24 AM

I don't see how that can happen if the magazine was filled to capacity. The only way that can occur is if the rounds were not fully seated when you first loaded the mag. Like apollosmith I always give the mag a couple firm taps on the heal of my hand both to align them vertically and against the back of the mag to seat them all the way into the mag.

Moe C. · 10-07-2007, 12:59 AM

Wow that really sounds funky. At least springs and mags aren't expensive. Do you really think it's just the spring? I mean for a spring to go all tazmanian devil while inside the mag. Shouldn't the mag case contain the spring?

10-05-2007, 07:02 AM	#1
hardwarz XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Ak-Rowdy, North side Summit County (Akron, OH) Posts: 378	9mm XD SC - Problem: Eject mag; ammo everywhere Ok, that's the best I can come up for a title. I work in a CPZ, there's nothing I can do about the anti-gun policy of a international company and I need this job, so let's try to focus on the XD problem. Every morning, I put on my XD. When I get to work, I lock it in my safe in my vehicle. But before locking the gun in the safe, I eject the mag and take the mag with me. When I get out of work, I load the mag into the mag well, rack the slide and let it fly home. I throw on my holster, double check by feel on the loaded chamber indicator and go about my day. This morning, I put my XD on. When I got to work, I eject the mag, set it down, ejected the round in the chamber. I went to put the 10th round back into the mag and notice the ammo was everwhere. Still in the mag, but some rounds were facing up, down, etc. I had to eject 3 rounds out of the mag to get everything lined up. This was certianly disconcerting as if I would have had to use it, I'd have one round only. Anyone else run into this? What caused this? Hardwarz __________________ Always remember the Menendez brothers legal defense, "Sometimes I miss my mom, but then I reload." Last edited by hardwarz; 10-05-2007 at 07:07 AM.

10-05-2007, 07:42 AM	#3
bama XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Lower AL/NW FL Posts: 330	Sounds like a bad spring in the magazine. __________________ "As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD." --Joshua

10-05-2007, 09:24 AM	#5
rgeliske XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Central Florida Posts: 1,795	I don't see how that can happen if the magazine was filled to capacity. The only way that can occur is if the rounds were not fully seated when you first loaded the mag. Like apollosmith I always give the mag a couple firm taps on the heal of my hand both to align them vertically and against the back of the mag to seat them all the way into the mag. __________________ Sig P220, Taurus PT1911, Browning HiPower 9mm, CZ75, CZ75 P01, Kahr CW9, Savage 9317 BTVS .17, Browning Buckmark, Taurus Gaucho 357 (pair), Taurus Gaucho 45LC (pair), Uberti 1873 Saddle Rifle 357, Uberti 1873 45 LC Carbine, TTN 12 Gauge Double, Ruger Bisley Vaquero 357 (pair), Springfield XD9SC, XD45 Service, XD45 Compact Tactical, XD(M) 40S&W BiTone, Taurus 617 357

10-07-2007, 12:59 AM	#6
Moe C. XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Whidbey Island, WA. Posts: 190	Wow that really sounds funky. At least springs and mags aren't expensive. Do you really think it's just the spring? I mean for a spring to go all tazmanian devil while inside the mag. Shouldn't the mag case contain the spring? __________________ 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

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10-05-2007, 07:38 AM	#2
apollosmith XDTalk Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Cache Valley, Utah Posts: 88	Never had that exact thing happen, but make sure your ammo is pushed all the way to the back of the magazine. After loading mine, I tap it against the palm of my other hand to make sure they are all seated. This can also help alleviate chambering problems. While I don't have any problems with your routine, do make sure you are cycling that top round to the bottom every so often. Chambering the same round over and over can lead to the bullet being seated to deep, which could result in something very nasty on your first shot (when you need it most).