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Kaboom · 06-09-2008, 12:26 PM

The guide rod thing is overhyped unless you are goofin around with various loads.

powerplaynow · 06-09-2008, 03:34 PM

I'd go with stock guide rod--if you want to switch it out later, a Don's Guide Rod is only going to cost you what...$30?

lee n. field · 06-09-2008, 03:53 PM

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One was standard with 3 mags for $375 and the other was one that the dealer said the original owner had installed an upgraded guiderod and new spring which origianally cost him about $90. This gun was selling for $400 w/3 mags.

What luck have you guys here had with XD's (or other autos) you've bought used?

Very good luck. My one and only so far XD I bought used (actually traded for). Two magazines, they had $380 on it.

I say jump on either one of those.

$90 for a guide rod? Maybe it's tungsten. Steel wouldn't cost near that.

Allstop · 06-09-2008, 04:45 PM

I picked up an XD9 service 2 months ago used with 3 15 round mags. paddle holster and case. the gun was manufactured in dec 2004. Got it for $329 and just love it.

XD9OD · 06-09-2008, 05:30 PM

i got my first used XD9 a year and a half ago (11-06) and the SA custom shop even armory koted it for me as a warranty repair. it's my CCW and I think you'll be fine with it.

Neener Neener · 06-09-2008, 06:31 PM

As long as you have some a decent amount of experience with pistols, I would think you should be fine inspecting a pistol to see if it's good enough to purchase. Try some dry firing, work the slide, etc. I wouldn't hesitate to buy a name brand used pistol.

Fastzntn · 06-09-2008, 11:07 PM

I've never purchased a new gun

cineski · 06-09-2008, 11:48 PM

Obviously, I had no clue about this!

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Originally Posted by Kaboom

Warranty is for the gun not the owner, as long as it hasn't been fudged up by the original owner SA tends to fix it.

CajunBass · 06-10-2008, 04:16 AM

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Originally Posted by genxsis

Being the pessimist that I am, I can't help but wonder why these guns are there; especially the upgraded one. I have visions of a guy who bought it and tried it out and it didn't work right, so he got it upgraded and tried it again and it still didn't work right, so he sold it back to the dealer.

What luck have you guys here had with XD's (or other autos) you've bought used?

I've owned a lot of guns in my life. Mostly new, some used, more used than new as I've gotten older.

Over the years, I've traded off a lot of guns. Not once did I ever trade one because there was something wrong with it. I traded them off because I got bored with them, or because I saw something else I wanted more at the time. At one time I got rid of almost all of them because I "got into" bass fishing, and wanted to upgrade my fishing tackle.

Now I'm not saying you can't get a lemon buying a used gun, but I suspect that most people are more like me. They just want something else.

Oh, and of the used one's I've bought, not one has ever given me any problems.

apierce918 · 06-10-2008, 06:41 AM

i think most of the time people give up a gun because they are funding a new toy, or are on some hard times.

06-09-2008, 12:26 PM	#11
Kaboom XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Mid-Coast USA Posts: 2,045	The guide rod thing is overhyped unless you are goofin around with various loads. __________________ The disinformation here has officially made me NOT give up.

06-09-2008, 04:45 PM	#14
Allstop XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: St. Cloud, Minnesota Posts: 2,603	I picked up an XD9 service 2 months ago used with 3 15 round mags. paddle holster and case. the gun was manufactured in dec 2004. Got it for $329 and just love it. __________________ ~ ~ ~ "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." "The Constitution shall never be construed....to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms" (Samuel Adams) SA-XD Service 9mm Ruger Redhawk 44Mag Browning Buck Mark 22lr My other hobby www.G-Allens.com

06-09-2008, 05:30 PM	#15
XD9OD XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: commonwealth of Ky Posts: 117	i got my first used XD9 a year and a half ago (11-06) and the SA custom shop even armory koted it for me as a warranty repair. it's my CCW and I think you'll be fine with it. __________________ God Bless this world

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Fastzntn XDTalk Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 56	I've never purchased a new gun __________________ SA XD-9 Service 1943 Inland (GM) M1 Carbine Mosin-Nagant

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06-09-2008, 03:34 PM	#12
powerplaynow XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 28	I'd go with stock guide rod--if you want to switch it out later, a Don's Guide Rod is only going to cost you what...$30?

06-09-2008, 06:31 PM	#16
Neener Neener XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Rincon, Ga Posts: 228	As long as you have some a decent amount of experience with pistols, I would think you should be fine inspecting a pistol to see if it's good enough to purchase. Try some dry firing, work the slide, etc. I wouldn't hesitate to buy a name brand used pistol.

06-10-2008, 06:41 AM	#20
apierce918 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Mid Michigan Posts: 237	i think most of the time people give up a gun because they are funding a new toy, or are on some hard times.