Cutting Through the Hype and Myths: Is the XD Good Enough for Professional Use?

[fxstchewy]

Good info, Thanks.

[Bluto]

Great informative read. Thanks

[sheepman]

Great article thanks, personally I consider the XD equal or better than my Glock, just different. Have and shoot both

[ta2dave76]

I agree with the others. Good info. I need some of those pins. I'm curious though...are all the xd's succeptable to pin breakage or could it be happening more with certain models/calibers?
Been thinking about that for a day or two. What do y'all think?

Didn't mean to threadjack...

[coconutdave]

Good read.

[Poink88]

Originally Posted by ta2dave76

I'm curious though...are all the xd's succeptable to pin breakage or could it be happening more with certain models/calibers?

From what I read on the OP (and a lot of other posts) it only happens when you do a lot of dry firing w/o using snap caps.

I would like to know if I am mistaken though.

[iCreek]

Thanks for posting this information, and doing the research. We all learn from reading info like this.

[Ed Ely]

Good read. A lot of work went into
this info. Good enough for a sticky.

Ed

[insatiable ONE]

that was a bit of leg work

thanks for the good read

[DougD]

Originally Posted by Poink88

From what I read on the OP (and a lot of other posts) it only happens when you do a lot of dry firing w/o using snap caps.

This is Springfield's official stance on the subject and I was also told this by a few other sources. However, the pins have broken during high-round count tests in pistols that were not extensively dry-fired. They can also "walk" out of the hole during extensive firing. It's reportedly rare but it's probably worth fixing.

In the verbal report I was given by one source, he stated that the broken pin caused the pistol to stop firing. He stated that the other 4 XD's that were tested suffered no such breakages or stoppages and that they worked perfectly throughout the test.