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This is a discussion on melonite within the General SA-XD/XD(M) Talk forums, part of the XD Talk category; Im prolly buying an XD in the next 3-5 days and I wanted to know what date I need to look for on the test ...

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Old 12-26-2006, 09:31 PM   #1
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Im prolly buying an XD in the next 3-5 days and I wanted to know what date I need to look for on the test shell so that I know if it has the new finish on it.

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Old 12-26-2006, 10:25 PM   #2
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I think to be safe, I believe it was something like May 2006. Be advised however, that it seems some places still sell/have "old" stock. Hard to know. For example, I bought an XD40 last June, that had the May 2006 date and was melonite. I bought an XD9SC last August, only to find out that it was "made" in November 2005, hence "old" finish, which I subsequently had duracoated by ajames.
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Old 12-27-2006, 12:02 PM   #3
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Yeah, look at the envelop in the box that has the test fire casing. it'll have a date...and you do indeed want that date to be at least May 2006 or newer to ensure you have the melonite treatment.
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Old 12-27-2006, 12:30 PM   #4
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Get a XD45 and then you won't even have to look for the test date.
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Old 12-27-2006, 06:38 PM   #5
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My envelope with the test fire casing that came with my XD-40SC has
31-05-2006 on it. So, I should be O.K. should'nt I?
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Odin - Love the avatar! That is an avatar and not your picture I hope.
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mines from 05, but i dont really care.. yet. if it gets too bad i guess i can send it back to SA. but this was the last service the store had.. and the only one in my area, so i took what i could get as i wanted it badly.

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Old 12-27-2006, 09:23 PM   #8
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I wish I had read this a few weeks ago. The XD I just bought is dated 3/11/06, I assume this is the old finish? Will Springfield warranty the finish if it gets too bad? A buddy of mine has an XD that is about 2 years old and the slide is almost completely wore down to bare metal.

Has anyone contacted Springfield about this?

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Old 12-28-2006, 09:48 AM   #9
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My wife bought me a 40SC for Christmas a couple of weeks ago. It was produced in Nov 2006. Slide finish looks great, although the barrel scratches like a dickens.
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Old 12-28-2006, 10:57 AM   #10
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Double check with the rest of the guys but I believe that the date gets reported in European form...ie dd/mm/yr. mine was reported as 30-11-06. You can also call springfield give the the serial number and they can run a check as to when it left their factory
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