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AZXD81 · 06-06-2007, 12:39 PM

Hello everyone. I recently bought an XD V-10 9mm pistol and at the time a compensated barrel seemed like a good idea, but lately I've been rethinking the whole thing. After shooting about 50 rounds, the front of the slide gets very dirty, and the front sight is completely invisible. I'm beginning to realize that it's just a dirty, loud gun. Would a drop in barrel without the ports hurt the slide or guide spring? I can't imagine it would, I just wanted some opinions. Also, I have noticed that around each port hole on the barrel, the finish seems to be almost flaking off to what looks like bare steel. Would that be something SA would replace? The pistol has probably fired about 1500 rounds or so. Thanks a lot!

Requiem4Senses · 06-06-2007, 01:17 PM

Interesting...I've never had that flaking off problem and I lost count of how many rounds have gone through my V-10 a long time ago. I would ask Springfield about it. I know V-10s had a problem with slides cracking (there's a thread somewhere about this), and Springfield replaced the slides and barrels with non-ported upon request.

**eric_t12** · 06-06-2007, 02:24 PM

i've put a service bbl in my V10, for the same reasons. mostly because its just too friggin loud.

i had no issues, only shot 2 mags so far, but no issues.

aiformula · 06-06-2007, 08:39 PM

The finish "flaking off" is most likely not really the finish but rather carbon/copper/lead from the rounds you've fired. If there really is bare metal there, then it's likely that the particles that flash out of the holes are, in effect, sand blasting the area and are stripping the black off it it.

AS for putting an unported bbl in, no worries. Many folks have done it.

leeindy · 06-06-2007, 08:55 PM

shoot it until the slide cracks

06-06-2007, 12:39 PM	#1
AZXD81 XDTalk Newbie Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 5	V-10 conversion Hello everyone. I recently bought an XD V-10 9mm pistol and at the time a compensated barrel seemed like a good idea, but lately I've been rethinking the whole thing. After shooting about 50 rounds, the front of the slide gets very dirty, and the front sight is completely invisible. I'm beginning to realize that it's just a dirty, loud gun. Would a drop in barrel without the ports hurt the slide or guide spring? I can't imagine it would, I just wanted some opinions. Also, I have noticed that around each port hole on the barrel, the finish seems to be almost flaking off to what looks like bare steel. Would that be something SA would replace? The pistol has probably fired about 1500 rounds or so. Thanks a lot!

06-06-2007, 01:17 PM	#2
Requiem4Senses XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Springfield, OR Posts: 540	Interesting...I've never had that flaking off problem and I lost count of how many rounds have gone through my V-10 a long time ago. I would ask Springfield about it. I know V-10s had a problem with slides cracking (there's a thread somewhere about this), and Springfield replaced the slides and barrels with non-ported upon request. __________________ XD40 V10 (ported) XD40 SC OD Green "The constitutions of most of our States assert, that all power is inherent in the people...that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed." -Thomas Jefferson to Major John Cartwright June 5th, 1824 Last edited by Requiem4Senses : 06-06-2007 at 01:18 PM. Reason: Added "barrels"

06-06-2007, 02:24 PM	#3
eric_t12 XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: SD Posts: 3,322	i've put a service bbl in my V10, for the same reasons. mostly because its just too friggin loud. i had no issues, only shot 2 mags so far, but no issues. __________________ Gun Owners are Potential Terrorists: Says the FBI Our Economic Future: GAO 21st Century Challenges The Police Have No Duty To Protect You Choose Liberty - Ron Paul

06-06-2007, 08:39 PM	#4
aiformula XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: sw ohio Posts: 3,068	The finish "flaking off" is most likely not really the finish but rather carbon/copper/lead from the rounds you've fired. If there really is bare metal there, then it's likely that the particles that flash out of the holes are, in effect, sand blasting the area and are stripping the black off it it. AS for putting an unported bbl in, no worries. Many folks have done it. __________________ Tony Guns are like orgasms.......you just can't have enough good ones! "A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can exist only until the voters discover they can vote themselves largess (a liberal gift) out of the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that democracy always collapses over a loose fiscal policy, always to be followed by a dictatorship" tyler

06-06-2007, 08:55 PM	#5
leeindy XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: montana Posts: 2,892	shoot it until the slide cracks __________________ USAF F-15 Attack Control Specialist / Range Officer / Defensive Pistol Instructor "A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity" Sigmund Freud Anchorage Practical Shooters Club aka ANPRACS ANPRACS Match Videos click here and here USPSA # A-58756 IDPA # A28338 Co-Founder of the OFFICIAL XDtalk Competition League Another good gun forum http://www.nationalgunforum.com

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