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dale5671 · 07-18-2007, 10:41 AM

Help please. When putting my pistol(XD-357) back together, just to check and see if dirty enough for a good cleaning, my slide has somehow gotten locked up very tight. I did not even take the barrel and guide rod/spring assembly out when I had the slide off. Have had this pistol for a couple of years now and never have had a problem with taking it apart and putting it back together before. Specifically, when I slid the slide assembly onto the guide rails from the muzzle end like it's supposed to be done, and it didn't even make it all the way back but close, before it tightened up on me. The only thing I knew to try was to lightly tap the back of the slide on a wooden table, only able to get the back of the slide and the frame flush with one another. But the barrel and the guide rod sticks out about 3/4 of an inch. So I lightly tapped on the end of the barrel, only making it move about 1/8 of an inch. But in doing this it felt to me like it got even tighter. Short of sending the thing to Springfield, what would any of you suggest? Like I said, I have taken it apart and put it back together many, many times in the past with no problems. This is a first for me. Have any of you ever experienced a similar problem and if so what was your fix for it? Thanks in advance.

D.M.

**agalindo** · 07-18-2007, 10:53 AM

Here's a fix.

Fix for Slide Stuck

Reno82 · 07-18-2007, 10:57 AM

Was jsut going to post that... also another link Jammed with a new Ported Barrel!!!!

Has two more links toward the bottom of the thread.
Good luck!

zac07 · 07-18-2007, 11:03 AM

Another tip, you are going to have to tap pretty hard since you did all that other tapping and got it locked up tighter. Just take your time, be patient and dont get frustrated.

dale5671 · 07-18-2007, 09:38 PM

Thanks guys. I will try all suggessted. But I still wonder what made it do that when it's never done it before, to me.

D.M.

**agalindo** · 07-19-2007, 06:22 AM

Most of the stuck slides are caused by putting the guide rod on off center or by putting in an aftermarket rod with the spring on backwards.

dale5671 · 07-20-2007, 07:35 PM

Any other time and I would have said, yeah, probally right, I put the thing in wrong somehow. But, I did not even remove the barrel, and guide rod when I took the slide off. I left it all intact. Then put the slide back on. And the pistol was working great before I took the slide off. That's what makes it so hard to figure out how it could have happened. Any other suggestions?

Dale

**agalindo** · 07-20-2007, 08:42 PM

You might have moved it off center just a bit as you put it back. It doesn't take much. Have you been able to remove the slide? Don't be afraid to give it a good whack, the gun is made to take a more pressure than you can put on it by giving it a whack on the carpet.
Remember the gun is made to use a controlled explosion to shoot out a hunk of lead at or over the speed of sound so a solid whack on the carpet ain't going to hurt it.

dale5671 · 07-21-2007, 09:03 AM

I got it!! Thanks guys. And I guess you are right. With a pistol designed to handle a lifetime of almost 40,000psi explosions, a little beating on the back of the slide was not going to hurt anything. I was just worried I was going to bend something and make it shoot 12" groups for the rest of the pistol's life. But no matter. It's fixed now. And I'm going to the range today, mainly to shoot my new Sig 239, but will bring the XD just to give me piece of mind that it's still shooting tight groups and not jamming on any of my normal loads I use for it. Thanks again.

Dale

**agalindo** · 07-22-2007, 08:18 PM

Let us know how it goes.

I purposely locked up my slide several times, then used th method I posted to unlock it with no damage.

07-18-2007, 10:41 AM	#1
dale5671 XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 6	slide locked Help please. When putting my pistol(XD-357) back together, just to check and see if dirty enough for a good cleaning, my slide has somehow gotten locked up very tight. I did not even take the barrel and guide rod/spring assembly out when I had the slide off. Have had this pistol for a couple of years now and never have had a problem with taking it apart and putting it back together before. Specifically, when I slid the slide assembly onto the guide rails from the muzzle end like it's supposed to be done, and it didn't even make it all the way back but close, before it tightened up on me. The only thing I knew to try was to lightly tap the back of the slide on a wooden table, only able to get the back of the slide and the frame flush with one another. But the barrel and the guide rod sticks out about 3/4 of an inch. So I lightly tapped on the end of the barrel, only making it move about 1/8 of an inch. But in doing this it felt to me like it got even tighter. Short of sending the thing to Springfield, what would any of you suggest? Like I said, I have taken it apart and put it back together many, many times in the past with no problems. This is a first for me. Have any of you ever experienced a similar problem and if so what was your fix for it? Thanks in advance. D.M.

07-18-2007, 10:57 AM	#3
Reno82 XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alaska Posts: 976	Was jsut going to post that... also another link Jammed with a new Ported Barrel!!!! Has two more links toward the bottom of the thread. Good luck! __________________ ******** XD-45acp Service (Match Gun I changed it to a compact for CCW... did a grip chop on it) Ruger Mark III 22/45 Taurus PT145 MillPro (Home Defense & CCW) Kimber SS Custom Target II 10mm Walther G22 (FUN GUN) XD-45acp Tactical (Match Gun II; upgraded the bbl from PistolGear) XD-9 Sub-Compact (Home Defense and CCW) DPMS AR-15: 9mm (1/17/08...) RRA CAR A4 Upper 223/5.56---did a lower bulid 2/21/08 and completed upper 6/3/08. in order of purchases***

07-18-2007, 11:03 AM	#4
zac07 XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: West Texas Posts: 1,016	Another tip, you are going to have to tap pretty hard since you did all that other tapping and got it locked up tighter. Just take your time, be patient and dont get frustrated. __________________ The Guns: XD40 Service Mossberg 500 12 ga Remington 597 .22 Remington 700 .243 Remington 870 12 ga

07-18-2007, 09:38 PM	#5
dale5671 XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 6	thanks! Thanks guys. I will try all suggessted. But I still wonder what made it do that when it's never done it before, to me. D.M.

07-20-2007, 07:35 PM	#7
dale5671 XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 6	Any other time and I would have said, yeah, probally right, I put the thing in wrong somehow. But, I did not even remove the barrel, and guide rod when I took the slide off. I left it all intact. Then put the slide back on. And the pistol was working great before I took the slide off. That's what makes it so hard to figure out how it could have happened. Any other suggestions? Dale __________________ Dale E Muzingo

07-21-2007, 09:03 AM	#9
dale5671 XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 6	I got it!! Thanks guys. And I guess you are right. With a pistol designed to handle a lifetime of almost 40,000psi explosions, a little beating on the back of the slide was not going to hurt anything. I was just worried I was going to bend something and make it shoot 12" groups for the rest of the pistol's life. But no matter. It's fixed now. And I'm going to the range today, mainly to shoot my new Sig 239, but will bring the XD just to give me piece of mind that it's still shooting tight groups and not jamming on any of my normal loads I use for it. Thanks again. Dale

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