Should I bother sending it back? - XDTalk Forums - Your HS2000/SA-XD Information Source!

thomasanelson · 08-08-2006, 03:28 PM

I found rust on my XD40.
http://public.fotki.com/realityprodu..._3558aaa1.html

It rubbed off the slide with a little gun oils and elbow grease, but the barrel needed a copper brush to get clean. It is gone (for the moment), but what can SA do that will keep it from coming back?

Do you guys think I should send it in....after it rusts back up again?

thomye · 08-08-2006, 03:32 PM

wow, that sucks. yeah, send it in and have them refinish it..

thomasanelson · 08-08-2006, 04:07 PM

thomye:

If I send it back do you know what they will do? The slide could be re-coated is guess, but the barrel is just sub par steel. I have a lot of other brands of pistols and some have very minor pitting/rusting issues after years of being put away, but this XD40 was cleaned well and keeped in a dry environment. Plus I live in SoCal where it isn't exactly humid.

jdavionic · 08-08-2006, 04:11 PM

Wow, that looks pretty bad. I'd definitely send it back. You will likely get quizzed about the treatment or conditions for which it was exposed. But I wouldn't shy away from returning it. I'd insist on either a refinishment or replacement.

thomye · 08-08-2006, 04:27 PM

they'll definately clean it and rekote it. as for the barrel, they might even give you a new one if you squeek enough, provided they don't think you were soking in water.

Worse case scenario, you get a healthy slide back and go out and buy a match grade barsto or efk replacement barrel.

ajamesp51 · 08-13-2006, 01:28 PM

Or maybe just oil it.

tec · 08-13-2006, 05:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ajamesp51

Or maybe just oil it.

?huh?

vafish · 08-14-2006, 06:46 PM

The rust on the barrel is right in the same areas where the finish is worn off of my barrel.

Even if Springfield re-finishes it, the finish will wear off and it will rust again, unless you learn how to lube it properly.

chupacabrachus · 08-14-2006, 08:15 PM

Send it in.

thomasanelson · 08-15-2006, 03:46 PM

After sending SA an email with pictures, they said and I did, send it back. We will see what happens.

vafish:

You are right. I do need "to learn how to lube it properly". It's just that this is the first time I have purchased such an inferior product. You see I am used to buying quality products like H&K, Sig, Glock, S&W, CZ, Ruger, Taurus, etc. This is my first experience with such low quality merchandise.

08-08-2006, 03:28 PM	#1
thomasanelson XDTalk Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 62	Should I bother sending it back? UPDATED! I found rust on my XD40. http://public.fotki.com/realityprodu..._3558aaa1.html It rubbed off the slide with a little gun oils and elbow grease, but the barrel needed a copper brush to get clean. It is gone (for the moment), but what can SA do that will keep it from coming back? Do you guys think I should send it in....after it rusts back up again? __________________ XD45 Last edited by thomasanelson : 02-15-2007 at 05:50 PM.

08-08-2006, 03:32 PM	#2
thomye XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: OC, California Posts: 761	wow, that sucks. yeah, send it in and have them refinish it.. __________________ Next XD-45 SC "still waiting" STI 2011

08-08-2006, 04:07 PM	#3
thomasanelson XDTalk Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 62	thomye: If I send it back do you know what they will do? The slide could be re-coated is guess, but the barrel is just sub par steel. I have a lot of other brands of pistols and some have very minor pitting/rusting issues after years of being put away, but this XD40 was cleaned well and keeped in a dry environment. Plus I live in SoCal where it isn't exactly humid. __________________ XD45

08-08-2006, 04:27 PM	#5
thomye XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: OC, California Posts: 761	they'll definately clean it and rekote it. as for the barrel, they might even give you a new one if you squeek enough, provided they don't think you were soking in water. Worse case scenario, you get a healthy slide back and go out and buy a match grade barsto or efk replacement barrel. __________________ Next XD-45 SC "still waiting" STI 2011

08-13-2006, 01:28 PM	#6
ajamesp51 XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Birmingham, Al Posts: 5,027	Or maybe just oil it. __________________ "God shall not have his word made manifest by cowards" RWE www.xd-hs2000.com

08-08-2006, 04:11 PM	#4
jdavionic XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: GA Posts: 5,105	Wow, that looks pretty bad. I'd definitely send it back. You will likely get quizzed about the treatment or conditions for which it was exposed. But I wouldn't shy away from returning it. I'd insist on either a refinishment or replacement.

08-14-2006, 06:46 PM	#8
vafish XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Northern VA Posts: 1,015	The rust on the barrel is right in the same areas where the finish is worn off of my barrel. Even if Springfield re-finishes it, the finish will wear off and it will rust again, unless you learn how to lube it properly. __________________ \"If your plan is for one year, plant rice. If your plan is for ten years, plant trees. If your plan is for one hundred years, educate children.\" -- Confucius

08-14-2006, 08:15 PM	#9
chupacabrachus XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 3,130	Send it in.

08-15-2006, 03:46 PM	#10
thomasanelson XDTalk Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 62	After sending SA an email with pictures, they said and I did, send it back. We will see what happens. vafish: You are right. I do need "to learn how to lube it properly". It's just that this is the first time I have purchased such an inferior product. You see I am used to buying quality products like H&K, Sig, Glock, S&W, CZ, Ruger, Taurus, etc. This is my first experience with such low quality merchandise. __________________ XD45

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