Melonite finished XD?

[KI4LIV]

Originally Posted by Ken B

I'll have to call Springfield on mine now to find out the 'born on date'...

but..on the lifetime warrenty on the finish..

do they honor that if i traded for the gun and NOT the original owner?

it's nice that they'll stand behind it like that

Their office stance on that is no, however, I've heard many stories of people just sending them in without telling SA and they got no problems from them.

I think the only company that gives a lifetime warranty to even a 2nd hand purchaser is Taurus... But - not on the finish - that's only for a year.

[chupacabrachus]

When checking the date on your "test round" don't forget that the date is not in standard "american form" but in "world form". That is, Date, Month, Year. Like today is 24/3/2007 or 24MAR2007

[T.J.]

Originally Posted by KI4LIV

Their office stance on that is no, however, I've heard many stories of people just sending them in without telling SA and they got no problems from them.

I think the only company that gives a lifetime warranty to even a 2nd hand purchaser is Taurus... But - not on the finish - that's only for a year.

since the warranty is not transferable, then they should start making parts available and not say "we have a life time warranty so we are not going to make parts availabe but instead make you send your weapon in for warranty work"

[txs40cal]

Originally Posted by chupacabrachus

When checking the date on your "test round" don't forget that the date is not in standard "american form" but in "world form". That is, Date, Month, Year. Like today is 24/3/2007 or 24MAR2007

sweet...didn't mean to dig up bones with this one, but i went back and looked at my 'born date' and it's 01 -12- 06, which means i got it about 2 weeks after being made

[mc30707]

Originally Posted by victor903

So from everything I have read, the rust problem is the only thing that scares me about the XD. Im getting a XD.40 this week and is it safe to say that mine WILL have the Melonite finish, or are there still older models selling? I want to make sure I get a newer Melonite one.

Thanks,
Victor

I just bought my XD9 last Thursday and I called SA about the date. It was 12/05. I would call SA and give them the serial number before you take possession of the gun.