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TRIGRHAPPY · 05-12-2007, 02:01 PM

Just got my XD 45 compact yesterday. I've noticed something that bothers me just a bit. With the 10 rnd clip full, i put it in my XD........if i shake the gun (even slightly) there's a rattle.

Now, if i chamber a round, or only load a clip with 9 rounds (and don't chamber)......the rattle is gone. I take the clip out, the rattle is gone. I lock the slide back, the rattle is gone. I've taken it apart a couple of times and can't figure where that damn rattle is coming from.

Anyone else have similar issues? Get the 10 rnd clip, fill it, now put it in your XD without chambering a round. Shake the gun, see if you have a slight rattle.

Any ideas?

astral · 05-12-2007, 02:06 PM

Have you tried shaking the magazine with the 10 rounds in it to see if that is what is making the rattle noise?

TRIGRHAPPY · 05-12-2007, 02:06 PM

Yea, tried that, the mag doesn't make a peep when i shake it with 10 rnds in it.

cheapdog · 05-12-2007, 02:16 PM

My 10 round compact mag does the same thing. With 9 rounds, nothing. When I put the 10th round in, it sounds like 2 of the ones closer to the base start rattling.

astral · 05-12-2007, 02:26 PM

I have that problem with magazines rattling with certain amounts of rounds in them... It is probably the pressure on the top round of the loaded mag that puts them in the right position to rattle. I can't think of a solution short of modifying the mag spring or the follower.

danp · 05-12-2007, 04:55 PM

Yeah, its the magazine. Give it a good slap against your kevlar...or the palm of your hand...to seat the rounds in the rear of the magazine. That will top it for a while, but if you carry it all day, it will be rattling by the end of shift.

RobFMJ · 05-12-2007, 05:02 PM

One of my Service magazines does this... no idea whats rattling...

xdmikey · 05-12-2007, 06:08 PM

Really long time skulker; really new newbie. My mags rattle too. At least one of them does, but only in the .45. I don't know why and don't care why; stealth isn't an issue here. Everything I've read says just shoot it.

Niner4Tango · 05-12-2007, 06:28 PM

Is this the kind of muted rattle between the magazine and the hollow plastic inside of the grip? All my XDs do that. I don't hear loose rounds inside the mag itself.

I was thinkin' all loaded guns rattle a little don't they? Grabbed one of the Colt 1911s. So much rattles on it I couldn't name it all.

Then grabbed a 44 mag revolver with 240 gr HPs. It's like 6 little bells going "jingle jingle".

So my XDs are the quietest I got.

Hot TuNa · 05-12-2007, 06:45 PM

I am somebody that goes crazy with "rattles". I think the 10 round "mags" work better than the 10 round "clips" in XD's anyday.

05-12-2007, 02:01 PM	#1
TRIGRHAPPY XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 227	Strange Rattle Just got my XD 45 compact yesterday. I've noticed something that bothers me just a bit. With the 10 rnd clip full, i put it in my XD........if i shake the gun (even slightly) there's a rattle. Now, if i chamber a round, or only load a clip with 9 rounds (and don't chamber)......the rattle is gone. I take the clip out, the rattle is gone. I lock the slide back, the rattle is gone. I've taken it apart a couple of times and can't figure where that damn rattle is coming from. Anyone else have similar issues? Get the 10 rnd clip, fill it, now put it in your XD without chambering a round. Shake the gun, see if you have a slight rattle. Any ideas? __________________ "Be Polite. Be Professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet."

05-12-2007, 02:06 PM	#2
astral XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: AZ Posts: 350	Have you tried shaking the magazine with the 10 rounds in it to see if that is what is making the rattle noise? __________________ XD9 Service Taurus 85 Glock 22 Glock 27 Savage 93r17 DPMS AR15 flattop Ruger 10/22 Yugo SKS Egyptian AK47 Charles Daly 12 gauge semi auto Remington 870 express 12ga folding stock

05-12-2007, 02:06 PM	#3
TRIGRHAPPY XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 227	Yea, tried that, the mag doesn't make a peep when i shake it with 10 rnds in it. __________________ "Be Polite. Be Professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet."

05-12-2007, 02:26 PM	#5
astral XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: AZ Posts: 350	I have that problem with magazines rattling with certain amounts of rounds in them... It is probably the pressure on the top round of the loaded mag that puts them in the right position to rattle. I can't think of a solution short of modifying the mag spring or the follower. __________________ XD9 Service Taurus 85 Glock 22 Glock 27 Savage 93r17 DPMS AR15 flattop Ruger 10/22 Yugo SKS Egyptian AK47 Charles Daly 12 gauge semi auto Remington 870 express 12ga folding stock

05-12-2007, 04:55 PM	#6
danp XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sacramento, California Posts: 1,287	Yeah, its the magazine. Give it a good slap against your kevlar...or the palm of your hand...to seat the rounds in the rear of the magazine. That will top it for a while, but if you carry it all day, it will be rattling by the end of shift. __________________ God made cops so that firefighters could have heros too. "There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter." - Ernest Hemingway

05-12-2007, 02:16 PM	#4
cheapdog XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 17	My 10 round compact mag does the same thing. With 9 rounds, nothing. When I put the 10th round in, it sounds like 2 of the ones closer to the base start rattling.

05-12-2007, 05:02 PM	#7
RobFMJ XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Galveston, Texas Posts: 1,841	One of my Service magazines does this... no idea whats rattling... __________________ Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

05-12-2007, 06:08 PM	#8
xdmikey XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Cypress Texas Posts: 188	Really long time skulker; really new newbie. My mags rattle too. At least one of them does, but only in the .45. I don't know why and don't care why; stealth isn't an issue here. Everything I've read says just shoot it.

05-12-2007, 06:28 PM	#9
Niner4Tango XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: SW Washington Posts: 446	Is this the kind of muted rattle between the magazine and the hollow plastic inside of the grip? All my XDs do that. I don't hear loose rounds inside the mag itself. I was thinkin' all loaded guns rattle a little don't they? Grabbed one of the Colt 1911s. So much rattles on it I couldn't name it all. Then grabbed a 44 mag revolver with 240 gr HPs. It's like 6 little bells going "jingle jingle". So my XDs are the quietest I got.

05-12-2007, 06:45 PM	#10
Hot TuNa XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 10	I am somebody that goes crazy with "rattles". I think the 10 round "mags" work better than the 10 round "clips" in XD's anyday.

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