XD45 Reliability testimony

[Blackhills45]

After over 2 thousand rounds of nothing but reloads, (different bullets, different powders, and different loads) I have not experienced a single malfuntion. Gotta love it!!!

[snolden]

Has anyone else had a problem with POI being different at short distances (5-7 yards) with 185 grain stuff? My pistol shoots about 6" lower at 5 yards with 185's than with 230's.

Other than that, the only reliability issue I ever had was when my striker retaining pin worked its way loose. when that happened (read the pistol was BROKEN) it was only about 85% reliable. replaced the pin and striker dampening spring and the pistol was 100% reliable again. I have about 2500+ rounds thru mine now.

[TechGuy]

The ONLY way I have got my XD45 to jam once was to pull the mag and then decide to fire the round in the chamber instead of ejecting it. You will get a stovepipe jam as the mag is needed to hold the casing up for the ejector to work. But then, when and why would you ever do that in the field? I was just being lazy and shot the round in the chamber.

[Toppers]

Awesome. I have almost 2,000 rounds through my 45 tactical, even firing various brands of ancient ammo I found at my grandfather's place. Not a single FTF/FTE/anything in all the brands of ammo I've tried. Simply amazing, I trust my life to this gun.

[medicstimpy]

Originally Posted by KarolinaKid

I have fired many different kinds of ammo - from vietnam era surplus ....

OMG, there is still surplus from that era kicking around? That goes back to when I was a kid to my pre-teen years.

Seriously, haven't had any problems with mine except for needing a higher sight which Springfield corrected. Even loads SWC if I put a bit of a taper crimp on them. Only jammed when I first tested them since my buddy gave them to me to try without a taper crimp, but now no problems.

Other than that, had one squib load with CCI Blazer. Made a funny sound when the bullet bounced off some range brass on the floor about 8 feet out but that was an ammo issue.

GREAT GUN!!!

[Hemidart]

Put 200 rounds in my XD-45 Service. Four times the slide locked open while there were rounds still in the mag. Remington FMJ. Was going to the range tomorrow and fire another 200 and mark the mags to see if the issue is there. But in reality I have seen this in a Sig I used to own and it stopped after a few hundred rounds.....just break in I guess.

[Tard]

My XD.40 Service and XD .45ACP Tactical are both at 100% reliability after about 1,500 rounds each, most of them my own reloads. Couldn't be happier.

My Beretta 92F and Sig P229 are also at 100% reliablity after about 6,000 rounds each. This makes me wonder why people accept guns that jam?

My buddy has a Glock 9mm that has 20,000 rounds without a single jam, but at this point I suspect he wouldn't tell me if he did have one.

When I was getting used to XDs, I had some premature slide-lock issues with my XDSc 9mm, but my hand was pressing up on the latch and causing it (big hands, small gun).

[Archer1945]

Snolden, strange as it may seem it is perfectly normal for the POI of a lighter bullet to be lower than that of the heavier one. The reason is the lighter bullet, which generally has a higher muzzle velocity , actually leaves the barrel before the gun has had a chance to raise under recoil, thus shooting lower. It will be most obvious at close range but if you were to put the gun in a vise you'd discover the lighter bullet will pretty much hit slightly lower even at extended ranges, at least out to 50 yards, with a 45acp.

[Archer1945]

I got my XD45C Tactical back in February or March and have had exactly two FTEs in that time and they were just two weeks ago. I'd bought a box of Winchester White Box when I was over shooting at the Olin Matheson range and for some reason there must have been something wrong with two of the rounds because I had no problems with the other 48 in the box or any of the other WWBs I've shot through the gun.

[ebar5]

Ive owned 8 different XD's and they have all been 100% reliable. The only problem Ive ever had was on my 9mm sc. The roll pin that is inserted into the top of the slide just behind the loaded chamber indicator which is the firing pin stop started to back out. I removed it and turned it over and reinstalled it and it has not budged again.