XD45 Reliability testimony - XDTalk Forums - Your HS2000/SA-XD Information Source!

RJ98 · 06-18-2007, 06:05 AM

I shot my xd45 for the first time 3 days ago. I had a few hundred rounds of old 45 ammo. It was about 8 different manufacturers/reloads all mixed together. HPs of different types, RNs. I fired a few hundred rounds without a single malfunction. The sights were POI everytime. Very reliable. I'm impressed.

I could also definitely notice the recoil difference between the ammos.

Uncle Giggles · 06-18-2007, 07:50 AM

Good news indeed. That's pretty much been my experience with it so far after more than 1000 rounds.

Verk · 06-28-2007, 11:24 AM

My XD 45 Tactical eats everything I feed it without complaints. To date, it’s been 100% reliable. The only other gun I can say I have never had a malfunction with is the Glock.

fredj338 · 06-28-2007, 01:09 PM

Same exp. for me w/ my new XDTac. The only hicup has been w/ LSWC & it does dimple the back of the mag. so no more of those. Every JHP & LFP I fed through w/ 0 problems. Accuracy has been a pleasent surpirse. It's pretty easy to get 1 1/2" handheld 15yd groups w/ several handloads & factory rounds.

KarolinaKid · 06-28-2007, 01:15 PM

I have fired many different kinds of ammo - from vietnam era surplus to high priced JHP SD rounds and everything in between - through my XD45 and never had one failure whatsoever.

qrb912 · 06-28-2007, 08:52 PM

I have fired over 5000 rounds through my xd-45 service and have never hard a singel FTF or FTE. I have fired everything from Speer gold dot hollow points to Wolf

Myk9noseknows · 06-28-2007, 11:25 PM

Same here, I've fired about every brand of .45 out there from cheap WOLF and S&B, to expensive JHP and frangibles.
The XD just gobbles anything I feed it. I love this gun more and more everyday.

the_gunman1 · 06-28-2007, 11:41 PM

A friend of mine said this. "It's boringly reliable". He ment that in a good way.

rgeliske · 06-29-2007, 11:59 AM

I totally argree the only thing the XD45s seem to have trouble with are LSWC which many guns have trouble with. My SIG 220 won't load them either, about the only thing that does is the 1911s.

krazichinaman · 06-29-2007, 12:10 PM

I had 1 FTF with the UMC yellow box. That day, I shot Fiocchi, UMC, Blazer Brass, WWB, Speer Gold dots. Everything else seemed fine. Im just hoping that it was the ammo and not the gun. Everything else went as smooth as butter though, went trhoug habout 250ish rounds.

06-18-2007, 06:05 AM	#1
RJ98 XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 17	XD45 Reliability testimony I shot my xd45 for the first time 3 days ago. I had a few hundred rounds of old 45 ammo. It was about 8 different manufacturers/reloads all mixed together. HPs of different types, RNs. I fired a few hundred rounds without a single malfunction. The sights were POI everytime. Very reliable. I'm impressed. I could also definitely notice the recoil difference between the ammos.

06-28-2007, 01:15 PM	#5
KarolinaKid XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: TN (In my mind I'm goin' to Carolina...) Posts: 1,146	Most reliable gun I have owned. I have fired many different kinds of ammo - from vietnam era surplus to high priced JHP SD rounds and everything in between - through my XD45 and never had one failure whatsoever. __________________ The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. - Sir George Bernard Shaw

06-28-2007, 08:52 PM	#6
qrb912 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: NC Posts: 134	Wolf AMMO I have fired over 5000 rounds through my xd-45 service and have never hard a singel FTF or FTE. I have fired everything from Speer gold dot hollow points to Wolf

06-28-2007, 11:41 PM	#8
the_gunman1 XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Kentucky Posts: 1,019	A friend of mine said this. "It's boringly reliable". He ment that in a good way. __________________ Brian Freedom is expensive...pay up or shut up. "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

06-29-2007, 11:59 AM	#9
rgeliske XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Central Florida Posts: 1,888	I totally argree the only thing the XD45s seem to have trouble with are LSWC which many guns have trouble with. My SIG 220 won't load them either, about the only thing that does is the 1911s. __________________ Sig P220, Taurus PT1911, Browning HiPower 9mm, CZ75, CZ75 P01, Kahr CW9, Savage 9317 BTVS .17, Browning Buckmark, Taurus Gaucho 357 (pair), Taurus Gaucho 45LC (pair), Uberti 1873 Saddle Rifle 357, Uberti 1873 45 LC Carbine, TTN 12 Gauge Double, Ruger Bisley Vaquero 357 (pair), Springfield XD9SC, XD45 Service, XD45 Compact Tactical, XD(M) 40S&W BiTone, Taurus 617 357

06-18-2007, 07:50 AM	#2
Uncle Giggles XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 581	Good news indeed. That's pretty much been my experience with it so far after more than 1000 rounds.

06-28-2007, 11:24 AM	#3
Verk XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 358	My XD 45 Tactical eats everything I feed it without complaints. To date, it’s been 100% reliable. The only other gun I can say I have never had a malfunction with is the Glock.

06-28-2007, 01:09 PM	#4
fredj338 XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,334	Same exp. for me w/ my new XDTac. The only hicup has been w/ LSWC & it does dimple the back of the mag. so no more of those. Every JHP & LFP I fed through w/ 0 problems. Accuracy has been a pleasent surpirse. It's pretty easy to get 1 1/2" handheld 15yd groups w/ several handloads & factory rounds.

06-28-2007, 11:25 PM	#7
Myk9noseknows XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,981	Same here, I've fired about every brand of .45 out there from cheap WOLF and S&B, to expensive JHP and frangibles. The XD just gobbles anything I feed it. I love this gun more and more everyday.

06-29-2007, 12:10 PM	#10
krazichinaman XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Federal Way, WA Posts: 143	I had 1 FTF with the UMC yellow box. That day, I shot Fiocchi, UMC, Blazer Brass, WWB, Speer Gold dots. Everything else seemed fine. Im just hoping that it was the ammo and not the gun. Everything else went as smooth as butter though, went trhoug habout 250ish rounds.

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