First I wanted to introduce myself, I am new to the board, I have an XD45 tactical and love it, on order is a XD9 service, something a little cheaper to shoot and I want to have a gun for the wife when we go shooting together.
The XD45 is my first handgun, I rented a Glock, an HK USP and the XD and loved the XD, so bought it.
I have been learning how to shoot, and in my rifle experience, I have done some ball and dummy training and felt it added a lot. So I bought some .45 acp dummy rounds, and I mix them up in the mag so I can see if I flinch, and I do, but that is not the question.
I have done this a few times now, and for the first time today, the dummy rounds were jamming up in the slide. What would happen is I pull the trigger, no boom (dummy round) so I go to pull the slide back and it slides back about 1/4 to 1/2 inch then jams and will slide no further. I end up having to drop the mag out and then it will eject correctly.
I loaded the mag up with just dummy rounds, I have 5, and I cycle the gun, and it will not repeat this,
So it seems that it only happens when the dummy round is mixed in with live rounds....
I have not had a live round fail to cycle, so I am no too too concerned, but it does hammper my ball and dummy training exercise.
anyone have any ideas?
Jim
The XD45 is my first handgun, I rented a Glock, an HK USP and the XD and loved the XD, so bought it.
I have been learning how to shoot, and in my rifle experience, I have done some ball and dummy training and felt it added a lot. So I bought some .45 acp dummy rounds, and I mix them up in the mag so I can see if I flinch, and I do, but that is not the question.
I have done this a few times now, and for the first time today, the dummy rounds were jamming up in the slide. What would happen is I pull the trigger, no boom (dummy round) so I go to pull the slide back and it slides back about 1/4 to 1/2 inch then jams and will slide no further. I end up having to drop the mag out and then it will eject correctly.
I loaded the mag up with just dummy rounds, I have 5, and I cycle the gun, and it will not repeat this,
So it seems that it only happens when the dummy round is mixed in with live rounds....
I have not had a live round fail to cycle, so I am no too too concerned, but it does hammper my ball and dummy training exercise.
anyone have any ideas?
Jim