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This is a true account that happened to me. Please do not post comments to this if you are going to call me anything that is unprofessional.
Yesterday I took my beloved Springfield Armory XD 9mm out of my home gun safe to show my wife the gun since she is going to use it to qualify for her concealed carry course. I dropped the magazine and was placing the firearm on the bed, when all of a sudden the firearm went off!
Yes you read that correctly, my beloved XD went off without the trigger being pulled. How did this happen? I do not know. There was absolutely no way that the trigger was pulled.
It shot through our bedroom wall and into our China Cabinet that her grandparents had given to us, no one was hurt but there is a large hole in the wall and China Cabinet. We are blessed that no one was injured in this unfortunate event.
LE was called and a report was completed due to a firearm being fired within city limits. LE examined the firearm and found extensive wear on the firearm, considering the fact that this firearm has less than 200 rounds through it. They compared it to theirs that have had 4-6K rounds through them and the wear on theirs was very even and on mine there was rough ridges on the striker. I am unable to take pictures since I have already sent the firearm off. I did have to replace the striker retainer pin when I first got it because it came from the factory with a broken pin. It was replaced with one that Springfield sent to me.
Springfield was called and the Customer Support was very helpful and setup everything for a quick return to the repair shop. They said they should get to it within 2 weeks. I hope sooner so I learn what they found to be wrong with it.
I hope I can continue to be a loyal supporter of Springfield Armory and their XD line of products. I almost purchased a XDM 40 earlier in the week and am holding off on buying it until I hear from them on this incident.
Any thoughts on what could of caused this? And do not say pulling the trigger!
Yesterday I took my beloved Springfield Armory XD 9mm out of my home gun safe to show my wife the gun since she is going to use it to qualify for her concealed carry course. I dropped the magazine and was placing the firearm on the bed, when all of a sudden the firearm went off!
Yes you read that correctly, my beloved XD went off without the trigger being pulled. How did this happen? I do not know. There was absolutely no way that the trigger was pulled.
It shot through our bedroom wall and into our China Cabinet that her grandparents had given to us, no one was hurt but there is a large hole in the wall and China Cabinet. We are blessed that no one was injured in this unfortunate event.
LE was called and a report was completed due to a firearm being fired within city limits. LE examined the firearm and found extensive wear on the firearm, considering the fact that this firearm has less than 200 rounds through it. They compared it to theirs that have had 4-6K rounds through them and the wear on theirs was very even and on mine there was rough ridges on the striker. I am unable to take pictures since I have already sent the firearm off. I did have to replace the striker retainer pin when I first got it because it came from the factory with a broken pin. It was replaced with one that Springfield sent to me.
Springfield was called and the Customer Support was very helpful and setup everything for a quick return to the repair shop. They said they should get to it within 2 weeks. I hope sooner so I learn what they found to be wrong with it.
I hope I can continue to be a loyal supporter of Springfield Armory and their XD line of products. I almost purchased a XDM 40 earlier in the week and am holding off on buying it until I hear from them on this incident.
Any thoughts on what could of caused this? And do not say pulling the trigger!