[Cuda66]

You are headed down the wrong path... Rather than intentionally defeat or bypass the built-in grip safety on your firearm, you should just get a different firearm. FYI: modified firearms cannot be re-sold. With the Springfield XD's (XD/XDM/XD Sub Compact) the grip safety is also part of the weapon tear-down -- in order to dismantle the weapon and remove the slide, you need to activate the grip safety. You also need to activate the grip-safety in order to chamber a round.

Defeating the safety is a bad idea -- not only are you mucking with the engineering and the fundamental design, you are voiding any warranty and probably interfering with some Federal laws -- you really ought not mess around as some modifications are completely illegal -- also -- playing with the safety may alter the firearm and you could un-intentionally end up making yours into a fully-automatic firearm.

Best advice: Don't do it... buy something else instead.

“Modified firearms cannot be resold”

Utterly false.

However, I do agree with getting rid of the XD (since it obviously doesn’t work for the OP) for something without a grip safety that will.

I recommend the HK VP9.

 

[mtnlvr]

... You don't defeat any built in safeties on the gun. For a reason. You can buy and install an extended grip safety. Or if that pistol doesn't work for you, sell it and buy something else.

Never disable a built in gun safety. Shakes head...

Tell that to all of the 1911 guys that strip out all of the additional Series 80 safety components.

 

[Cuda66]

Tell that to all of the 1911 guys that strip out all of the additional Series 80 safety components.

Or the guys that remove the magazine disconnect in a High Power…

(looks at Springfield’s SA-35)

 

[.45fan]

Tell that to all of the 1911 guys that strip out all of the additional Series 80 safety components.

How dare you bring facts to a fear mongering discussion?

 

[bubbatime]

Series 80- Series 70 guns are already safe. Removing additional series 80 components, to essentially, turn the gun back into a series 70, is fine.

Hi Power- Removing extraneous magazine disconnect safeties, is fine.

The XD platform has no additional safeties than can be safely removed. It does not have a magazine disconnect safety.

 

[CdnInAz]

I like grip safeties and train with them, so I don't disable them on my guns that have them - 1911, 2011, XD. But I am curious so gotta ask, for those who say illegal, can you point to source? Btw, many competitors pin 1911 safeties in many States (fine by USPSA rules)

 

[mtnlvr]

Series 80- Series 70 guns are already safe. Removing additional series 80 components, to essentially, turn the gun back into a series 70, is fine.

Hi Power- Removing extraneous magazine disconnect safeties, is fine.

The XD platform has no additional safeties than can be safely removed. It does not have a magazine disconnect safety.

Disabling a grip safety on an XD almost makes it no less safe than a Glock.

 

[.45fan]

Series 80- Series 70 guns are already safe. Removing additional series 80 components, to essentially, turn the gun back into a series 70, is fine.

Hi Power- Removing extraneous magazine disconnect safeties, is fine.

The XD platform has no additional safeties than can be safely removed. It does not have a magazine disconnect safety.

If you remove the grip safety its the same as the millions of glocks or M&P's in use world wide.

If you're scared of a gun without one, leave it. Just don't fear monger other into thinking it's required/needed/necessary because it isn't.

Notice how the newer Croatian guns made for CC don't have a grip safety, that's because they weren't designed for military use. The grip safety on an XD is an unnecessary part.

 

[bloodysunday]

At this point, you may be better off buying a gun without a grip safety. Disabling features like that just seem like a bad idea all around.

 

[mumblesTheMadman]

I had a malfunction during a class that I blamed on the grip safety engagement. It turned out to be worn out dummy rounds getting hung up when I tried to tap-rack-assess them.

With thousands of rounds fired from 3 different XD models in relatively high level classes as well as hard days on the square range, I am in the camp of not seeing how you can grip these guns to a level that is safe and accurate but not defeat the grip safety.

 

[HngnHunter]

Haven’t heard much from the OP since this took a left have we??

 

[lindell.gerald]

what about running some tape over it?