This is a post I made on another forum and I thought it might be appropriate for here also.
I have noticed several posts lately, both here and on other forums about weapons (both XD’s and others) becoming jammed. I have also read the various methods of un-jamming the weapon. These methods include using a screw driver to pry the slide back, holding the weapon in various positions and slamming your hand into it at various places, bumping the weapon on a carpeted floor and hooking the rear sight on the edge of a table and pushing down on the grip. Now I do not mean to offend any one and all of these methods may work but they just don’t get me all that excited.
I have a method that I came up with not long after my wife got her XD-9SC. It is really not all that different from some of the other methods but I feel that it gives a little more control and safety, especially if it is a loaded round you are dealing with.
You have to build a little tool for this but it is not a complicated project.
As you can see it is nothing more then a block of wood with a couple of holes drilled in it.
The only trick is the spacing on the holes and the size of the holes. The selection of spacing dimensions is based on the on center spacing of the weapons barrel and the guide rod. The diameter of the holes is based on the diameter of the guide rod and the diameter of the barrel.
First the “technical” part:
Material: white pine 2x4 nominal
Hole sizes: ½” and ¾”
Hole spacing: ¾” on center
Construction: cut your 2x4 block; drill holes as required; sand smooth
Note: Variations of dimensions are acceptable. Make modifications as required to fit your weapon and to please yourself. The above dimensions are for an XD-9 Tactical.
To “operate” the block, it is a simple matter of placing the block on a solid surface, even a board on the ground will do, aligning the barrel and guide rod with the appropriate holes and pressing down. The block allows the barrel and guide rod to extend and holds the slide back, and hopefully ejecting the stuck round.
Note closed breach.
Note open breach.
That’s all there is to it. I hope it helps.