That could be something as simple as a spring breaking.When I say major failure...I mean something broke and rendered the gun inoperable.
The question was "Ever seen any catastrophic failures," not post your testimonials...
Any major failures with your Springfield XD???
loop The short answer would be "I'm too stupid to understand the question."
Couple thousand rounds thru each-nothing.
It was the first time I've ever touched a Springfield XD and I took my pocket knife to it. That doesn't exactly raise my level of respect for the weapon.
So you condemn the whole line of handguns because another shooter had a bad round? This doesn't answer the original question, either.
The short answer would be "I'm too stupid to understand the question."
Not very High Road, but then that's just my opinion and observation.
Hope this helps.
Fred