verdun59
Member
The old saying "ignorance is bliss" sure is true.
A few years ago I bought a XD9. It's totally reliable and handles great. The trigger needed some help so I installed a Powder River kit which resulted in a greatly improved dead nuts accurate pistol.
Then I started looking around the internet where the pros
hang out and man did I find out how stupid I'd been. Sheez I didn't even know that it was a Glock copy. So as a result of all the knowledge I've gotten from the internet about XDs, I've had to take some drastic actions.
The first thing I did was put some black friction tape on that "Made in Croatia" line. I thought about buying one of those little label maker thingies and crank out a tape that said " Made in Austria", but I knew I couldn't fool the
pros. I just sorta hope my friction tape cover up might fool some of the new guys at the range.
The next thing I did was go to Kmart and get one of those plastic milk crates to stand on because lots of the people in the know talk about the "high bore axis". I think that's a technical term, anyway I wanted to compensate for it.
Since I now found out what a mistake I'd made, I had a tee shirt printed up that said " I'm sorry I should have bought a Glock instead of this stupid copy". By the way while I was at Kmart I bought a tennis ball to squeeze
so I could build up my hand strength in order to activate the grip safety. ( I tried a cue ball but it didn't seem to work very well). Boy the gip safety in the 1911 must really be easy because I never read about people complaining about them; but then after all that is the perfect gun, I think I read because it's a 100 years old. I keep my tennis ball and ear plugs and stuff in my milk crate.
Because something called a "striker retainer pin" frequently breaks and flies out, I wear my full face motorcycle helmet along with industrial strength safety glasses. You just can't be too safe, especially since the "cocked indicator pin" could come loose and hit you in the face.
So anyway here I am at the range one day standing on my milk crate with my full face helmet on , squeezing my tennis while I warm up to shoot, when all of a sudden it hits me: if this really is a copy of a Glock it could blow up. I think the technical term is "kaboom", so right then and there I stopped, stepped down and left the range in search of kevlar body armor.
Only one more problem and that's the loaded chamber indicator. Man that thing chaps a lot of the guys in the know. Folks i've got to be honest with you, while I'm shooting I don't even see it, except on Thursdays. You see on Thursdays is when I practice my 90 degree angle shooting, I see it then but I just overlook it.
So you see when I was ignorant I was really happy and content with my XD, but now that I've learned all the problems I might just have to get rid of it.
Anyway if any of you are at the range and see a guy down at the last station standing on a milk crate with a full face (Shoei) helmet and kevlar body armor on with a pistol that has black friction tape on it - that's me - just give me a wave and I'll be glad to tell you some of the stuff I've learned on the internet
A few years ago I bought a XD9. It's totally reliable and handles great. The trigger needed some help so I installed a Powder River kit which resulted in a greatly improved dead nuts accurate pistol.
Then I started looking around the internet where the pros
hang out and man did I find out how stupid I'd been. Sheez I didn't even know that it was a Glock copy. So as a result of all the knowledge I've gotten from the internet about XDs, I've had to take some drastic actions.
The first thing I did was put some black friction tape on that "Made in Croatia" line. I thought about buying one of those little label maker thingies and crank out a tape that said " Made in Austria", but I knew I couldn't fool the
pros. I just sorta hope my friction tape cover up might fool some of the new guys at the range.
The next thing I did was go to Kmart and get one of those plastic milk crates to stand on because lots of the people in the know talk about the "high bore axis". I think that's a technical term, anyway I wanted to compensate for it.
Since I now found out what a mistake I'd made, I had a tee shirt printed up that said " I'm sorry I should have bought a Glock instead of this stupid copy". By the way while I was at Kmart I bought a tennis ball to squeeze
so I could build up my hand strength in order to activate the grip safety. ( I tried a cue ball but it didn't seem to work very well). Boy the gip safety in the 1911 must really be easy because I never read about people complaining about them; but then after all that is the perfect gun, I think I read because it's a 100 years old. I keep my tennis ball and ear plugs and stuff in my milk crate.
Because something called a "striker retainer pin" frequently breaks and flies out, I wear my full face motorcycle helmet along with industrial strength safety glasses. You just can't be too safe, especially since the "cocked indicator pin" could come loose and hit you in the face.
So anyway here I am at the range one day standing on my milk crate with my full face helmet on , squeezing my tennis while I warm up to shoot, when all of a sudden it hits me: if this really is a copy of a Glock it could blow up. I think the technical term is "kaboom", so right then and there I stopped, stepped down and left the range in search of kevlar body armor.
Only one more problem and that's the loaded chamber indicator. Man that thing chaps a lot of the guys in the know. Folks i've got to be honest with you, while I'm shooting I don't even see it, except on Thursdays. You see on Thursdays is when I practice my 90 degree angle shooting, I see it then but I just overlook it.
So you see when I was ignorant I was really happy and content with my XD, but now that I've learned all the problems I might just have to get rid of it.
Anyway if any of you are at the range and see a guy down at the last station standing on a milk crate with a full face (Shoei) helmet and kevlar body armor on with a pistol that has black friction tape on it - that's me - just give me a wave and I'll be glad to tell you some of the stuff I've learned on the internet