my xd died

[koja48]

A guy offered me a Glock one time . . . haven't spoken to him since . . .

 

[270Win]

I'm sure he's happily shooting it somewhere right now, too...

 

[sorensen440]

carefully try to push the brl forward with a small screwdriver while pulling the slide back
there may be somthing jamming it from fully closing

 

[XDKingslayer]

Will they fix a faulty design and put some metal in the frame-rails?

My Siglockimberugeremingtons have never done that!

And neither has my XD.

It's not a faulty design, there is no need for metal frame rails in the rear as they aren't load bearing.

The OP, more than likely, knocked the takedown lever back to the normal position then installed his slide which is a no-no outlined in the pistol's manual. It's a common user error.

 

[mkonops]

The OP, more than likely, knocked the takedown lever back to the normal position then installed his slide which is a no-no outlined in the pistol's manual. It's a common user error.

+1
Happens a lot

 

[Desertscout]

It's not a faulty design, there is no need for metal frame rails in the rear as they aren't load bearing.

And how is it that the front is load bearing and the rear is not?
Why is that pretty much every major manufacturer in the world has deemed it necessary to put metal in both rails if not full-length?
Are the engineers in the small Third-World country of Croatia so much more up-to-date than everyone else?

Enquiring minds want to know!

 

[Daniel T]

Are the engineers in the small Third-World country of Croatia so much more up-to-date than everyone else?

Probably. If you're a gun-design genius, could you tell us why the rear rails would have to be metal? And, please, none of this "it's metal; it must be better" stuff. These are tupperware guns were talking about after all.

 

[Desertscout]

You answer my questions and I'll answer yours

 

[lee n. field]

Why is that pretty much every major manufacturer in the world has deemed it necessary to put metal in both rails if not full-length?
Are the engineers in the small Third-World country of Croatia so much more up-to-date than everyone else?

Ruger makes a lot of pistols and doesn't seem to have a problem with it's plastic rails.

 

[Daniel T]

You answer my questions and I'll answer yours

Fine.

And how is it that the front is load bearing and the rear is not?

Because of the XD design.

Why is that pretty much every major manufacturer in the world has deemed it necessary to put metal in both rails if not full-length?

Because of the design of those pistols.

Are the engineers in the small Third-World country of Croatia so much more up-to-date than everyone else?

Yes.

Happy?

If you think that the rear rails need to have some sort of metal on them, even though that's never been shown to be any kind of problem, then you need to explain why. Don't just use the "BUT BOBBY DOES IT!!!" 3rd-grade argument.

The pic posted in this thread of the bunged-up rear rails was from someone "fixing" their XD, not because a problem developed while firing it.

 

[XDKingslayer]

You answer my questions and I'll answer yours

And the circle of stupidity ensues...

The front ones are metal because they also serve as the locking block. The rear ones do nothing except guide the slide but the front ones are still doing all the load bearing.

If you felt they needed to be metal, contrary to people actually educated in weapon design, then they would be failing under normal use. They are not. The ones in that picture look like that because some waterhead took a hammer to his pistol when he put it back together wrong.

 

[RonJon]

SA gives a lifetime warranty on the XDs.

So I'd just send it in and get the polymer frame replaced.

Simple?

JMHO
Ron

 

[redactor]

It is possible that you put the slide together with the barrel in the wrong place. At least with the 9mm model, I know that it is possible to jam the slide during reassembly by letting the barrel ramp fall down in between the rails of the locking block (horse-shoe shaped part attached to the frame).

If this is the case, you can use a hammer and a wooden dowel on top of the ejection port (where the barrel would normally lock to the top of the slide), and tap forward.

Don't ask me how I know.

 

[pablo45]

THIS IS COMMON

My buddy had this happen to him a few times. He loaded a round in the chamber and shot it. When he tried to fire again .NOTHING! He tried to rack the slide back but it would not budge. No matter what we could not get the slide back and could not get the shell to eject. The gun was all messed up. He had to take it to a gun shop,where they put it in a vice and racked the hell out of it. After 5 minutes the slide finally racked and the shell came out with the ejector. The ejector had broke off into the chamber when he racked the slide to chamber a round. He sent it back to Springfield and he had it fixed. After a month he got it back . I think he should of sold it after that experience but he kept it. 3 months later he had the same thing happen to him. I thought it was the ammo or something, but nothing was different. It was factory winchester 230gr ball. I don't know why he still will not just sell it:banghead: and get something else.