Springfield XD45 at the Range

[Col. Plink]

XD45 has some interesting (and possibly superfluous?) features. You cannot fully rack the slide without engaging the grip safety, allowing inspection of the chamber and apparently re-cocking the block&trigger if the above post is accurate.

It has a visual/tactile 'cocked' indicator on the back of the slide, but for the life of me I can't figure out why. I cannot think of any condition where there could be a chabered round without being cocked. The only situation I can think where it would not be engaged is after a dry fire. Even reaasembly requires bringing the slide all the way back, as does loading of course. So why there is a 'chamber loaded' indicator AND a 'cocked' indicator I couldn't tell you.

That said, my XD45T is a great shooter in every sense (and holds 14 rounds).

 

[David E]

The IDPA considers the XD to be a SAO design, which is why you cannot shoot an XD in Standard Service Pistol.

Let's not bestow upon IDPA the status of "final arbiter" concerning firearm mechanism defintions, since logic doesn't necessarily rule the day at IDPA HQ

For example, why do they exclude the XD from Stock Service Pistol (not "standard service pistol") yet allow the M&P in that same division?

 

[David E]

XD45 has some interesting (and possibly superfluous?) features. You cannot fully rack the slide without engaging the grip safety, allowing inspection of the chamber and apparently re-cocking the block&trigger if the above post is accurate.

The grip safety must be engaged for the slide to fully retract to the rear. Some see this as a major flaw in the design, but I sure can't think of a situation where this would be a problem. Even if you were naked just out of the shower and had to rack the slide with one hand, the grip safety would not prevent this.

 

[possum]

Does it have the ability to fire on a primer that didn't go off? Or do you have to rack the slide and eject the "dud" round?

no second strike capabiliy and honestly i don't know why antine would want it. if you are a well trained handgunner than you will automatically tap,rack and get back in the fight when you hear/ feel the "click" instead of the bang. even if i had a gun that had 2nd strike capabilites i wouldn't use it, as i want to say consistant as possible across the board with other handguns. i have done and continue to do type 1 malfunction clearnace so much, that my subconcious response to a click instead of a bang is tap and rack.

 

[nitzer]

The reason IDPA considers the XD to be single action is because when you cycle the slide to chamber a round, the striker is in a fully cocked position. You pull the trigger, it releases the firing pin with no rearward movement of the pin. Therefore, one single action is taken to fire a round. Glocks on the other hand are considered to be DAO. They are considered to be DAO because when you cycle the slide on a Glock to chamber a round, the striker moves to a pre-cock position. When you pull the trigger to fire the round in the Glock, the striker retracts to the fully cocked position before releasing to strike the round. So, double action because two actions are performed when the trigger is pulled. Hopefully that clears it up. XD single action, Glock double action. Both striker fired. USPSA basically overlooks the single action of the XD, IDPA does not.