Xd Breakage Report. Here is The Facts!

[Gameface_XD]

I actually found these boards a few years ago when I bought a XD-40 and it was having a problem with the slide-lock engaging the slide while there were still rounds in the mag. If I hadn't had the problem I probably never would have come around these parts. So, in short, I agree that your sample probably includes a disporportionate amount of people who've had problems.

When I was having the above mentioned troubles I found a few other people at the HS200-XDtalk.com having the same problem. One guy did some good work and pretty much proved that the fatter .40 rounds were rubbing the slide lock lever. I Sent my gun to SA to see if they could fix it (some people had problems, some didn't) but they sent it back saying that it was fine. I didn't send my mags in with the gun, but one came back with it. They weren't the same mags. I still had problems so I filed the slide lock lever down a tad (maybe 1/16th"). It doesn't lock back prematurely now, but with the new mag the slide lock doesn't lock back at all and the mag will not drop when I press the release. Recently, after moving out of CA and back to UT, I bought some 12rd mags, they were the same as the new mag SA sent me, with the same troubles. I think SA has worked the bugs out and I just got a little unlucky. I havern't heard any new XD-40 owners having this problem, and I'm thinking the new mags are part of the solution.

I loved my XD-40. I asked around and everyone seems to think they are so fantastic so I bought a Sub XD-9 that I will probably use for carry after I've fired a few thousand rounds through it (250 rds so far, no issues) and I get my UT CC permit.

 

[possum]

Nice concise report-thank you.

Possum, for the record, nice work on getting all this information for "your self" and taking the liberty to share it with us. I hope this thread won't discourage anyone's future work of the same sort.



Do share any updates or future studies with us, thanks!

no problem i am glad that someone else may have benifited from it.

 

[Guzzizzit]

Yeah, for a while now i've been thinging that if i can find just the right deal on a Used XD i might pick one up. Rented a few at the range (waiting to try the XD-.45 they have for rent as soon as it returns from repair) and i am slowly warming up to them. Because of trouble with the first 2 i rented, i doubt i could ever trust my life to it, but it's still a nice little pistol. Too bad the Gun shops i frequent wont carry them Used.

 

[CPshooter]

add me to the data... i have owned an XD 40 and 45, both 4" service models, and both had around 2,000 rds through them before i sold them to a friend of mine. zero malfunctions and no breakages while i had the guns. i miss my XD 40 more than any other pistol i've owned and it was the only gun i could stay consistently accurate with. i LOVE these guns, and im definitely getting a couple more in the future.

people need to stop dogging on XDs or Glocks or anything else for that matter. you buy a brand name handgun with a solid reputation, and you hope for the best. When i picked up one my new Glocks, i expected it to work flawlessly out of the box and it did. Great, my 500 dollars went to good use. When i pulled my XDs out of the box i had the same expectations and got the same results. I've "heard" of Glocks breaking just as much as I've "heard" of XDs breaking. It's just whatever horror story comes your way that you happen to see, and also what luck you have had with a particular handgun or brand of handgun...

this study was good and i applaud the effort, but in the end you simply can't base any decision of what gun to by soley on a few horror stories.

I had a terrible experience with the Kahr PM9 i had last year and sold it off, but i miss the little thing. It is the perfect combination of all-around carry comfort and firepower. I miss it so bad that my very next handgun purchase is going to be another Kahr PM9, but in black

 

[JonB]

bah!

Hmmmm. Is this small sample really 'the facts?' Looks like crap to me.

~7% failure rate of those people that were selected to be included. Why not post a poll on this forum and survey XD owners for 'breakages?' I suspect you will get more than 69 responses and your % will go way down. Sample size means a lot is this sort of thing and your sample size and sampling method are a far cry from what I would call useful and unbiased.

This is the kind of statistics that politicians like....... it's like surveying people at a democratic convention and determining that 50% of those in attendance like Hitlary. And then reporting that 50% of Americans will vote for Hitlary.

 

[possum]

Hmmmm. Is this small sample really 'the facts?' Looks like crap to me.

hey maybe you need to learn to read, i didn't do it "for" you or anyone else but myself and i figured i would share, if you don't like it do it yourself. how bout that all of ya'll are bitchin and complaining why don't ya'll take the time and do one yourself if you think i should have done this or that instead. it was neve my intention to be "scientific" or precise" this was informal and totally on my own.

I suspect you will get more than 69 responses and your % will go way down.

i agree.

Sample size means a lot is this sort of thing and your sample size and sampling method are a far cry from what I would call useful and unbiased.

well you send me the funds and i will go to a class, and learn how to do it better to please you JonB. that is my lot in life.

i answered the questions that i had and i know this is on the highside of the results and quite frankly it is something that i wanted to do and i figured a few would find it good info and interesting, like some have, and that is all that matters to me.

 

[orionengnr]

If the weapon happens to fail on that particular day and time, the Man and I had a pre-arranged face-to-face scheduled already and not much I can do about it.

Logical fallacy. Following that logic to it's natural conclusion, why should I carry a gun at all?

6 out of 69 is a breakage rate of ~7%. I suspect it is actually much much less

Weak math. 6 out of 69 is ~8.7%; if you are into rounding off it would be 9%.

 

[Stephen A. Camp]

The thread seems to be going downhill. If the approach was not "scientific" or statistically valid, the original poster presented what he thought might be of interest.

Constructive criticism and suggestions are one thing, but the manner in which some of the negative remarks were made is pretty sad in my opinion. Disgusting is probably a better description.