XD-E drop safe?

[fordtrucks]

I searched all over the internet tryig to find if the XD-E is drop safe and if it has a firing pin block. In the end, I contacted Springfield customer service directly via email and got an answer back in just a few hours.

Here are their responses:

“Yes it is drop safe. There is a firing pin block in that model, but not a hammer block. ”

“Yes, when that test is ran the safeties are off.”


So, if anyone wonders. Yes, the XD-E is drop safe, with safeties off.

Glad to see such quick answers to customer questions as well.

 

[Tommygunn]

Well, I bought an XD-E a month or so ago, so I guess it's good to know this.
Now I can safely drop my gun whenever I want to!



That didn't come out exactly right .... did it?

 

[Shipwreck]

Pretty much all modern design semi autos have a firing pin block. You can take the slide off yourself, and look at the bottom of it.

You will see the saftey plunger that moves up and down, to permit the firing pin to move forward.

 

[ATLDave]

“Yes, when that test is ran the safeties are off.”

I hope they are better engineers than writers.

 

[bassjam]

I hope they are better engineers than writers.

 

[MAKster]

There is no excuse for a modern pistol design to not have a firing pin

Pretty much all modern design semi autos have a firing pin block. You can take the slide off yourself, and look at the bottom of it.

You will see the saftey plunger that moves up and down, to permit the firing pin to move forward.

It amazes me that Ruger designed the Security 9 and LCPs without a firing pin block.

 

[jonb32248]

Got mine back in March and it's my #1 gun. Very nice gun to carry.

 

[fordtrucks]

Pretty much all modern design semi autos have a firing pin block. You can take the slide off yourself, and look at the bottom of it.

You will see the saftey plunger that moves up and down, to permit the firing pin to move forward.

Thanks. I agree, but as MAKster noted, not all do in fact have it. Trust but verify. Or, don’t trust, and still verify.

 

[Tommygunn]

There is no excuse for a modern pistol design to not have a firing pin*

It amazes me that Ruger designed the Security 9 and LCPs without a firing pin block.

*Yup, I hate it when they forget to install the firing pin. Unreliable guns can be .... irritating.