Xds not returning to battery

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Hey guys,

I bought the gun (xds 9mm) on Friday night and put about 75 rounds through it today. After every trigger pull or at least every other trigger pull the xds would fail to return to battery. I searched the interwebs high and low and found no real solution to the problem. Is there something that I'm missing? Is this a super common problem? Is this some thing I can fix or do I need to send it back to Springfield? I'm bummed, this is the first "nice" pistol I've owned and it has been quite the disappointment.
 
Did you clean and lube it before shooting it? What ammo, also did you try different ammo to see if something else worked? Finally, did you let someone else try it? Basic questions, but we need to get these out of the way first.

Sorry about your disappointment. If there is a problem, SA will make it right. They have excellent customer service.
 
I did not lube or clean the gun I ran it straight out if the box. I was using Remington 115 grain Luger ammo although a nice fellow used several of his reloaded rounds and the same thing happened. After some frustration I had the range master shoot it a couple of times with the same result. I'm glad to hear that springfield has good CS. I was reading at another forum that they haven't acknowledged the problem.
 
My first suggestion would be to properly clean and lube the gun and try it, preferably with a couple of different brands and types of ammo.

If it doesn't shape up, I'd get in contact with SA.
 
Break it down, clean it, and lube it before anything else.
A lot of the time, the grease or oil manufacturers put on new guns before shipping is a better preservative than lubricant. If it's used, it could have grease where oil should be or just have crud built up.
If it doesn't stop, try different ammo. Something like Sellier & Bellot, anything a little stronger than Remington target ammo. It could be that the basic light range rounds are too weak to cycle it. Reloads are never a reliable test.
 
I reload for a number of different SA XD's, 9mm and .40 cal and have had nothing but 100% reliable function.

The first thing I would do is clean it really well. New firearms are actually supposed to be cleaned well before running them, I'm certain that should be included in the operating instructions. It sounds to me like the slide is dragging, thus in need of a thorough cleaning and lubing.

The other possible cause is ammunition. Most of the XD's I load for require operating pressures that are at least around mid range SAAMI. Some factory ammo, especially bargain brand stuff can run a bit low in this respect.

So to sum it up, clean it really well, lube, and try a couple different types or brands of ammunition. What are the specifics of the ammunition you have tried thus far, brand and type?

GS
 
With the XDs being made overseas, it is more than likely to have a thicker coating of protectant to prevent rust from the sea air.
 
Some 45acp's have tight throats requiring a .451" diameter cast bullet when reloading for them. I think a cleaning may help, also.
 
Does it return to battery without the magazine in it?
 
I did not lube or clean the gun I ran it straight out if the box
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That's a problem. It says right in the manual that it needs to be lubed correctly, and limp wristing will cause this problem. Lube it up good, and try again.
 
Send it back. Springfield will fix it. They did my XDs 45 that developed the same problem after 500 or so rounds. It's been flawless since.
Sucks to have to send your new gun back right away though...
 
The gun just needs to be cleaned and lubed, Only other thing could be a little polishing where the round hits the slide, I found by polishing that part of the slide makes a lot of problems disappear. The feed ramp and the slide internals with cleaning and lubing first, then a little polish and a soft cloth. If it isn't corrected then do what Banjo said, let them worry about it.
On second thought, if the cleaning and lubing doesn't work, then don't even mess with it, send it in, also try racking the slide a couple hundred times while watching tv, it may just be stif..
24, starts tonight so you will feel right at home.
 
>>do I need to send it back to Springfield?<<

I wouldn't send it back to Springfield until somebody else looked at it who knew more about guns. Sorry....
 
Gym, yes it returns to battery without a magazine and with a mag no rounds it's only when the mag has rounds.

RUT thanks for the helpful comment.
 
Have one, had same issues. Broke it down and ran through ultrasonic cleaner with degreaser a few times. Ordered Frog Lube and baked into pistol as per instructions. Seems to have fixed the problem, mine likes to run a little wet with the Frog Lube.
 
I was the guy that directed him here. May have been ammo related but it did the same with my 147gr Rainer plated with 3.8 unique that runs at 950 fps that cycles my xdm5.25 and cz75.. No limp wristing from me or the range master. It does seem to have good ejection and they never stovepiped. The slide would be about2-3 mms short of going to full battery and pushing it with the thumb brought it to battery.
 
First to rule out unknowns,

Since the slide returns to full battery with/without the magazine, I would take the barrel out of the slide and while holding the barrel with chamber on top, drop a factory round in the chamber.

Does the factory round drop in the chamber freely with a "plonk" and spin without hitting the start of rifling? Is the case rim flush/below the barrel hood or stick above the barrel hood?
 
147 grain Bullets seated too long and hitting the rifling leade before fully chambered?

Shooting 147 grain reloads for testing a new gun probably isn't they best way to go about it!

Does it do the same thing with 115 or 124 grain factory loads???

rc
 
The slide stops with the nose of the bullet just hitting the top of the chamber? And it closes with a tap to the back of the slide, yes?

If this sounds familiar, a common cause is the rim of the cartridge jamming on the extractor. The extractor could be too tight or otherwise out of spec. Different ammo can help due to feeding at a different angle. This kind of problem might break in, it might need some work.

It could also be a tight barrel to slide fit. This will usually go away with break in.
 
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With the XDs it also could be the loaded chamber indicator, which engages the case toward the end of the slide cycle. Hopefully, it is just a break-in issue.
 
Don't ride the slide, rack it like a man! These guns like it rough, especially when there new.
 
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