Ran my XD hard, got some jams

[SpookyPistolero]

I've made a very concerted effort to shoot only my Glock 19, just to get practiced with one platform. And it's a great gun! But today, for fun, I decided to grab my XD9 for range use.

Luckily, my range had just opened their reactive steel area. Pretty high-tech setup with computer operated poppers, different settings, etc. Been a while since I got to hit steel and I've missed it!

But sadly the XD didn't fare too well. I was running it pretty hard (certainly very hot to the touch up front) and started getting several failures to extract. Basically had a fresh round trying to feed into the empty brass left in the chamber. At least I got to practice my malf drills though! Haha.

So the XD will now be sold, according to my no-tolerance policy of failures with defensive weapons. Que sera, sera.

[moyler]

Whooda thunkit?

[Business_Casual]

FFS.

B_C

[dieselgeek]

I'll give you $200 for it.

PM me

[variablebinary]

XD is not a good gun, so this should not surprise anyone.

[davebee456]

In that price range...
in 9mm i would say get a Glock.
in 45 and 40. i would say get a M&P.

[RogerinTPA]

Who'd a thunk it! Trade it in for another G19.

[Lucky Strike]

I've had two XD (started with subcompact and then sold to buy a full size) that i've run hard in various defensive handgun classes with no issues but I don't doubt that there are ones with issues. If i didn't trust mine I'd certainly sell it but the thing has been issue free since I've bought it.

That being said I've very jealous that your range has a computer operated reactive steel area.

I had to buy my own steel targets to get my fix of shooting steel....well that and shooting Steel Challenge matches

[Tennvol12345]

XD is not a good gun, so this should not surprise anyone.

I've had no issues my my XD45C and it's had over 20K rounds through it. I did change out mag springs with AGP +10% springs at about the 9-10K mark.

How many rounds through your XD, what type of ammo, etc?

Everyone here seems to agree the MP is far superior to the XD and to be fair I have 3 MP's (9C, 9FS, and 45C) and I've had a dead trigger recently on my 9C. So jams and issues can happen to every gun. I would try and figure out what the issue is before dumping it.

[SpookyPistolero]

I do not feel that the XD is a bad gun, despite this incident. It's also isolated. I bought this gun gently used (based on internal and external wear) and have put only about 4-5K through it myself. It has been otherwise reliable in the past. But unless a problem has an extremely clear-cut cause with a bullet-proof remedy, it's not worth keeping for me. Life's too short to use something you don't trust (and probably would get shorter as a result!). So no, I don't think all XD's are crap and should be melted into goo to make more M&P's.