Today at the range, I had a... malfunction with my XD-40 It is about 3 years old and has about 12-14k through it.
The recoil spring/captured guide rod assembly came apart about 120rds into the day. The guide rod broke internally causing a failure to extract. So I kept the pistol pointed down range, dropped the magazine and proceeded to try to clear the casing. I didn't notice the blown out assembly and was having a tough time trying to clear what I thought was just a simple failure to extract. The end result was me rechambering the case and having the slide lock forward.
As I now could not pull the slide back at all, I went to set the weapon down to get the range master. It was at this time that the guide rode actually fell out of the pistol. Great. The reason it came apart... the threading on the tip of the guide rod had a hairline fracture and let go. The part of the assembly left inside is cocked diagonally and will not let the slide back at all. I took some pictures, but they are unremarkable and do not show the detail of damage.
So, I pack up, head home and call SA. Within minutes I'm on the phone w/ a gunsmith and after some simple trouble shooting, they give me a RMA number and set me up to ship it back. They pay the shipping and repair cost.
So I say BZ to Springfield Armory and their customer service. I've always been a Springfield guy and this just reinforces why I will stay that way.
The recoil spring/captured guide rod assembly came apart about 120rds into the day. The guide rod broke internally causing a failure to extract. So I kept the pistol pointed down range, dropped the magazine and proceeded to try to clear the casing. I didn't notice the blown out assembly and was having a tough time trying to clear what I thought was just a simple failure to extract. The end result was me rechambering the case and having the slide lock forward.
As I now could not pull the slide back at all, I went to set the weapon down to get the range master. It was at this time that the guide rode actually fell out of the pistol. Great. The reason it came apart... the threading on the tip of the guide rod had a hairline fracture and let go. The part of the assembly left inside is cocked diagonally and will not let the slide back at all. I took some pictures, but they are unremarkable and do not show the detail of damage.
So, I pack up, head home and call SA. Within minutes I'm on the phone w/ a gunsmith and after some simple trouble shooting, they give me a RMA number and set me up to ship it back. They pay the shipping and repair cost.
So I say BZ to Springfield Armory and their customer service. I've always been a Springfield guy and this just reinforces why I will stay that way.