The Down Range Forum
Member Section => Handguns => Topic started by: Magoo541 on August 29, 2013, 09:15:11 AM
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Check the link for details as it only applies to a range of SNs, one of which is mine >:(
http://www.springfieldrecall.com/ (http://www.springfieldrecall.com/)
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Just went on the website, followed the link and checked my serial number. It says mine is NOT part of the recall. I photographed the page and I'm trying to confirm through email.
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Took my pistol down to the Fed Ex shop after work. At least I get to carry my XDM for a while 8)
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OOPS!!!! Something was nagging at me so I re-checked my serial number, went to the Springfield website and plugged it in, and I had made an error in the SN the first time around. Got my label and ran the 67 mile round trip to the closest manned Fedex shop.
Glad I caught it.
For those of you who didn't even have a chance to shoot yours, you are better off. You won't miss it as much while it's gone.
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I only had a couple hundred rounds through mine but I still miss it. Hope to have it back soon, almost two weeks now.
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Have recieved email that they have tested and confirmed the repair (I don't like to refer to it as an "Upgrade"- that's BS). Springfield says we'll all be very happy with our "upgraded" pistols and that they have already started return shipping the pistols, first come, first served.
I'm hoping it runs just like it did when it was new. You know how I get when I don't like my upgrade.
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No free hat?
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I think a nice gesture would be a 50% off coupon for a new gun.
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That won't happen, but maybe for a mag or free mag.
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Got mine back today....with a free 7rd mag. Heading to the range tomorrow after work to put some rounds through it. Range report to follow. (http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y445/Magoo541/D962D0C6-5ECC-4D88-A0B1-42767D18182F-23343-00001F0AD317F7AB_zps0a5864b5.jpg)
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Hey that's great! I've read differing accounts about trigger changes...some don't notice anything, some say it's same or lighter, and some say heavier...I guess that's typical for people.
I'll be interested in your assessment.
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I got out to the range with it and some 230g LRN reloads. Unfortunately my reloads are too long, but the XDs never liked my reloads. Trigger feels a little stiffer but smoother. I dry fired it about 100-150 times the night I got it, until my right trigger finger cramped up. Happy to have it home just need to work up some reloads it likes.
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So it seems my XDs' chamber is a little shorter (or the "throat" is shallower) than on my XDM. Not by much but enough to cause a problem at the OAL maximum length (1.272"). I had about 300 rounds loaded up that wouldn't function in either of the guns so I seated the bullets a little deeper (1.245" OAL) and problem solved. Shot ~150 rounds on Satureday at our club USPSA match with zero problems in my XDM and put about 30 through the XDs without an issue.
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I found that too Magoo. I was having trouble with some lead SWC rounds I had made, and when I measured them against the ball that was running fine they were just a little longer. When (seems like "if") I get it back I'll try shortening some a little to see how they work.
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Well, my brand-new, never-fired XDs just returned yesterday after a two-month visit to the factory. I do think the trigger is not quite as "mushy" as it was before. Will be taking it out for some shooting this afternoon, and I will report on the results.
Grizzle Bear
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My XDs has lost it's virginity. Seemed to be shooting all over the target at first, but after a couple of magazines it settled down
and began shooting better than my arthritic hands could hold. Recoil was pretty fierce with my hardball-equivalent loads, but
with some 185 grain SWC's it was no problem. Guess I need to find some lightweight hollow points if I start carrying it. Like the sights, like the new, improved trigger pull. No jams, no FTF, no malfunctions of any kind. Curiously, the magazine springs are about
twice the strength of those in a GI 1911A1 mag.
I am now officially pleased with my purchase!
GB
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Glad you like your new lead launcher.
Not surprised about the mag springs. Just thinking out loud, those bullets have to be pushed up in time for a smaller, faster slide to grab them.
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Glad to hear you are happy Big Bear. The mag springs ARE pretty stiff, but like Mitch says, it makes sense that the tension is part of the overall design to make those little things pass those big bullets efficiently.
The first time I checked my SN on the Springfield website I typed it in wrong...the site told me it was not part of the recall so I'm like, "Yay!". I got a feeling weeks later and checked again and realized I had to send it in. I might not see mine till Christmas.
Oh well, I have some new shotgun parts to play with.
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Got an email from Springfield that my XDs shipped yesterday, so 2 day MIGHT get it to me today or maybe friday.
Hoping we hook up for the signature and I can get that baby out this weekend for a 150-200 rounds.
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Don't believe FedEx's delivery time. They told me they'd be there at 8:00PM, when the drivers are all back to the house by 4:30. ::)
I walked around the house at a compressed ready dry firing my XDs for a 100 or more times the day I got it back. Felt a little stiffer but a little smoother. Shoot fine and carries just like it did before.
Nice to have it home 8)
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Nah. Tracking says it left Memphis at 430 pm, so with Thanksgiving I'm thinking Friday.
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Don't believe FedEx's delivery time. They told me they'd be there at 8:00PM, when the drivers are all back to the house by 4:30. ::)
I walked around the house at a compressed ready dry firing my XDs for a 100 or more times the day I got it back. Felt a little stiffer but a little smoother. Shoot fine and carries just like it did before.
Nice to have it home 8)
You have the gun back, so this comment is just for future reference.
We use FedEx as our small package shipper. Unless you own a bank and can afford the top of the line next day air priority that arrives by 10am, all tracking states "by the end of the business day." Your drivers have it nice, because I see both UPS, depot 20 miles from us on a straight shot country road, and FedEx, depot 55 miles on a mixture of country and state highways, going past our house at 6:30pm.
Most drivers for both companies will do their best to get to you early if you have one of the next or second day air options. They are getting less and less flexibility due to gps tracking in the vehicles.
Mean while back at the ranch, based on the promise of end of the business day, if you call in depots will just give you the time of the end of their day. All vans are due back by 8:30pm - you get told 8:30pm as the latest time.
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My XDs is home. With turkey day travel we arrived home Friday to miss the Fedex guy by one hour (130 pm). I called and the next attempt would be monday, even though it's 2 day shipping. I called them and they put in a re-deliver attempt for the same day but didn't promise. They also said the drivers are back at the "local" facility (an 85 mile round trip for me) at 6 and they're open 'till 7, so I was thinking of making the trip.
20 minutes later someone called me from Fedex and said the driver WOULD be back, and sure enough he raing the bell and braved the barking dogs to deliver.
It came in a small black plastic case with a new 7 rd mag and a lot of paperwork bragging on the "upgrade".
i took it out yesterday and put 100 flawless rounds of my homemade ball ammo. It's accurate, crisp, and is fun to shoot, just like before. The trigger is about the same, except to me it feels like the takeup and feel of the trigger is more clearly defined and the break is very clean. Feels good... better to me than when I sent it away, but that's an opinion.
Except for the 2 month wait, I'm happy with the gun and very happy that the "upgrade" made the gun the same or better instead of ruining a good piece.
Springfield fumbled the ball early on in this thing but I think they made it right.
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Happy for you, Jay.
My next 'new' gun purchase (when I can afford it) will, in all likelihood, be an XDs........ the info on this thread has helped, thanks.