tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274583756441452923.post7222496497070853018..comments2024-02-13T14:28:21.282-05:00Comments on New Jovian Thunderbolt: Don't you bad mouth my XD!New Jovian Thunderbolthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09452246769246304612noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274583756441452923.post-65409907421329293732017-01-26T18:40:26.715-05:002017-01-26T18:40:26.715-05:00Had an XD, full sized, in .45 ACP. Sold it. Becaus...Had an XD, full sized, in .45 ACP. Sold it. Because reasons. If you have one you like and trust, good on 'ya. I'll never own another XD unless I win it in a raffle.ASM826https://www.blogger.com/profile/04017388670319590449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274583756441452923.post-61522815980211197992017-01-24T19:19:58.515-05:002017-01-24T19:19:58.515-05:00Never heard of that, hard to imagine how the pin o...Never heard of that, hard to imagine how the pin on the grip safety could fail, cause there's not alot of pressure on it (in normal use, of course). I can see how it would lock up the gun though. I think I might take mine apart and do a condition inspection. Although, just thinking about it on the couch, Occam's razor would suggest a defective roll pin rather than a design issue. And we all know that defective or imperfectly stress-relieved parts can happen to anybody, even glock and s&w. Thanks for the heads up though.<br /><br />Also, my comment about hilux trucks stands, but in light of this new evidence, the new hilux pistol is the steel frame p-series ruger. Anything you can give to Iraqis without worrying about it breaking is good enough for me.gbobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17334645357100640084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274583756441452923.post-38944186803507237382017-01-23T20:45:53.535-05:002017-01-23T20:45:53.535-05:00Clarify:
If the grip safety is not depressed the ...Clarify:<br /><br />If the grip safety is not depressed the slide cannot be cycled. So if the grip safety is jammed by a foreign object (like broken gun parts, including pins) then the round in the chamber can't be removed. It also cannot be fired without the grip safety depressed. <br /><br />So, broken gun, live round inside. That needs Springfield Armory XD people to fix.New Jovian Thunderbolthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452246769246304612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274583756441452923.post-11121949192304132462017-01-23T20:39:44.081-05:002017-01-23T20:39:44.081-05:00gbob, not TOO common. Common enough with picky gu...gbob, not TOO common. Common enough with picky gun owner that prefer nigh zero failures.<br /><br />There are several roll pins in the gun. I only knew of an issue with the grip safety one (if I understand correctly). It fails, and the gun can't be cycled, you have a live round in the chamber that you then have to mail back to Genseo for warranty work. You can fix it easily yourself. Kinda gives folks the creeps. The live round bit. <br /><br />There are other roll pins tho. With other issue. you can see some of them <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=xd+roll+pin+failure&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjZxPmf0dnRAhWBQCYKHamjDi8Q_AUICSgC&biw=1920&bih=943" rel="nofollow">here</a><br /><br />I don't own or carry an XD. But I have <i>liked </i>them. I've gotten wary over the years. There are other things I prefer even if the XD was Glock perfect. New Jovian Thunderbolthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452246769246304612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274583756441452923.post-67934530513395359982017-01-23T19:49:43.638-05:002017-01-23T19:49:43.638-05:00Which roll pin? What does it retain? Where can I f...Which roll pin? What does it retain? Where can I find more info about this? Why does it have to go to Springfield to get fixxed? How common is this?gbobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17334645357100640084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274583756441452923.post-23883463341900126562017-01-23T18:46:35.442-05:002017-01-23T18:46:35.442-05:00You should see what I did to brick my El Camino......You should see what I did to brick my El Camino...New Jovian Thunderbolthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452246769246304612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274583756441452923.post-21146078097797825172017-01-23T18:33:52.815-05:002017-01-23T18:33:52.815-05:00Y'all admit to owning and (worse) carrying an ...Y'all admit to owning and (worse) carrying an XD? B https://www.blogger.com/profile/10586046436233366155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274583756441452923.post-86027066592622756292017-01-23T15:56:28.782-05:002017-01-23T15:56:28.782-05:00Until the roll pin behind the breech face of your ...Until the roll pin behind the breech face of your XD breaks, bricks your gun and requires it to be sent back to the factory for repair. Projectilisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07297602404833279019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274583756441452923.post-85199928956956068852017-01-22T16:27:25.334-05:002017-01-22T16:27:25.334-05:00Not European but it's the Toyota hilux. Reliab...Not European but it's the Toyota hilux. Reliable, affordable, and un-fucking-destroyable, just not stylish. And harder to get chicks with.gbobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17334645357100640084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274583756441452923.post-70238718356883951552017-01-22T15:16:51.383-05:002017-01-22T15:16:51.383-05:00I was trying to come up with an Eastern European t...I was trying to come up with an Eastern European truck analogy for the XD but I can't.Mike V.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00850684530065926604noreply@blogger.com