Comments by "Evan" (@MrEvanfriend) on "4 Things to know before you buy a handgun" video.
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@ivanj1806 My friend got one of the new 10mm XDs around Christmas (his wife bought it for him at my suggestion). A couple days after, I went up to visit him, and of course we went to go shoot this new XD in 10mm. We're both 10mm fans, and I'd had good experiences with XDs before (never owned one though). So we go to the range, he gets the first two rounds off, and a failure. Light primer strike. So we try again, another failure, light primer strike. We put those same rounds that weren't working in a Glock 20, they fired - it wasn't the ammo. All day, the XD would fire maybe one out of five or six rounds, the others would be light primer strikes. The Glocks and the SIG we had there would fire anything.
So he managed to take it back to the gun shop, and they sent it back off to Springfield. Apparently it was some kind of extractor issue, I don't remember how an extractor issue would cause light primer strikes, he told me but I've forgotten. It took him several months to get the pistol back. Apparently this is an issue that isn't uncommon with XDs, which is a major quality control problem. A gun needs to work every time, out of the box. A gun that doesn't work every time, out of the box isn't worth buying. Now, most XDs will work fine. But some will be like the one my friend had - gross disappointments. He was lucky that it only fucked up on the range and not when it was needed. But that was enough to prevent me from EVER buying a new XD.
And yes, there is also a political reason. Illinois, where Springfield Armory is located, proposed some horrid gun law. Springfield Armory was willing to support it as long as they got an exemption carved out for themselves. That kind of backstabbing shit tends to alienate Second Amendment advocates. I don't live in Illinois and don't know the details, but it was a scummy move, and I prefer to support companies that support the Second Amendment rights of all Americans.
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