[Holshot]

Has anyone been able to get the parts needed to keep their XD running? I saw a competitor's XD crap out at a match today and he said that he knew the extractor was acting up but SA wouldn't sell him a replacement. If he had sent it back to them he couldn't have shot the match anyway. Bad publicity for SA as we all saw and heard the story.

[rmerritt]

check with Daniel, @ powder river precision, he does great work on xd's, mad may be able to help you out. ray

[TM262]

Yep, there are some parts that you cannot get from SA. I know they will not sell factory sear springs, sears and magazine springs. They probably don't sell the extractor because it is such a pain to get out and back in without the right tools.

[Dave S]

I would think you could contact Rich at Canyon Creek and get your parts?

[Justsomeguy]

TM262, on Jun 27 2009, 05:30 PM, said:

Yep, there are some parts that you cannot get from SA. I know they will not sell factory sear springs, sears and magazine springs. They probably don't sell the extractor because it is such a pain to get out and back in without the right tools.

I dunno... after removing the appropriate pin, you simply pry up on the "fat part" of the extractor to get it moving, (Can use a 90 degree "pick") then turn the slide right side up and tap it on a bench block a couple of times and it'll fall right out!

But yeah... Springfield should ease up a bit on the parts thing. I don't think they have previously thought people would campaign these guns in competition so they are a bit slow about this. You would think Rob Letham would clue 'em in about this stuff!

This post has been edited by Justsomeguy: 28 July 2009 - 01:51 AM

[LPatterson]

Has anyone considered that Springfield is not the manufacturer of the gun but only the American distributor for a Croatian company that puts the Springfield name on the gun to sell more. It could also have something to do with trying to establish some quality control numbers. If I were selling something made by someone else I would rather be the one making repairs I would like to be able to go to the manufaturer and tell them about problems than have every Tom, Dick & Harry fix it themselves and bad mouth me about the quality of stuff I was selling.

[Justsomeguy]

LPatterson, on Jul 28 2009, 10:19 AM, said:

Has anyone considered that Springfield is not the manufacturer of the gun but only the American distributor for a Croatian company that puts the Springfield name on the gun to sell more. It could also have something to do with trying to establish some quality control numbers. If I were selling something made by someone else I would rather be the one making repairs I would like to be able to go to the manufaturer and tell them about problems than have every Tom, Dick & Harry fix it themselves and bad mouth me about the quality of stuff I was selling.

All True and I understand what you are saying. But... the XD family of pistols has been around for some years now, and being that it is getting more popular for competition events, it becomes necessary for people who use them to acquire "spares" to be able to keep the guns in top shape. Magazine springs are not the same as say... sears and strikers from a reliability standpoint. Someone who might shoot 50,000 rounds per year (and UP!) may and probably does have a legitimate reason to obtain magazine springs. Sure, it might be nice if when ordering from Springfield they would have a checkbox on the form asking if you use them in competition and how many rounds per year per mag you estimate you are shooting so they could keep some numbers. Still, the fact is, spare parts are a necessary part of campaigning a gun. Even if they void your warranty on those spares, you will still need them at one time or another. Granted, Springfield does not manufacture the gun. But many "distributors" of other guns will make spares available... (Witness for one). All this is doing is forcing aftermarket makers to spring up to supply necessary parts which Springfield could be having made and supplying. I still think it is to their detriment that they do not do so.