Really? Mine in .45 has had thousands of rounds through it with nearly flawless functioning. It eats FMJ and all manner of HP rounds without a hiccup.
Factory loads, handloads, all no problem.
I haven't had a single issue that's required repair or service of any kind. I'm totally satisfied with it.
At the time I could have bought almost any service type pistol I wanted and I have absolutely no regrets about picking the XD over the comparable offerings from Glock, et al.
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Really. Do you know what a sample of one is worth in science?
Virtually nothing. It is great that you have no problems with your XD. Many people owned Yugos and had no problems. I don’t think that means you can argue that the Yugo was as good as a Chevy or a Porsche, although your perception of your Yugo may be that it is.
I don’t mean to insult you, and since you’re obviously an avid shooter you’re probably aware of this, but when most people say they’ve had “thousands” of rounds through their weapon what they really mean is they’ve thought about shooting it thousands of times, but have only put a few boxes through it. Mostly what they’ve done is their idea of “dry fire” at the TV. Killing Indians with John Wayne. Most people are gun owners, not gun shooters. If this doesn’t apply to you, great.
If you’re happy with it, then that is all that matters. I just know that a pistol that is barely 10 years old, has yet to be adopted by any large agency or military, and has a problem with reliability is not number 4...in the World.
The fact is...it is a weapon designed in Croatia...it was originally not much over 200 dollars...and besides the XDM, there were precious few changes from the original design. Except for the price tag. Notice it still says “Made in Croatia” on the side...but it is priced the same as American made or Austrian made weapons. So calling it a “Springfield” XD is really a misnomer, since Springfield just imports it. Its like referring to a MAK-90 as an “Interarms MAK-90,” and believing that who imported it makes it a superior/different weapon...When it’s really a Norinco/Polytech MAK-90 and the name of the importer that is electric penciled on the side makes no difference.