My Springfield XD jamming...?

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I had my XD tactical in .45 out at the range the other day. I was using an ammo that i have never used before, but was told it was good stuff. I got about 3/4 way through a box and the gun jammed with a live round in the chamber, at first i didnt know it jammed and i pulled the trigger, nothing happened. after further inspection the slide was 1/8 ish to 1/4 way open (from close). I couldnt open it or push it forward.

from the night before (for some reason) i watched this youtube vid (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVe10MFaFso). So i applied some force against the shooting bench. and it eventually opened.

in doing so i the gun pulled the bullet 1 to 1.5 milimeters out of the casing.

I took the gun apart checked all the parts to see if they wer intact and secure. i shifted the guide rod and spring and put it back together.

for the rest of the ammo box it did it to me two more times.

does anyone know what might be the cause to this? if so is there a fix? or do i abandon the gun?

thanks in advance for all the help!
 
chevy_boy said:
I had my XD tactical......using an ammo that i have never used before, but was told it was good stuff. ....pulled the bullet 1 to 1.5 milimeters out of the casing......rest of the ammo box it did it to me two more times....the cause to this? if so is there a fix? or do i abandon the gun?
thanks in advance for all the help!
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CB, Don't blame the gun. The XD is not only accurate, it reliable and tough. Would give the ammo used a very good look. Chances are they are reloads, and if that is so, many variables come into play. If you know someone who reloads, fit one of the "good stuff" rounds in his bullet gauge. If not available, then take out the XD's barrel and drop a bullet in (from the feed side). See how much it will go in. Then drop a factory ammo round and compare. I'd wager it won't go in all the way and that would indicate a defect in the way the bullet was made. Hope this exercise will solve the problem. Happy shooting!!!
 
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Is there a way for me to go through this ammo and see if it junk or not? like if i look up the required length of a .45 acp bullet in a reloading manual and then go through my ammo with a set of vernier calipers and toss out anything over the limit in length, would that in theory solve my problems?

This would be the second thing i got burned on by this jerk who sold me 1000 rounds of .45 acp ammo.
 
i realize that now, when i purchased them i was under the impretion they were brand new and they were left overs from the IPSC season.

im now interested to know if there is a way i can go through the ammo that i spent my hard earned money on and see if its ok or not.
 
If you want to check the remaining ammo, I would take the barrel out of the gun & do a chamber check with each round. That is how I would separate them.

You should also check the OAL & have a look at each case for splits or any other defects.
 
i had the same issue with my xd and some ammo that i reloaded. normally i only load jacketed ammo but i thought i would cheap out when i got a good deal on some bulk lead in a ten pound box. well being as the .45 acp seats on the mouth of the case and the cheap lead was not entirely pristine having been lumped all together in a box. several rounds wished to seat on a dimple or shoulder of the lead bullet causing some bad jams. once i figured out the problem i was able to do some closer inspections and clean up the lead that looked a little dicey.
 
yeah im using copper jaketed ball rounds. at first glance the casings look pretty good. Im guessing im going to have to pull out the calipers and give it some measuring.
 
Hi there Chevy boy...
Just wanted to add my 2 cents worth here. Sounds like your bullet was a bit too long.. COL (Cartridge overall length) and the bullet got stuck in the rifling. I have had that in a number of my reloads for 45 ACP when i reloaded for a friend that has a Kimber. The bullets worked fine in my Colt but for some reason the throat in his Kimber is shorter and the same COL was too long for his gun. All i had to do was chamber check the rounds in his barrel to get the length that worked in his gun. In 45 ACP the bullet headspaces on the rim of the cartridge so you should be able to insert the bullet and rotate it freely if it is not touching the rifling of the barrel. I reduced the COL until i could do this and never had this happen again for his gun.
As as side note I did buy a bunch of commercial ammo in 9mm a while back the the COL varied so much that it affect the accuracy of the rounds. None of the were so long that they were jamming of the rifling but i do know that my XD liked the longer bullets better ( smaller 5 shot groups). So i guess the lesson here is its good to be close to the rifling .. but not so close that you are touching or jamming it...

Good luck with your shooting..

D
 
Had similar "issues" with my XD40. Found out it's not the gun. It was the ammo. I did not crimp the bullets properly. Get a box of factory ammo and give it another try. So I bought a crimper for my reloads and all is well now, not a single jam.
 
ok so i manually ran a few rounds through my pistol (never pulling the trigger), and took a set of vernier calipers to them using the spec in my reloading manual. i found that over 50% of the ammo i purchased is too long ( i bought 1000 rounds). Is there anything i can do to all of this ammo to make it useable? I would at least like to re-use the brass. I dont have any dies yet but i am working on it.

Cheers, and thanks!!
 
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I had the same problem with my own reloads. A local range afficianado who also owns an XD showed me how to unjam the round by holding the slide and slamming the grip forward with his hands. He said that if you are using once fired brass make sure the resizing die is going all the way down the brass. He says that glocks tend to bloat the back portion of the brass and since I was using once fired brass, it made sense. I went home and re-examined my dies. Sure enough the resizing die was not all the way down. Ever since then I have been problem free.
 
ok so what can i do with the rounds that i have now, i want to re-use the brass, but they are loaded with a round that wont fit into my pistol.

What do i do, oh wise peoples please enlighten me!!!
 
You can get a bullet puller then follow normal reloading procedures with your own components. You can also use the bullet puller, weigh the powder charge then rebuild the round the same way using the components that you just separated. Not sure how ethical it is, but maybe sell them to somebody who has a gun that will feed them?
 
Most stores that sell reloading equipment will have a bullet puller. You will need a scale for measuring the grain of the bullet and the amount of powder that was in the cartridge.
 
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