poohzilla
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Give me a place to stand and a long-enough lever, and I will invariably break the lever.
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Post by poohzilla on May 10, 2020 17:45:43 GMT -5
A friend of my son's showed up with a Springfield XD, that had a roll pin sticking out of the top of the slide. (I'd never touched an XD before today...) I nodded sagely, and asked him to leave it with me, while I sorted things out. It's the striker retainer pin, and from what I've gathered, if you do any amount of dry firing, they will break. I looked at the videos, and it looks like replacing it isn't rocket science. The part ranges in price from $2 to <gulp> $10 a pop. I'm wondering if the heavy duty pins are markedly better than the OEM stuff. I'm the last one to discourage dry firing as it's good practice. Any one have experience with these ? Whatever I end up doing, I'm buying this kid a 9mm snap cap for Christmas ! Thanks !
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Post by hacker54 on May 10, 2020 18:19:40 GMT -5
Pooh all that part is a 3mm x 16mm carbon steel split roll pin. Should be able to acquire one at a good hardware store. Yes prices will vary. Question who had them for $10 and were they for the firearm? If so hence the up scaled price.
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poohzilla
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Give me a place to stand and a long-enough lever, and I will invariably break the lever.
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Post by poohzilla on May 10, 2020 19:25:28 GMT -5
Hi Hacker- the expensive ones claim to be heavy duty. Feedback from users also say they're more difficult to get in. The OEM ones were actually on the less expensive end. Also, they may have a reason for *wanting* them to shear. This is a job for Greg ! He'd fabricate something from kryptonite !
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bob
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Post by bob on May 10, 2020 20:05:08 GMT -5
Naw Greg would make it out of some plastic lid or some thingamajig! Beside which it would be difficult to roll a piece of metal around a pin.
The oem way is probably best 'till more information is gathered and as you've properly said it may act as a shear pin protecting the mechanism.
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gws
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Post by gws on May 10, 2020 22:57:41 GMT -5
Greg, would trade the XD for a Ruger. I wouldn't know a Springfield from a Springboard.......other than the 30-06's they used in WW2. My plastic lids are reserved for covering my Vitamin C and my Lysine, and the empties for collating rifle bullets. Sorry I'm no help.....Bob's the engineer......
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SnapShot
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Jeep & Mocha "Remembering Patches, always"
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Post by SnapShot on May 11, 2020 14:55:18 GMT -5
Although I have not personally dealt with this issue I have a XD friend. He says that he would not go the heavy duty route. He stoped short of referring to it as a shear pin but did admit it was the weak-link. He also says if you want to dry fire an XD ALWAYS use a snap-cap. I just reread this . . . it doesn’t say anything the rest of you haven’t already said. The best part of this whole thing is Pooh’s reaction; “ . . . nodded sagely and asked him to leave it with me”. With age comes wisdom  |
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My daughter came from Missouri, my son and grand son, my wife and I had a nice dinner of grilled "porter house" pork chops, corn on the cobb, my son, G'son and I share 10/5. G'son is 4 minutes early though @ 10/4.
Pooh I hope you find to right house . 
