Quote Originally Posted by gb6491 View Post
Nice looking pistol Thanks for the write up on it

I have an XD-S that I like for the most part, but a thing that bothers me about it is that if it is pressed slightly out of battery when a round is chambered in it, it will not return to battery of it's own accord. This does not happen with my full size XD in 45, my CW45, or my Shield in 45.

So, if I may, a question for you folks that have a compact or sub compact XD/XDM: do they return to full battery on their own if pushed slightly out of battery?

Regards,
Greg
My XDm .45 3.8 compact would do that and it bugged me. I followed some instructions Harrylee posted (where has he been, probably shooting .45's and inventing something cool) about polishing where the barrel hood meets the left side of the slide at the breechface I think but cant remember for sure. Now I have to work hard to make it happen, like have it dirty, no lube, and let the slide go forward real slow. Even then the slightest movement of the firearm sends it into battery like it should be so I pretty much call it resolved.

I'm wondering if part of it is maybe an under powered recoil Spring?