Springfield XDs won't extract round

[Irving]

I know it feels that way. That's exactly how mine felt as well. I got mad and ripped it open. That gun only cost me $200 though, so I understand you're more hesitant.

[Jamnanc]

Drive it out with a dowel on a hard surface inserted in the muzzle end pull on the slide at the same time as you push down with the grip hand.

[cysoto]

See if this works for you:

[Irving]

Cysoto quick to respond!

[osok-308]

See if this works for you:

Great news, the slide is now free! I was able to fix the problem! I am kind of pissed that this happened with a new firearm, however. I am happy to have it taken care of.

[cysoto]

I am glad that you were able to fix the issue.

Look in the chamber to make sure that there is nothing in there that may be the cause of this issue. I recently saw a new gun that was shipped with a piece of a brass case stuck in the chamber.

[osok-308]

I see nothing at the moment, but believe me that this pistol is getting a thorough scrub down.

[cysoto]

If your chamber is clear, you may want to do a "plunk" test with a few live cartridges before you reassemble your gun. It is also possible that this particular dummy round was manufactured out of spec.

[Irving]

If your chamber is clear, you may want to do a "plunk" test with a few live cartridges before you reassemble your gun. It is also possible that this particular dummy round was manufactured out of spec.

I came here to post exactly this! I never knew to do this with my Kel-tec, but I wish that I had tried it while I still had it. With my Kel-tec, it would manually extract live rounds slightly easier than the snap caps, but it fired everything just fine. Honestly, it's probably just because it's a brand new gun and still pretty stiff.

[osok-308]

If your chamber is clear, you may want to do a "plunk" test with a few live cartridges before you reassemble your gun. It is also possible that this particular dummy round was manufactured out of spec.

http://forums.1911forum.com/showthread.php?t=435838

Like this plunk test? It does look like the dummy round could have been out of spec.

I came here to post exactly this! I never knew to do this with my Kel-tec, but I wish that I had tried it while I still had it. With my Kel-tec, it would manually extract live rounds slightly easier than the snap caps, but it fired everything just fine. Honestly, it's probably just because it's a brand new gun and still pretty stiff.

This is the first time I've ever had this happen with a new pistol. Possibly because of the size and the strength of recoil spring? So I take it that I should probably only use dummy rounds after shooting it a bit first?