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XD slide will not fully open

ZOV-PSU@73 said:
Thanks to everyone for their recommendations. I’m going to send it back to Springfield
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Can you post the 2 separate pics you took before and after WD-40 side by side?

There seems to be 2 visible scratches since you moved the slide with one running the direction the slide travels and one coming up vertically from the mag well.

@xdman is most likely correct in the bulged barrel theory as he is an experienced gunsmith.
 
xdman said:
Most likely you had a squib, then fired a second round and bulged the barrel. thats what it looks like when customers have bought guns into me to fix. Is there a round stock in the barrel? If not you can shine a light in the chamber and look down the barrel you will see a shadow that looks like a doughnut

You said it did this while firing. If you had done this during reassembly/disassembly the guide rod slipped where it‘s not supposed to go, inbetween the locking block and barrel. The fix is to put some thing like a small crescent wrench and close it until it fits behind the end of the head of the guiderod. Then pull the guiderod out unlocking the slide.
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I was thinking the same, but I was leaning towards the guide rod, but a bulged barrel, wow, lucky the gun didn’t blow up, Springfield will be able to get it fixed
 
Is this a Used pistol or are you the original owner?
Note: SA warranty applies to Original registered owner.
Any difficulty assembling during last field strip and cleaning?

My XD45 isn’t the easiest to rack, actually the most difficult and I always seem to have the oiliest hands when time to field strip/rack it. Now I resort to doing it with grippy gloves.

”Recoil springs fit over your handgun's guide rod and control how the slide functions. In general, heavy loads need heavy springs and lighter loads need lighter springs. A spring that is too light can cause the handgun to open and close early and hard, increasing the felt recoil and battering the frame. A spring that is too heavy can cause the slide to be hard to open and could even keep the gun from cycling completely, jamming it. Installation requires disassembly and reassembly of the slide. Factory spring is 18-1/2 lbs.”
– from part description of Wolff Recoil Springs from MidwayUSA
 
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