JesseM Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 So I was looking through the owners manual for the XDM 5.25 I bought and it says "Extensively dry firing can accelerate component wear/stress. Use snap caps when extensively dry firing." Is this something I should actually be worried about or is it just some standard claim made my Springfield? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shabodah Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 I'm curious how someone can excessively dry fire a striker-fired pistol. I don't have the patience to keep racking the slide... lol. Now a hammer-fired double action, sure, that makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diehli Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 The striker retaining roll pin can break. Known issue, just keep a decent supply on hand with the appropriate pin driver. http://shop.springerprecision.com/product.sc?productId=35&categoryId=9 http://shop.springerprecision.com/product.sc?productId=140&categoryId=9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agney5 Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 The only problem you will see from this is is the striker retaining pin. Saying that it seems to very hit and miss if you are deeply concerned powder river makes a heavier version of the pin 3 for $12. I had the stock in for probably 1000 dry fires before I sent the gun off for a trigger job and Powder River replaced it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseM Posted October 4, 2012 Author Share Posted October 4, 2012 This is my first XDm or any XD for that matter so when I saw that I just wondering what would happen. Good to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avezorak Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 I had about 25k live fire and 100k plus of dryfire on my first XDM 40 before the roll pin broke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
de03x7 Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 I bought a bag of 25 roll pins from granger for less than $5. I just change them out once a year when the guns get their annual cleaning rather they need it or not. We have 2 XDM9s and 2 XDM45s all 4.5 inch. My wife and I shoot 10-15000 rounds of 9 and 8-10000 45s through each gun a year. I do a fair amount of dry fire with mine, Her not so much. Her 9 always shows more wear on the pin than any of the others but I have not had one break so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Ryder Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 (edited) Mine broke in less than 15K dry fire and rounds fired combined. I did my homework before hand, and had the appropriate punches (roll pin punch with nipple, and roll pin starter punch from Springer precision) and roll pins (from Powder River Precision) on hand to fix it. It set me back about 15 minutes. Now I change it once a year when I do my total tear down cleaning at the end of the USPSA season. No worries. Edited November 1, 2012 by Red Ryder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snlit3 Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 I bought a bag of 25 roll pins from granger for less than $5. I just change them out once a year when the guns get their annual cleaning rather they need it or not. We have 2 XDM9s and 2 XDM45s all 4.5 inch. My wife and I shoot 10-15000 rounds of 9 and 8-10000 45s through each gun a year. I do a fair amount of dry fire with mine, Her not so much. Her 9 always shows more wear on the pin than any of the others but I have not had one break so far. do you have the part number by chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calvinc78 Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 http://shop.powderriverprecision.net/product.sc?productId=32&categoryId=4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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