Jungo2 Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Received my XDm from Canyon Creek this week. Rich did a fantastic job. This will be my dedicated USPSA Production pistol. The trigger feels great with a 3lbs. pull and a very clean break. As advertised, the overall travel is 1/4" with practically zero over-travel and a short 1/8" reset. Rich bead-blasted my stainless slide and polished the flats by hand- beautiful craftsmanship. A 1911 tungsten guide rod, bushing and spring were installed. The added weight up front makes a significant positive difference in how the pistol operates; much easier to control. Extended mag release, fiber optic front and Bo-mar rear sights complete the package. Many thanks to Rich for doing such a wonderful job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagger02 Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Received my XDm from Canyon Creek this week. Rich did a fantastic job. This will be my dedicated USPSA Production pistol. The trigger feels great with a 3lbs. pull and a very clean break. As advertised, the overall travel is 1/4" with practically zero over-travel and a short 1/8" reset. Rich bead-blasted my stainless slide and polished the flats by hand- beautiful craftsmanship. A 1911 tungsten guide rod, bushing and spring were installed. The added weight up front makes a significant positive difference in how the pistol operates; much easier to control. Extended mag release, fiber optic front and Bo-mar rear sights complete the package. Many thanks to Rich for doing such a wonderful job. Nice, I'm wanting to do the same thing with my XDm .40. I still have question about doing trigger work and keeping it legal for production. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmwphoto Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 good looking gun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgerat Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 damn, I was hoping to keep my XDm stock for a little longer... so much for that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Ellis Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Rich did the work on my XD-40 Tact Production gun. Top shelf and fast turnaround. As for triggers, when the topic of the 3lb trigger for Production came up Rich said it wouldn't be a problem to take it up to 3lbs on triggers he's done. Just a simple spring change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip62 Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Very nice looking gun. I do have a question about the trigger being legal for production with the 2009 rules. It lists approved modifications and trigger isn't one of them. Also, the tungsten guide rod puts over the 2oz weight limit. Anyone know if what I said is true for sure or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jungo2 Posted February 11, 2009 Author Share Posted February 11, 2009 Thanks Skip. You just made my day. Nice to know that I paid about $250 for modifications that I might not be able to use. I checked on the USPSA website, but found only the 2008 rules. Any link to the 2009? Thanks Very nice looking gun.I do have a question about the trigger being legal for production with the 2009 rules. It lists approved modifications and trigger isn't one of them. Also, the tungsten guide rod puts over the 2oz weight limit. Anyone know if what I said is true for sure or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Abrahams Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 (edited) Nevermind, the post below answered my question... Edited February 11, 2009 by W.Abrahams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clown Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Thanks Skip. You just made my day. Nice to know that I paid about $250 for modifications that I might not be able to use. I checked on the USPSA website, but found only the 2008 rules. Any link to the 2009?Thanks Very nice looking gun.I do have a question about the trigger being legal for production with the 2009 rules. It lists approved modifications and trigger isn't one of them. Also, the tungsten guide rod puts over the 2oz weight limit. Anyone know if what I said is true for sure or not? The guide rod will be fine. The gun can't weigh more than two ounces over its listed weight. Rich has been building xd's with the tungstens for years. I think he knows what he's doing. As far as the trigger work, there is a huge thread on this forum discussing proposed changes. The board is working on a cleaned up version of the production rules which will be out soon. Ya have a sweet gun. Go shoot it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jungo2 Posted February 11, 2009 Author Share Posted February 11, 2009 Rich was kind enough to give me a response on this matter. As also stated by another poster, Rich confirmed that the guide rod won't take the pistol weight over the +2 oz. weight limit. He also added that the 2009 rules provide for "internal work". He wasn't more specific than that, but Rich is certainly a respected and experienced member of the shooting sports community. I'll trust his opinion. Thanks Skip. You just made my day. Nice to know that I paid about $250 for modifications that I might not be able to use. I checked on the USPSA website, but found only the 2008 rules. Any link to the 2009?Thanks Very nice looking gun.I do have a question about the trigger being legal for production with the 2009 rules. It lists approved modifications and trigger isn't one of them. Also, the tungsten guide rod puts over the 2oz weight limit. Anyone know if what I said is true for sure or not? The guide rod will be fine. The gun can't weigh more than two ounces over its listed weight. Rich has been building xd's with the tungstens for years. I think he knows what he's doing. As far as the trigger work, there is a huge thread on this forum discussing proposed changes. The board is working on a cleaned up version of the production rules which will be out soon. Ya have a sweet gun. Go shoot it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip62 Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Rich was kind enough to give me a response on this matter. As also stated by another poster, Rich confirmed that the guide rod won't take the pistol weight over the +2 oz. weight limit. He also added that the 2009 rules provide for "internal work". He wasn't more specific than that, but Rich is certainly a respected and experienced member of the shooting sports community. I'll trust his opinion. Thanks Skip. You just made my day. Nice to know that I paid about $250 for modifications that I might not be able to use. I checked on the USPSA website, but found only the 2008 rules. Any link to the 2009?Thanks Very nice looking gun.I do have a question about the trigger being legal for production with the 2009 rules. It lists approved modifications and trigger isn't one of them. Also, the tungsten guide rod puts over the 2oz weight limit. Anyone know if what I said is true for sure or not? The guide rod will be fine. The gun can't weigh more than two ounces over its listed weight. Rich has been building xd's with the tungstens for years. I think he knows what he's doing. As far as the trigger work, there is a huge thread on this forum discussing proposed changes. The board is working on a cleaned up version of the production rules which will be out soon. Ya have a sweet gun. Go shoot it. Good news about the guide rod. as far as the 2009 rules providing for "internal work", it's not internal work on the trigger, just polishing, and polishing isn't a trigger job. I found this thread, and it's pretty clear the BOD doesn't think it's there either. No offense to Rich, but rules change. I do think from reading the thread that it will change again, but currently it's not there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jungo2 Posted February 13, 2009 Author Share Posted February 13, 2009 (edited) I read through some of that thread. Looks like we'll have an official word very soon. Nonetheless, Rich's XDm trigger jobs are unique from other XDm smiths in that he uses only the stock parts. We'll continue to wait for a final ruling, but this gives me a bit of a comfort factor. :-) Rich was kind enough to give me a response on this matter. As also stated by another poster, Rich confirmed that the guide rod won't take the pistol weight over the +2 oz. weight limit. He also added that the 2009 rules provide for "internal work". He wasn't more specific than that, but Rich is certainly a respected and experienced member of the shooting sports community. I'll trust his opinion. Thanks Skip. You just made my day. Nice to know that I paid about $250 for modifications that I might not be able to use. I checked on the USPSA website, but found only the 2008 rules. Any link to the 2009?Thanks Very nice looking gun.I do have a question about the trigger being legal for production with the 2009 rules. It lists approved modifications and trigger isn't one of them. Also, the tungsten guide rod puts over the 2oz weight limit. Anyone know if what I said is true for sure or not? The guide rod will be fine. The gun can't weigh more than two ounces over its listed weight. Rich has been building xd's with the tungstens for years. I think he knows what he's doing. As far as the trigger work, there is a huge thread on this forum discussing proposed changes. The board is working on a cleaned up version of the production rules which will be out soon. Ya have a sweet gun. Go shoot it. Good news about the guide rod. as far as the 2009 rules providing for "internal work", it's not internal work on the trigger, just polishing, and polishing isn't a trigger job. I found this thread, and it's pretty clear the BOD doesn't think it's there either. No offense to Rich, but rules change. I do think from reading the thread that it will change again, but currently it's not there. Edited February 13, 2009 by Jungo2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RV man Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 I have an XD with Rich's trigger work and will shoot it this weekend. Don't let all this mess get into your head. Just shoot that new blaster and have fun with it. That is why you had it done!!!!! Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjohns930 Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Nice gun. Those new XDm's are pretty tempting....especially with that work done to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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