Springfield Armory XD Pistols Instructions Manual

SPRINGFIELD ARMORY®XD PISTOLS
OPERATION AND SAFETY MANUAL
Important Safety Information Inside
Read this manual before handling this firearm.
Keep this manual with your pistol and review it before each
use. This manual was designed to fit in your shirt or jacket
pocket. Do not allow others to handle or fire your pistol until
they have read this manual. Transfer this manual with the
firearm upon ownership change.
Be a responsible gun owner. Use it safely, store it securely,
and always transfer a gun...

This is an auto loading pistol. It is immediately loaded
and ready to fire again after each shot until all shells
loaded in magazine have been fired. The pistol is able to
fire both with and without the magazine in place.
Removing the magazine does not unload the pistol nor
engage a safety. The pistol is not unloaded until the
chamber is empty.
About your owners manual
This is an instruction booklet on how to operate this
firearm with some basic safe handling rules. It does not
attempt to provide...

Be A Safe Shooter.
ACCIDENT (ak´ si dent)N. 1. An unintentional or
unexpected happening that is undesirable or
unfortunate, especially one resulting in injury, damage,
harm or loss.
Don’t be the cause of an accident.
A responsible gun owner is safety minded and always
handles guns in a safe manner by following the basic
rules of safe shooting and by using common sense in
the handling of a firearm.
Store firearms unloaded, locked, and in a secure place.
Keep keys for locks separate from lock and in...

BE A SAFE SHOOTER!
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•Guns and alcohol or drugs do not mix. Do not take 
them before or during shooting activities. Your vision, 
coordination and judgment could be impaired, 
making gun handling unsafe.
•When taking medication, seek a doctor’s advice to be 
sure you can operate and handle your firearm safely.
•Get instructions from a competent firearms instructor 
before using any gun.
•Before attempting to shoot, practice operations by 
dry firing with the chamber empty, without 
ammunition, or with...

•Many ammunition identifications sound similar. Make 
sure you use the right size ammunition in your gun.
•If gun fails to fire when the trigger is pulled, keep it 
pointed at the target for at least 30 seconds before 
opening the action and removing the cartridge from 
the chamber. Sometimes slow primer ignition will 
cause a “hang fire” and the cartridge will go off 
after a short pause.
•When group firing, always appoint someone to 
maintain safety control. Obey his/her commands 
immediately and...

HANDLING
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WARNING:When you squeeze the trigger, you must expect the gun to fire. You must take full
responsibility for firing it. Your care can avoid accidental discharge and thereby avoid accidental
injury and death.
We want you to be a safe, satisfied shooter.
Before attempting to load this firearm with live
ammunition, follow the sequence of operations shown
here without ammunition or with dummy shells.
By practicing operations without ammunition
(or with dummy shells), you will become familiar...

Your XD Pistol has a cocking indicator in the rear of
the slide. (See Figure 13-1.) When the gun is cocked,
the pin will protrude out of the slide. (Figure 13-2.) 
(The cocking indicator does not always mean that the
gun is loaded.) However, when the pin is out, always
treat the gun as if it were loaded.
STRIKER STATUS INDICATOR
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Figure 13-1Figure 13-2 IN (UNCOCKED)
OUT (COCKED)
1. Trigger Safety -The trigger safety locks the trigger
from moving backward. A lever incorporated into
the trigger (Figure...

SAFETY DEVICES
3. Striker Block Safety -As an added safety feature,
an internal striker block will prevent the gun from
firing until the grip safety is depressed and the
trigger is pulled.and then put your finger on the trigger to depress
the trigger safety and pull the trigger. When the
grip safety is disengaged the gun will fire
if the trigger is pulled. 2. Grip Safety -The grip safety is located at the top
rear of the pistol grip. (Figure 15-1.) The grip
safety must be depressed to be deactivated...

If you have never fired a gun before, practice without
live ammunition before your first shot. Then load only
onecartridge into the magazine for your first live
ammunition firing.
1.Point gun in a safe direction.
2.Load cartridge into chamber from magazine.
3.Grasp grip of pistol firmly. (A loose grip may
cause the pistol to malfunction.) The pressure from
the hand will disengage grip safety located at top
of rear grip area.
Caution:The gun is now ready to fire.
Be prepared for noise and recoil when...

If slide is forward: 
1.Point gun in safe direction.
2.Press magazine release button to remove magazine.
3.Pull slide fully to rear to eject any cartridge
remaining in chamber.
4.While holding slide in rearward (open) position, 
carefully inspect chamber making sure it is empty. 
5.Slowly release slide, allowing it to return to
forward position.
UNLOADING
Pistol is not empty or unloaded until the chamber is empty and the magazine removed.
Never touch the trigger when loading or unloading the pistol.
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