bulged barrel?

[TAK]

here is what happened with my xd-9

While out with a buddy doing a little marksmanship brush ups i conducted a reload from a dry magazine. slid the slide the forward and pulled the trigger. no fire attempted to pull the slide back and load a new round into the chamber. Nothing happened once again. I took a couple of steps off the line and realized my slide was not going far enough back to load a new round. After taking a closer look my slide will not go far enough back to reach the slide lock. Its about a half an inch short of it. due to this i am unable to take my xd apart and examine the guts. I'm guessing its a bulged barrel but i cannot see any visible damage.are they very noticeable? ive tried racking the hell out of my xd's slide with and without a mag inserted with no luck. If it is a bulged barrel can a gun smith still manage to get the firearm apart or am i stuck with an expensive paper weight?

[SecondsCount]

Call Springfield. They will take care of you.

[WDW]

Springfield has great service. They'll fix or replace your gun. Don't even waste your time with a smith. Not that a great gunsmith is a bad thing, but when you have free warranty work available, use it!!! Call them up & they should send you a pre paid shipping label ASAP.

[TAK]

only problem is that i am not the original owner of the firearm. I may have miss read but i believe its only the original owner who can send it in to springfield true or false?

[Kyle Reese]

only problem is that i am not the original owner of the firearm. I may have miss read but i believe its only the original owner who can send it in to springfield true or false?

I'd contact them to find out.

[WDW]

only problem is that i am not the original owner of the firearm. I may have miss read but i believe its only the original owner who can send it in to springfield true or false?

That can just be your little secret. I doubt they care. I wouldn't even mention it & I doubt if they will either.

[Haraise]

I know they've fixed 1911's that weren't the original owner.

If the new owner /told/ them that or not, I'm not sure.

[SecondsCount]

I am not sure what there policy is on ownership but we had a Springfield EMP a few years ago that wouldn't run. Even though we were the second owners, Springfield didn't seem to care. They sent a call tag and had it turned around in two weeks.

[JDM]

Many moons ago, I snapped the little door off an M1A butt plate (completely my fault...no questions). I called them up and they sent me a whole new assembly, and I didn't even have to play the crying game with them. Excellent CS. They'll take care of you.

[BLR]

Why do you think it's a bulged barrel???