Originally Posted by TMAXXII

I know I am a new member to the S&W forum, but not new to handguns, however I recently purchased M&P Shield .40. I have not made it to range yet, I was just happy to find one, so I bought it. You mentioning your Serial Number was a excellent idea. Mine is DXV6xxx. Maybe if the rest of the members of this thread did the same thing, we could see if there some similarity. Maybe a certain series of Serial numbers have this problem and maybe why others aren't. I had heard such great things about this gun, it hard to believe S&W would not come forward with a recall. I guess I'll just keep carrying my PPS and Glock 27 until the count is in. I also need my a.. to the range.