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Originally Posted by hd28cw
After reading some of the recent posts regarding exploding 40cal shields, i'm slightly hesitant to shoot mine.. I bought mine at PSA in columbia s/n HRB7*** i've fired it around 30 times....with no problems, although thats not enough rounds to really tell you much....
I've looked at smith and wesson's website and searched google on M&p SHIELD 40 recall, I don't see anything.. Has anybody had any correspondence with S&W regarding this...
If anybody has read anything related to the Springfield xds recall, Springfield was all over there issues immediately and gave customers excellent correspondence, even before they knew how to address their grip safety issues.
What gives, is there anything official? any info is appreciated, I really like this gun but really don't want it blowing up on me......
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Nothing official yet from S&W.
The consensus seems to be the explosions are due to improper ammo.
Ammo that is too "hot" or charged with too much gun powder.
M&Ps were designed around the .40S&W round.
The Shield seems to me to have pretty adequate chamber support.
This is how well the bullet fits into the chamber without a large portion of the casing being unsupported.
There are some that think the Shield 40 is actually firing the round while the slide is slightly out of battery.
Now that would be a serious design flaw.