Hi everyone, new member here from Reno NV.

I recently bought a new S&W M&P Shield 9mm from Cabela's here in Reno. On my first trip to the range I experienced, several times, the same issue that others here have described: my slide would lock way back, past the slide stop/lock, in the furthest rearward position. A heavy tap forward on the back of slide would cause the slide to return to battery.

I sent my new pistol back to S&W about 3 weeks ago. Today I contacted customer support--they told me that the smiths replaced my barrel. I got my shipping notification this afternoon.

Hopefully it's been fixed. I just wanted to let everyone know that this issue is definitely a thing.