Sorry it didn't work out for Nonuthin. After cleaning/lubing my Shield .45's magazines and polishing its lower feed ramp, (see my posts #7 and #16 above) I have had only one failure to feed in the last 1200 rounds, and that was while I was shooting one-handed, so it may have been my fault. Since then, it has gone 590 consecutive rounds without a failure of any kind, including some one-handed shooting. I now feel comfortable enough to use it as my EDC.

Ironically, my Shield 9 is still having failures to eject at 5300 rounds. I've done all I can to correct this problem, including sending it back to S&W. I've given it every chance to prove itself, and it has failed. Since it's proven to be too unreliable to be a self-defense pistol, there's no longer any point in taking it to the range. Now it will become a last-choice backup gun for home defense.

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