Originally Posted by Corderbo

I have a fairly new M&P 9 Shield and have put about 100 rounds through it. I was trying to clean it this morning and it was all I could do to rack the slide back far enough to check and see if there was a round in it. I cleaned the gun and lubed it up with some Ballistol. Again, it was a fight to get it reassembled. BTW, I am not a small guy at 5'10" and 210 pounds with not a lot of fat on me so I am just wondering if anyone else is having this problem and if so, what was the fix. Thanks all..