I've been doing allot of research on these ( in preparation for buying my own.). Seems FTE issues are not uncommon nor hard to fix. Take down screw issues are well known but your's seems unique. I'd vote:Send it back. Sounds like you have multiple issues. This is a new gun, it should be perfect out of the box. S&W will make it right. Turn around times seem pretty good right now too.

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Dave