I was hoping somebody may be able to give me a little bit of feedback on this particular gun and if they have had anything similar happen. Just bought my shield yesterday and went to the range with it. Shot off about 50 rounds and out of those 50 rounds it was locking up in the middle of a magazine. At that point I couldn't even pull the slide back to release it it was literally stock. Had to have one of the guys help me and he had an issue but fortunately we were able to unstick it. This had to of happened quite a few times with less than 100 rounds. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated

Was it always at the same point and always the same magazine?

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Also, did you clean the gun before you went to the range?

Cliff

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Shield 9mm

Right after the Shield was first introduced, John Connor wrote a review for either the American Handgunner or Guns Magazine. He reported that he cleaned and lubricated the pistol per instructions in the manual that came in the box. He then experienced few, if any problems in the initial break-in, and the gun worked. I broke in two Shields last year, both 9mm no safeties. I cleaned and lubed both. The first I shot about 200 rounds, a mix of 124 grain +P FMJ, and 147 grain Ranger/G2. The second was shot first with G2. Neither Shield jammed on me. No feeding problems.

Glocks gained a reputation of being increadibly reliable and myths circulated that they didn't even need to be lubed. Manufacturing quality and the design of other full-size, polymer frame pistols improved, and shooters began to discover that that these pistols functioned flawlessly out of the box, leading some to believe that the recommended 300-500 round break-in was no longer relevant. A couple of issues have arisen since then. First, manufacturers have designed super compact pistols in 380 and 9mm that are not simply chopped- down versions of full-size handguns. They have springs with greater tension, and tolerances my be tighter, or at least different. Secondly, the political hysteria coupled with mass shooting tragedies, as well as more interest in concealed carry, have caused a sharp i rise in demand for guns. Quality control seems to have been sidelined periodically. To counter the first, read the instruction manual before shooting, use a good, quality lube, generously, if necessary, and plan on at least 300 rounds to break in and ensure reliability. For the second issue, exercise the factory warranty.

Make sure your Shield is clean and lubricated, and head back to the range. Start with FMJ. If the problem continues, mark the magazine. If it jams with all mags, email S&W CS and in detail, describe your problem(s). When they send you and RMA shipping label, exercise your factory warranty. BTW, a guy I work with failed to lube a Glock 43 before shooting it for the first time. He got about 20 rounds down range before it seized up. Many years ago, I got exactly 101 rounds of FMJ thru a brand new G19 before the slide got sluggish. I'd believed stories that the copper colored stuff inside a new Glock was a lube Glock applied at the factory. That was the last new gun I ever tried to shoot without oil.

Were you shooting reload ammunition in your shield? If so, try factory ammunition.

No. I used both mags that came with. Did it with both.tried using different ammo and still happened.

I am still new to all this but have been shooting 2 times a week for past couple months. Hoping it's not me but as I said I am still learning. Had to have one of guys at range help get it back to firing position which they even had hard time. Had to tap it a few times in order for it to release slide back to firing position

Sorry if this seems dumb and insulting, but if you've already lubed up the gun, have you smacked the bottom of the magazine a couple times to make sure it's fully seated in the gun?

....has a very short leade to the rifling and some ammo can stick in the rifling, not allowing the slide to open or close. I had to adjust my reloads for this as opposed to my other guns. I got a new barrel for the Shield due to a tight chamber, but the leade was still really short.

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