WOW I am glad that I bought my first sigma in 1995, second in 1997 the other dozen have been since then, BEFORE I knew there was a problem. 40 cal and 357 sig all of them. Rounds unknown,dry fire unknown, the first 2 have been my carry gun (s) since they were broke in. I did have to replace a striker spring (light hits ) at about 5000 rds, Lucky- no just well made guns. If you check the lounge I put a post up for SW service on 2/28/2012, after I managed to shove the guide rod through the front of the slide,lock up the gun, repaired & returned in 10 days including the weekend. They paid shipping both ways. In 1996 I dealt with S&W for 4 MO over my new 629 that I could not hit a target board 3 ft X 4 ft @25 yds with my target loads, worked up in my 29. They move the sights, replaced BBl, cylinder, etc, till they finally shecked the frame that was drilled off center. So it does not matter S&W, kimber Gold match II ( rear sights fell off 25 rds, repaired, fell off @ 30 rds of factory hardball, colt, glock,ruger, myself or someone has gotten one that has broken for no good reason. Call Smith, they will send a mailer, get it repaired and shoot,shoot,shoot, most of all enjoy!! Be Safe,

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If you believe that it won't damage it, then by all means, keep doing it. You either got 1 bad striker from S&W (which is possible and happens from time to time with all brands and makes of everything), or you simply broke your striker and then you start a thread declaring that S&W has been putting out a ****** striker in the sigmas.....Really????? and I need to get over myself???? I was trying to possibly save you some trouble in the future, if that was how your striker got broke, since people have been saying recently that they broke their striker by doing this and the gunsmiths I talked to agreed that this could happen. However, since you know better, carry on and happy shootin to ya....

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Man this great, I've chuckled through the whole thread. By the way, my Sigma can beat up your Sigma.

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Dem's fightin' words wabbit!!!

I'm out of popcorn. I think I'll just go back to the lounge & see what's up with that outhouse...

I was simply telling you what I have been reading about guys breaking their strikers by doing this and the gunsmiths I asked about it saying it can. I don't really know if it will or not because I don't do this or intend too. Just a heads up in case that was what broke your striker, so you could keep from doing it again. I will say that starting a thread with a title insinuating that S&W (or any other co. out there) has been putting out a ****** product (striker), because you may have gotten 1 bad one out of the thousands or more of them out there that are fine is probably always going to end up being more of a aggravation and hassle than it's worth. My last comment on this thread. Good luck and happy shooting.

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FAQs - Smith & Wesson

See FAQ #3 and S&W's answer for those of you that think my pistol was damaged by dry firing. Bumping thread because I am in the process of getting my pistol repaired.

You started this thread over two years ago, with no updates since then...are you just now getting it fixed?

Yeah, that's correct.

he, he ,he.......I got the popcorn in the radar range.......gonna settle back in the recliner,

High priority issue, huh?

BTW, this is the first time I've ever read of the strikers breaking on SW/SD series guns. Not saying it hasn't happened, but your "****** strikers" reference isn't consistent with my experience or what I read from others here.

tnmarktx: IIRC, sometime back(several years), S&W had a minor problem with a run of bad strikers in it's SIGMA SW9/40VE series pistols. S&W will be happy to fix it, NP. I believe I heard that there was an engineering change to address the problem of the broken strikers, and it doesn't tend to show up much anymore. I cannot say it never shows up, because it does on rare occasions. Contrary to popular belief, even Glocks, on rare occassions, do the same. Trigger bar return springs for both Glock and S&W show a similiar occurance of failure. S&W even addressed the issue years ago w/ their felt spring damper that comes in the trigger return spring in all of their striker fired pistols. Hmmm. I say that...not sure of the SW99.
Anyway, S&W will do what you need to fix it. It won't take a Tech 2 minutes to replace the striker. If you can get them to send you a new one, you can even do it. It is very simple.
Don't loose faith, my Brother, that is one dang good pistol you own. They live on in the SD series, w/ a few engineering and cosmetic changes.

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