Got new 9mm shield last week cause of rebate ,slide sticks to rear ,have read all the post about it ,will try grease on barrel and shoot some more ,before sending back to smith ,have shot 100 rounds thru it so far ,with it sticking about 7 times.you would think they would have this fixed by now ,just disapointed ,had a couple of guys at work a few years ago ,say their's had 1,000's of rounds put thru them and no jams ,last year dad had a brand new 40 cal shield ,it never jammed ,he tried to sell it to me ,but have to many 9 and 45 ,to reload ,dont need another cal. ,bought this cause of rebate ,dads 40 i could not hit paper at 20 yards ,i will say this about this 9 ,at 20 yards I could easaly hit dead center from the get go ,it is more comfortable and feels better than my glocks ,but till this gets fixed ,i will carry my glocks ,..but thank you to all who showed me what the problem was ,