catalyst686
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Same story as everyone else with the failure to extract malfunctions with their shields. Spend casing will only extract about half way out of the chamber causing to gun to jam. Anyways, I'll try to be as brief and to the point as possible. After buying my shield 9mm from kittery trading post, I put hundreds of rounds through it, all factory ammo, wwb, federal, remington, hornady, magtec, American Eagle. fmj 115, 147 jhp, 135 jhp, you get the idea, basically any ammo I could get my hands on. I had FTE malfunctions with all types of ammo, with all 4 mags that I own, malfunctions were distributed evenly with ammo selection and mags. Sent the gun back to Smith, barrel and recoil rod/ spring were replaced. Took it to the range, put hundreds of rounds through it, same story, same failure to extract malfunctions. I sent it back once again, the extractor and extractor spring were replaced, I had to call Smith because the sheet of paper where the repairs should be listed was just blank. I took the gun to the range, guess what, same story, the same failure to extract malfunctions, used at least 5 types of ammo, with no luck. I've had 2 different people shoot the gun, they all had the same failures. Those 2 people both own shields and they have been flawless, I've shot their shields and they have preformed 100%. So, I sent my shield back for the 3rd time, I expect S&W to replace the pistol at very least. I'm frustrated because I've spent hundreds and hundreds of dollars on ammo trying to get this gun to function, I spent nearly a hundred bucks on a holster, a little more than a hundred on night sights etc. I'll update the thread once I hear back from S&W, they'll get my gun tmrw.
