garddogg56
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Shield 9,sd9ve and BG380 all perfect NO mods.
POll: IS YOUR M&P RIGHT AS RAIN?
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Arik
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This isn't a to be even remotely close. You're not accounting for other forums and people who don't go on forums
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Ray1970
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There are people who don't go on forums? How on earth do they socialize?
Arik
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Lol yep! I even have a buddy like it. He'll look things up but has no interest in participating
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BigDog48
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9 and 380 are perfect. 45 has nose dive issues that is not limp wristing...trust me. Will provide more info after I experiment some more with mags.
Hang-Fire Hank
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Don't know the technical term for the part, but the little doo-hickey you're supposed to rotate down inside the mag well when the slide is open in order to disassemble stopped working within the 1st 300 rounds on my full size M&P 40. Since my gunsmith showed me an alternative way of disassembling, I didn't send it back to S&W to be repaired. Hate shipping guns! Owned this pistol since 4/10.
Hank M.
Don't know the technical term for the part, but the little doo-hickey you're supposed to rotate down inside the mag well when the slide is open in order to disassemble stopped working within the 1st 300 rounds on my full size M&P 40. Since my gunsmith showed me an alternative way of disassembling, I didn't send it back to S&W to be repaired. Hate shipping guns! Owned this pistol since 4/10.
Hank M.
My 9c works perfectly after 600 rounds. I'm glad I bought it.
FLShutterbug55
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I have a Performance Center CORE M&P 9 with ported barrel and threaded barrel. It has no problems/issues.
Ray1970
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Pretty sure I've just always used the alternative way. I hate having to tinker with that tiny thing.
Bozz10mm
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My Shield 9mm is right as rain, but I had to have S&W send me a new RSA for the Shield .45. Now it seems to be r as r.
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I have bought 2 40 cal shields, gave one to my daughter, have a Pro CORE 40 , 22 Victory OR 15 Not a single problem out of any[emoji379][emoji41]
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I have three M&Ps.
The first is an M&P 40 compact. It has had one failure to eject and one failure to feed in 9200 rounds. It also has had half a dozen failures to fire, all of which could be attributed to me pulling the trigger before it reset. Failures to fire have never occurred any time I consciously released the trigger past the reset point. Thus, with only two jams not attributable to operator error in 9200 rounds, my 40C has demonstrated near-perfect reliability, along with excellent accuracy. It is my primary carry gun.
The second is a Shield 9. Its first two recoil spring assemblies were defective, and it took me over three months to get a good one. It has decent accuracy for what it is, but it's not nearly as accurate as my 40c. It also has been very picky about ammo. It had 23 failures to eject and 4 failures to feed in its first 3800 rounds -- way too many for a carry gun. When the Shield .45 came out, I rented one and found it to be vastly superior to my 9. I ended up buying a .45 in February, and the 9 has been on the shelf ever since.
Finally, the Shield .45. Despite being delivered with a misaligned front sight and occasional nosediving failures to feed, the .45 is better than the 9 in every way. The sight has been adjusted, and it is now as accurate as my 40c. A feed ramp polishing, along with broken-in magazines and the careful loading of them, has ended the nosedives. It has never had a failure to eject in its 2200 rounds. My Shield .45 is now reliable enough to carry, and I have carried it quite a bit of late.
So now, I have two excellent M&P carry guns to choose from, plus one mediocre M&P safe queen. Two out of three is fine with me.
The first is an M&P 40 compact. It has had one failure to eject and one failure to feed in 9200 rounds. It also has had half a dozen failures to fire, all of which could be attributed to me pulling the trigger before it reset. Failures to fire have never occurred any time I consciously released the trigger past the reset point. Thus, with only two jams not attributable to operator error in 9200 rounds, my 40C has demonstrated near-perfect reliability, along with excellent accuracy. It is my primary carry gun.
The second is a Shield 9. Its first two recoil spring assemblies were defective, and it took me over three months to get a good one. It has decent accuracy for what it is, but it's not nearly as accurate as my 40c. It also has been very picky about ammo. It had 23 failures to eject and 4 failures to feed in its first 3800 rounds -- way too many for a carry gun. When the Shield .45 came out, I rented one and found it to be vastly superior to my 9. I ended up buying a .45 in February, and the 9 has been on the shelf ever since.
Finally, the Shield .45. Despite being delivered with a misaligned front sight and occasional nosediving failures to feed, the .45 is better than the 9 in every way. The sight has been adjusted, and it is now as accurate as my 40c. A feed ramp polishing, along with broken-in magazines and the careful loading of them, has ended the nosedives. It has never had a failure to eject in its 2200 rounds. My Shield .45 is now reliable enough to carry, and I have carried it quite a bit of late.
So now, I have two excellent M&P carry guns to choose from, plus one mediocre M&P safe queen. Two out of three is fine with me.
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Jeppo
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It seems we can only vote once. But, I currently own 7 M&P's.
I voted last night about my first Shield which has turned out to be a pretty good gun.
I voted last night about my first Shield which has turned out to be a pretty good gun.
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M&P 45 full size - YES - approx. 8500 rounds. Factory preventative maintenance (replaced springs) performed at 6k. Broken striker at 7500 (the original black anodized version). No problems since.
M&P 9 - YES - approx. 3k rounds. No problems, even during break-in.
M&P 9c - CONDITIONAL YES- developed numerous problems with extraction before hitting 1k rounds and took two trips back to factory to make right. Works fine now.
Shield 9 (NTS) - YES - approx 250 rounds. Never a hiccup. Obviously still not broke in.
The triggers on all of them were gritty out of the box but smoothed out after a couple hundred rounds.
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M&P 9 - YES - approx. 3k rounds. No problems, even during break-in.
M&P 9c - CONDITIONAL YES- developed numerous problems with extraction before hitting 1k rounds and took two trips back to factory to make right. Works fine now.
Shield 9 (NTS) - YES - approx 250 rounds. Never a hiccup. Obviously still not broke in.
The triggers on all of them were gritty out of the box but smoothed out after a couple hundred rounds.
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3 Shield 9s, 1 Shield 45, 9c, and 9 FS.......all perfect with excellent triggers. And all far cheaper than the competition. In fact, you can presently get 2 Shields for the price of one of competitors.
Could not be happier with them.
Could not be happier with them.
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I have an MP40 4.25" Pro Series I bought in 2009 with about 4K through it and a Shield 9mm. that's a year old. Both have been good as gold. 
Talldog
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My Shield 9 is about 3 months old with 700 rounds through it. No failures of any kind. The slide is still stiff as hell to rack, but it's slowly getting better.
Should be loosening up. Do you leave it open at night? Locking it open for a while can help that a lot.
We have an M&P9, M&P BG380 and a Shield 9. Had a broken RSA on the Shield at around 500 rounds. Only had to wait a week for the replacement. The Shield belongs to my GF and gets fired often. It's 2 years old now. The BG380 is my EDC in a Desantis pocket holster and the M&P9 lives in my nightstand. They are 3.5 years old. I have no complaints about any of these weapons.
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