Shield 9 bent magazine spring

[akdude]

I am very upset that I had never heard of this issue except by accident here and from what I can find out is that this issue exists still with the "New" springs in the mew made guns!

Seems S&W should have done a Recall or Upgrade (which is what some comp. call a Recall) a long time ago!

The springs seem to be an "Accident waiting to Happen", really sad & dangerous!

 

[akdude]

Got my 3 Wolf +5% replacement springs for the Shield Pistol mags, so that is 1 potential dangerous issue I wont have to "Worry" about!

These are the same length but are a little darker in finish and to me at least they are slightly thicker, and loading mags I can tell these are a little harder to load!

I still cant find any answers if S&W ever did fix this issue, but heard they did do something to newer mags/guns but it still hasn't solved the issue, but from what I read and pictures I saw I do believe my gun made 2 months ago has the newer version of the S&W mag springs?

 

[Talldog]

I got my first collapsed spring last week. Mag Guts apparently aren't the answer for me. I had 3 failures to feed in the past week, all with the next round nose down still in the magazine. I've checked multiple sources to make sure they're installed correctly.

Anyway, I ordered two 3-paks of Wolff springs last night.

 

[CentFlMod500]

Just got my confirmation for my 3 pack from Wolff. taking no chances.

 

[BBGUNN]

I can see these 2 pictures, but post 1 still only has 1 pic. Those springs look identical (except for the wood they're lying on). If those are 2 different springs, and there are more like that, I'm thinking there is a problem with the tempering process. Maybe the point where they both bent and stayed bent was where they were hung while being dunked in the liquid salt bath and didn't get tempered at that point.

This is not an isolated problem. I love my Shield, and this has not happened to me. But I have read of several instances of this happening. Maybe S&W has more than one vendor for these springs.. I do think S&W should look into it, though.

 

[akdude]

Got my Shield about 2 weeks ago gun was made in july, 2017 and has the newer springs, found out on here by accident about the spring issue, did research and it has been happ since 2012 S&W will sent new springs which have same issue.

Seems in late 2015 S&W did try to fix issue with newer springs which had different color, but it is still happ so there is no Fix except to get Wolff springs.

My Wolffs look darker and to me a little thicker and are harder to load since they are 5% stronger, not cheap but worth every $$!

So the NO 1 seliing sub-compact in the country has spring issues and S&W cant fix this issue!

I checked out the Magguts but there are as many or more issues than with the S&W springs, these have only been around a short time but due to issues Magguts had to come out with the 2nd Gen which still have issues.

Strange the Shield uses same spring for 7 and 8 round mags, but that shows it is fine to load my 2.0 to 18 rounds instead of 17!

 

[Cheapskait]

Brownells and MidwayUSA don't seem to stock these, surprising.

https://www.gunsprings.com/Semi-Auto Pistols/SMITH & WESSON/M&P SHIELD SERIES/cID1/mID58/dID440

2 PAK Smith & Wesson S&W M&P Shield 9mm Mag Magazine Spring 7 or 8 Round 78984 | eBay

 

[Vitekx]

After shooting about 150 rounds using both my 7 and 8 round magazines, I noticed that my magazine springs for both magazines were bent. I first found out when I could not get the last round into the 8 round magazine. I saw through the holes in the side that the top of the spring (the smaller part) was bent over 90 degrees. I contacted S&W and they are sending me a new spring. The next day I discovered that the same thing had happened to the 7 round magazine. I hadn't taken the mags apart until I found the problem.

I have attached a pic of the first spring.

Has anyone had this problem before? Is there a QC issue? Any recommendations for aftermarket springs that don't fail?

I have exactly the same issue with my new shield! Contacted customer service and they are sending me two new springs. My question is, what's gonna prevent the same thing from happening?

 

[akdude]

I have exactly the same issue with my new shield! Contacted customer service and they are sending me two new springs. My question is, what's gonna prevent the same thing from happening?

Wolff springs!

S&W has not been able to fix this issue and don't think they can!

 

[Mark IV]

After putting it off for a couple years, I just replaced 3 Shield mag springs with Wolff springs.
2 of the 3 mags had been fully loaded for some time, and the springs showed no signs of deformation, but given that this pistol is strictly a SD/carry piece rather than a target/range toy, I feel much better having resolved any potential issue with the mag springs.
I ordered directly from Wollf/Gunsprings, and their 3-pack of springs fits both the 7 and 8 rd mags, and only cost about $21, delivered (which I guess is pretty painless, even for something i shouldn't have had to pay for in the first place .)

 

[Cheapskait]

I was going to be over by the range anyway today so I put a couple o' boxes of 9mm in the car and pushed my May 2017 Shield over 1000 w/ zero malfs. When cleaning it a couple hours ago I noticed the the mag followers were filthy so I decided to clean them.

When I popped the baseplate on my carry 7 rounder, the spring didn't just slide out, I had to pull it screechingly out. It was bent to about 25° from straight at the transition where the coils get smaller.

I thought: "Oh, that akdude guy was right."

I think I'll call S&W CS Monday and ask them which after-market magazine springs they recommend.

 

[akdude]

I was going to be over by the range anyway today so I put a couple o' boxes of 9mm in the car and pushed my May 2017 Shield over 1000 w/ zero malfs. When cleaning it a couple hours ago I noticed the the mag followers were filthy so I decided to clean them.

When I popped the baseplate on my carry 7 rounder, the spring didn't just slide out, I had to pull it screechingly out. It was bent to about 25° from straight at the transition where the coils get smaller.

I thought: "Oh, that akdude guy was right."

I think I'll call S&W CS Monday and ask them which after-market magazine springs they recommend.

Why waste ur time to call S&W, they changed the springs 2X and last time was late 2016 and all they can do is replace some bad springs with more bad springs!

If I had known about the spring issues and the spring in frame jumping out then I don't know if I had bought 1 even with rebate!

Well the mag spring issue is now fixed with Wolff springs!

 

[wormraper]

out of my 20 shield mags, I FINALLY got the dreaded mag bent... 2 of them, gonna call CS in the morning and get a few replacements as these are just range mags (all my carry shield mags I replaced with wolff springs just for safety sake)

 

[akdude]

OMG! 20 Shield mags? I only have 2 but will have 4 with rebate!

 

[wormraper]

OMG! 20 Shield mags? I only have 2 but will have 4 with rebate!

lol, I have 2 shields, so the 2 seven rounders and 2 8 rounders that it came with. + I got 16 of the 8 rounders when one of the retailers had them for $9.99 a few months back.

you don't even WANT to know the numbers for my AK and AR mags I have stashed away (the wife would murder me if she ever opens those two big boxes in the back of the closet I taped up )