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    Why Do Some People Hate The Stock Trigger of The M&Ps?

    There are some that don't wait to try the trigger, on their new M&P and that is due to the fact that as others have stated they read it on the internet so it must be so! However there are some of us that shoot alot in IDPA or USPA and understand that the trigger dynamics can be significantly...
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    Polishing Apex trigger parts..... Good idea or not.

    Lookup Burwell Trigger and they have a set of directions of what to polish. When done it will feel about like you put an Apex kit in it.
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    Most bang for my buck.

    If you want to learn more about shooting and and have a bunch of fun with peope that love to shoot, and gain valuable lessons in self defense, find a local range that holds IDPA (international defensive pistol assoc,) buy two boxes of ammo and when your done your first shoot you will kow what...
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    9 round mags?!?!?!

    Small button on bottpm of mag. push it in with dissassembly tool and slide the base back, sping and follower will come out the bottom!
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    Rebate problems

    Sorry to hear you guys are having problems with the Rebate Program. Last year and in 2012 I purchased 3 S&W products and received all 3 rebate checks and it took 12-14 weeks. The company was Milano and they had a web page that like a previous poster said you could check on progress. All I did...
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    best prices

    If you look at the state he is from, he does not have the option of purchasing off of the internet. In Jersey for each handgun you want to purchase you have to go to the local police department and fill out paperwork to get permission to purchase 1 handgun, then that all has to get approved if I...
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    California and S&W

    The bigger problem overall is with the Ca court system, because any local decisions by local judges are going to be challenged and have to go through the 11 Circus court of appeals. The makeup of that body of judges is nothing but anti everything! so it would appear that at some point all legal...
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    9mm Ammo at Dicks

    I,m with uncagunny, I used to buy guns,ammo and golf equip. at Dicks but after their removal of AR's from their stores after the Connecticut shootings I am done with Dicks!
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    Shield 40 Mishap

    Rastoff, If a gun fails as this one did, the reason you need to get an attorney involved is to ensure that both companies are held accountable. The attorney will send the firearm to an independent lab where they will test the metals, plastics and determine if during the manufacture of the...
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    Shield 40 Mishap

    2001gmc, You have now learned a very valuable lesson! 1 Never give the manufacturer the firearm, you gave the manufacturer the only item that would have proved one way or the other that either the gun or the ammo was the culprit. 2 you sent all the ammo you had left to the ammo manufacturer, and...
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    Shield 40 Mishap

    Find a product defect attorney, take it to him and let him deal with both S&W and the ammo manufacturer. not only will you wind up with a new firearm, you will probably get some financial renumeration for the shock and awe you received when it blew up. Seriously I had a guy bring me an AR that...
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    Shield slide release is stiff.............

    Its not a Slide Release its a Slide Stop! Look at the owners manual picture it is clearly stated. Old school with guys that have shot 1911's for years utilize the term and if memory serve's me correctly, on the 1911 it was a slide release. Today once the mag is in in a tupperware gun you pull...
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    I broke down an bought a Shield

    It will probably shoot low and left, cause you know S&W makes em that way! lol! Good luck and like someone else said keep em all, don't sell anything you don't have to.
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    Gritty trigger on my Shield. Need some help.

    1. If you do a search here on the forum you will find many articles about and refrences to removal and replacement of both the rear and front sights 2 you will also find several refrences to sight pushers one being a guy from El cajon Ca that sells one that works for $59.00. 3The sight pusher is...
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    Shield TFO Sights

    I have the sight pusher you linked too, and it works fine. Thats what I used to change out my shield and FS sights with. Although I did have to utilize a couple of small plastic shims, to get the front sight lined up, but it worked verty well for me.
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