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Keltec PF9 is a good 9mm weapon weighing 12 oz. I've got a two year one with 1500 rds going strong and just helped my father in-law through about 200 rds of another one with great success. This second PF9 has a much better finish than my two year old one. It is really hard to beat for $275.

RIP my little Shield 0.40 Caliber....... As the one who started this thread in July, I am saddened to say that I gave up my Shield 0.40 caliber after three failed repairs. First - replaced mag catch and still dropped mags. Second - dimpled mags and still dropped mags. Third - replaced frame...

Thanks - just found the model number with the cylinder swung out and it is a model 37.

Got an older AirWeight (.38 Special nub-nose) that I am trying to ID. Serial number is AYA2274.

New wrinkle from Dave at S&W customer service. I called about my new long dimpled mag that is dropping and my two shorties are fine. I explained that the mag release was changed about a month ago. He wants the gun back because he says there is a new mag release that requires the hole to be...

Hey Rob - good review of mag catch measurements. I couldn't help but notice the number "2" embossed on your mag catch. When I first called S&W, they sent me a new mag catch. The old one was embossed "1" and the new was "2". Both mag catches measured identically and as predicted mag catch "2"...

Got my three mags back from S&W today. They had the bump outdent, which was measured at a 0.010 to 0.015" outdent. I shot 200 rounds today and the small mags did well. The large mag started dropping after about 4 or 5 mag loads. BTW, I have already replaced mag release. Trying to decide...

Glocknug - good information on the mags with a lip on them. Can you take a picture and post. I'm curious whether this looks like a hand punch modification to the mags or something done during manufacturing.

Installed my new mag catch and it did not work - got mag drops on both magazines. Both catches were a solid magnetic part. The original was embossed with a small "1" and the new mag catch was embossed "2". I measured various dimensions of both parts with a caliper and could not find a...

Just to be clear, I referred to 2/3 of the people in this forum were having problems at that point in time. This is not a random poll, I agree, but I think this poll truly highlights the magnitude of the problem. If the actual defects were 50% or 25% or even 10%, this would be too many. The...

POLL UPDATE: It look likes approximately 2/3 (28 of 45 reports) of the Shield 0.40 owners in this forum are experiencing the magazine drop issue. How can S&W act so clueless? The answer is that they are not being truthful with their customers, which is worse than the problem itself. The good...

I buy most of my guns from one dealer so he works it out with the gun supplier if returned. I returned a jamomatic Diamondback DB9 to my dealer earlier this year. The interesting part of the story is that S&W called me back today to tell me that they are sending me the part after all -...

After talking with Dave from S&W about my magazine drop problem and agreeing to send me the magazine release, I decided to call back after waiting two weeks since the part was not received. I got Miguel and he said that the S&W new policy was that the firearm had to be sent to them for repair...

Going through the poll numbers so far, folks are reporting that approximately one of two Shield 0.40's are having the magazine drop problem.

So far, this poll is indicating about 1 out of 3 Shield 0.40's have this magazine drop problem - much higher than I was expecting. I will update this again in a few days. Thanks for the response.