Recent content by Stetto

Regardless, it is a flaw on MY pistol, which makes design/manufacture moot. Then again, how many might be "very few"? If it happened to more than one, there is surely a mold or mill machine or an unqualified machinist in that factory repeating the flaw, no? Is it still not upon them to do due...

No. It is NOT squibbed, that was their assumption because no one there either reads english or bothered to look at my documentation. That's just it, I don't believe anyone was industrious enough to even disassemble the gun at S&W CS. Someone took it to the range and put a mag full of rounds...

Nice piece. I want mine to be my pride and joy as well. It is already accurate. As far as hammering the warranty angle, don't think I've given up. I simply don't see them as upgrading the material spec on a replacement barrel just for me and Tbs3. They actually tried to buff his out, but I...

Thank you Saudade. To be clear, I love my M&Ps. I have 2 others, a Shield 9 1.0 and a 22 Compact, both of which operate flawlessly, and neither's nitride barrels are showing any undue wear. This one, the M&P PC CORE 9mm 5" is the single most accurate handgun I've ever handled. But the customer...

CB3, Saudade, thanks for the suggestions. A brief explanation: I posted in another thread started by Tsb3 that I had misgivings about an ss barrel that was galling with the slide aperture over a month ago. This is one of the photos I posted in that thread. Yes, that ring you see catches a...

I'm looking to replace the subspec 5" stainless steel barrel that came with my PC 9mm C.O.R.E full size. Though there are a lot of reputable manufacturers marketing M&P barrels, I'm having trouble finding any that make the ported Performance Center models. There is one I found on ebay that...

I have two 8-round and one ten-round ProMag magazines for my 1.0 Shield9. After over two years of range visits not one of them has failed yet. I am told they are either cherries or they are lemons, I guess I got cherries. I don't use them for defensive rounds, my OEM mags hold those. But the...

I just chatted with a gunsmith an former CS guy with another company, this is his opinion: "IMO, its a faulty design or material spec. What is happening there is the bad design is vibrating the living **** out of the barrel since the porting is a slide containment design off a floating (loose...

Yeah, I'm now waiting to hear what Tsb3's "detailed" note says. Can't be a typo, can it? I can't see them being sloppy, but....

I would have appreciated a detailed note. What I got was this: They DID return it dirty, however, and a blank checklist of parts, with repaired/replaced boxes next to each. I know what a squib is, this firearm has never had one that I'm aware of, and apparently my DETAILED NOTE was ignored...

Interesting. I received the same email fifty minutes ago. No other contact, simply said they shipped it and would need a signature when it arrived on Monday. I'm also interested in pursuant accuracy: The CT ct1500 had been torqued on to where I was afraid of stripping the hex nuts or wrench...

Any word? I got receipt confirmation on the 19th.

I do NOT have resale in mind. I have never sold any firearm I've ever purchased. But it is a legitimate purchase point for many. The price of this particular model surpasses by a third the most I ever intended to pay for ANY handgun. So far, with minor issues that are being addressed, it's been...

Do a web search on "M&P 22 Compact vs Glock G44", and you'll get as many "objective" comparisons as there are, many video side-by-sides as well. True statistical comparisons of akin firearms aren't as simply compiled as, say, ammunition ballistics and such. I've never seen a completely...

I've never fired a Glock 44. The few Glocks I've handled never got past the handling part. I'm simply not a Glock guy, 2X4s cut into the shape of a gun just aren't comfortable to me. I do have the M&P 22 Compact. It feels good, balances good, fires consistently, and is as accurate as any pistol...