Shield front sight jumps left when trigger pulled

Pretty common problem with the Shields,esp the earlier ones. If I'm actually shooting with sights I have to use a thumb forward grip with my support hand if shooting at distance.One reason I textured the forward flats,easier to keep some thumb pressure on to correct the problem.
 
The OP. is talking about the slide moving separately from the frame when he pulls the trigger. Not the WHOLE GUN MOVING SO TRIGGER CONTROL HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.

I would say take your striker out & see how the face is, also the sear face where they meet. I polished mine & the striker face was very slanted on the face. I had to make it square because only a very small portion was riding on the sear. I marked it with a marker & dry fired a bunch of times to see where the contact was.

Also your slide might only do this with no loaded mag in it, load the mag. none in the chamber & see if it still moves.

How much does the slide move left to right approximately. ?
 
3hounds said:
The OP. is talking about the slide moving separately from the frame when he pulls the trigger. Not the WHOLE GUN MOVING SO TRIGGER CONTROL HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.

Snip!

Also your slide might only do this with no loaded mag in it, load the mag. none in the chamber & see if it still moves.

How much does the slide move left to right approximately. ?
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Fun to follow this discussion! :)

I've been sitting at my keyboard with my Shield 9 v1 bone stock, first pulling the trigger, then racking the slide and pulling the trigger, mag in, mag out.

My front sight doesn't move. My slide doesn't move. There is a "click" and the front sight just sits there on-target. I admit I am deliberately trying to get it not to move. If I am sloppy I get a left-pull from the front sight.

My skill level is low-average. I can shoot well at 7 yards but not compared to my son who a LEO.
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I bought one of the last of the v1 Shield 9's just before the 2.0's came out so it had all the latest iterations. Could this left-pull problem the OP is experiencing be from an Shield 9 manufactured earlier year than my 2017 version?
 
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The Shield is a thin pistol....

All guns, especially semis, hold differently. The differences in ergonomics between any two or three is pretty huge.

My problem has been that I shoot a lot of different pistols, consequently never get really good with any one of them. I'm trying though. I see people on You tube picking up and drilling the target with it.

I shot better before I started with so many guns. I did some dry fire tonight and adjusted my grip and at the range a few days ago I proved from a bench that my third gens problems aren't with the gun. I think I"m going to find that to be true for all of my guns.

One thing I've noticed, is that I can take movies of pulling the trigger and it looks ok, but with a long DA pull my left hand interferes with my trigger finger. I moved my left hand slightly more into a 'cupping' position and it doesn't interfere now. The smaller the gun, the more pronounced this is.

Can't wait to try it at the range.
 
I understand

Basically it’s like a type writer. You pull the trigger during dry tire and it feels like the rear sight shifts to the right slightly. I can get my gun to do it and I can also get it not to. It seems to have something to do with the placement of your support hand. Basically if I apply pressure from the palm of my support hand directly to the take down lever when gripping it I get no rear sight jump but if my grip is off even a little I get the rear sight jump. This is something I can’t replicate on the 15 handguns I own.

malk415 said:
Gents:
I have a 9mm shield with the Apex trigger kit and a 5 lb trigger pull.

When I dry fire it the front sight jumps slightly left in the rear sight notch when I pull the trigger. This does not happen when I dry fire a 1911 or my Ruger lcp so I do not think it is the way I pull the trigger.

Is there something inherent in the S&W striker fire system that causes this??

Mark
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I had the same issue and found that tightening my pinky on the 13 rd mag when dry firing was causing it to go left. Adjusted my grip to concentrate on middle and ring finger strength and not squeeze the pinky hard and magically the front sight stopped pulling left. YMMV.
 
Albert0 said:
Hey is this a common thing? I'm noticing that dry firing a Glock 19 and 26 they do not move at all. My M&P 2.0C kicks to the left a little...
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uggg yep mine too but one does it quite a bit more than the other one. I have two MP 2.0 compact and the problem follows the frame and not the slide. This tells me the frame rails on the one that jumps a lot is a hair narrower than the other one. It definitely is throwing my shots to the left of aim.

I guess a few simple solutions is one sell the pistol and buy a gun that does not do that. or move the slide that has my RMR over to the other frame which locks up a bit tighter and does not jump as much

I guess MP didn't design this pistol with this to be anything but only combat accurate.I can probably drift my sights to compensate.
 
Albert0 said:
Hey is this a common thing? I'm noticing that dry firing a Glock 19 and 26 they do not move at all. My M&P 2.0C kicks to the left a little...
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unfortunately it seems to be a common issue. The irksome part none of my other pistols do this except the MP. My 2.0 compact I have two of them and one does it much worse than the other. The one that has more slop, where the rear striker plate as you dry fire, you can see that go right causing my shots to go left. My red dot confirms the slop in slide.Some say it does not affect accuracy I am saying it sure does as at 50 ft, using an 8x10inch target, it is printing way left, I got maybe a 1.5" on the left edge where it is printing. I guess on a man size target that is OK but considering my other pistols don't do this makes me regret this purchase.
 
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