FPC Quick Range Report

brian686 · Apr 3, 2023

I picked up a FPC last week and was finally able to get it to an indoor range yesterday. I put a set of Magpul MBUS sights I had laying around on it. 100% reliability with positive ejection with 100 rounds of Blazer aluminum 115 grain and 50 rounds of Winchester 124 grain NATO spec. Groups were tight, but being indoor, I was max distance at 40 feet. i will be looking to switch out the MBUS with some kind of red dot in the future.
The gun seems well made and tight. The unfolding is a little awkward and I have not disassembled and cleaned it yet. I kept trying to drop the mags AR-15 style, but that will take some practice to fix.
Overall impressions are it's a fun gun to shoot, not too heavy, and I liked it. It seems to be as advertised. It does what my Sig MPX does at a little more than half of what it cost me.

MSgt G · Apr 3, 2023

Ordered mine today and can hardly wait for it to arrive. Ordered a Holosun 510c for the optics. Seems like great reviews on it and the rifle.

Gripgrabber · Apr 3, 2023

I love mine!! 300rounds including pc reloads and 100% flawless.
Semper paratus

slabside2 · Apr 8, 2023

Picked mine up a couple days ago loving it!

Dave686 · Apr 15, 2023

Watching this

slabside2 · Apr 15, 2023

Took it to the range today and put 200 rounds through it and it ran perfect. No issues and a fun gun to shoot and I have full autos and shot this more today.

slabside2 · Apr 16, 2023

UPDATE
well people, it looks like I spoke too soon. I cleaned it from Yesterdays shooting session and went back out today and on the first magazine, something broke inside the trigger housing. The magazine will not see the bolt will not go forward and there’s just something flopping around in there. So there you have it Smith and Wesson. Let me down once again so tomorrow morning I make the dreaded phone call get the shipping label send it off and wait a couple months to get it back. It was fun while it was working. Stay tuned. I’ll let everyone know when it comes back if it’s fixed and if it happens again.

Paul in Nevada · Apr 17, 2023

A few previous threads had failures of the firing pin retaining mechanism.

Sevens · Apr 17, 2023

It's fantastic that we have two S&W employees on this thread! New members of S&W's QC staff, it's a crying shame they don't pay you gentlemen for the work you're doing for the company.

They've outsourced this department but it does seem most of the QC staff remains in America.

Bravo, Smith & Wesson!

JRD · Apr 17, 2023

Slabside,
I'm willing to bet the "something flopping around in there" is the hammer because you dry fired the gun with the bolt removed.
Field strip again and remove your bolt. Reach inside the ejection port and recock the hammer with your finger. You'll need to use your big boy finger but it can be done.
Then reassemble and your issue should be gone.
And for any time you field strip, don't drop the hammer with the bolt out or you'll have to recock the hammer manually. You can always put the gun on safe before field stripping in case you forget and pull the trigger. It's really no different than dropping the hammer on an internal hammer pistol with the slide off, except you can't see inside to realize you did it.

slabside2 · Apr 17, 2023

JRD said:
Slabside,
I'm willing to bet the "something flopping around in there" is the hammer because you dry fired the gun with the bolt removed.
Field strip again and remove your bolt. Reach inside the ejection port and recock the hammer with your finger. You'll need to use your big boy finger but it can be done.
Then reassemble and your issue should be gone.
And for any time you field strip, don't drop the hammer with the bolt out or you'll have to recock the hammer manually. You can always put the gun on safe before field stripping in case you forget and pull the trigger. It's really no different than dropping the hammer on an internal hammer pistol with the slide off, except you can't see inside to realize you did it.

Dam! I wish I would’ve read this before I send it back. You’re probably right, but I don’t remember pulling the trigger with the bolt out. I did try to push that all the way back to reset it, but I couldn’t get back there far enough to do it and I wasn’t sure that was even the problem. I read the manual from cover to cover, and it said nothing about not pulling the trigger with the bolt removed but you make an excellent point. Thank you for posting that. Smith Wesson said four weeks for the return which will probably turn into six.

Dave686 · Apr 17, 2023

You guys might want to check this thread out. It appears S&W may be making some changes to the bolt assembly to address problems. ....
http://smith-wessonforum.com/smith-...m-p-fpc-shooters-out-there.html#post141718484

JRD · Apr 18, 2023

Recocking the hammer with your finger is possible but after further experimentation, I found folding the gun and coming in from the front of the receiver with either a flat blade screw driver or a 1/2"-5/8" dowel rod is way easier. Just look out for the fixed ejector when your reaching through to the hammer.

justicetyme · Apr 18, 2023

If the bolt assembly slides right in to home position then more than likely your hammer was dropped.

slabside2 · Apr 18, 2023

justicetyme said:
If the bolt assembly slides right in to home position then more than likely your hammer was dropped.

It did you’re probably right it did slide all the way in without any force. I sent it back and hopefully they also replace the bolt that other people are having issues with while they have it.

marvin02 · Apr 28, 2023

Second step of disassembly in the manual is to put the safety on. Last thing in that section is a warning to " Never dry fire when disassembled."

slabside2 · May 4, 2023

slabside2 said:
UPDATE
well people, it looks like I spoke too soon. I cleaned it from Yesterdays shooting session and went back out today and on the first magazine, something broke inside the trigger housing. The magazine will not see the bolt will not go forward and there’s just something flopping around in there. So there you have it Smith and Wesson. Let me down once again so tomorrow morning I make the dreaded phone call get the shipping label send it off and wait a couple months to get it back. It was fun while it was working. Stay tuned. I’ll let everyone know when it comes back if it’s fixed and if it happens again.

I got it back yesterday from Smith and Wesson. It took approximately two weeks. They fixed the hammer and added the new anti walk pins in the head of the bolt, and testfired it according to the paperwork just to give everyone an update.

justicetyme · May 4, 2023

Did the work order specify what was done to the trigger?
Thanks
J.

slabside2 · May 4, 2023

It just said fixed hammer.

justicetyme · May 4, 2023

Thanks for the response.
They sure didn't give any confidence to those whose hammer may need fixin' at a very inappropriate time, like what caused it and how to prevent it.
J.

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