M&P .45 Fit and finish question

[Carry a .50ae]

After some range time today, I was at home cleaning all the toys, and then i got to my M&P .45 i noticed something i hadn't seen in the past. After taking it down, cleaning etc i re assembled the gun. When I got it together, I noticed the front of the slide where it meets the frame had a larger gap then at the rear of the gun. I did i dry fire function test and it seems to move correctly.

When I put my thumb on the bottom of the frame at the rail, and my index finger on top of the front sight, I can squeeze the gun and the gap is uniform down the slide. Once i release the pressure from my fingers, it goes back to the larger gap up front.

Does anyone else have this same issue?

Thanks,


Frank

[10mm Sonny]

Nothing a pot of boiling water can't take care of.

[41 magnums]

I don't get the pot of boiling water?? But I bought a 2 year old un-fired M&P45 on this site a month ago. It looked great but I noticed the same thing your describing. So I looked through a lot of postings here and found other people talking about the same thing. It seems it's a normal thing. But I don't know why?? Anyway I shot mine last weekend it shoots and functions fine. So I won't be boiling mine???

Mel

[squidsix]

I think that was a reference to it being a "plastic" pistol. There's nothing wrong with your gun. try not to let it bother you.

[Cam.45]

Please don't put your gun in boiling water the polymer fram is not like an old bicycle mag wheel where you can heat them up and fix the warping.

[SWAT Lt.]

No worries, that's normal on the FS M&P .45.

[Carry a .50ae]

Sounds good, any no worries. i wont put it in the hot water....

[10mm Sonny]

Originally Posted by Cam.45

Please don't put your gun in boiling water the polymer fram is not like an old bicycle mag wheel where you can heat them up and fix the warping.

Yes you can, and yes I did. The old "fix the Glock pig-nose in boiling water trick" works just fine on the M&P-45.

[Carry a .50ae]

the idea sounds like it would work, however last time i tried that with a non gun item i got too much heat and got it more out of whack that it was to start. ill be shooting it tomorrow. until it gives me an issue, ill keep bangin away. then send it to smith.

Thanks for the feedback

[magnum12pm]

Originally Posted by Carry a .50ae

the idea sounds like it would work, however last time i tried that with a non gun item i got too much heat and got it more out of whack that it was to start. ill be shooting it tomorrow. until it gives me an issue, ill keep bangin away. then send it to smith.

Thanks for the feedback

I have not seen an M&P that is not exactly as you describe. This is normal. I have two of them and they are perfectly functional and this does not seem to affect accuracy at all.

[MyLastRook]

For that matter, FN's, H&K's and Glocks all exibit the front end frame droop of which the OP speaks.

The frame front end droop is really horrible looking on the FNP .45, but also totally harmless.

(Note: The tacticool looking FNP's are inferior holster carried death traps, not beacause of frame droop, but because FN chose to sit its fire control group in a cheap plastic housing that flexes and allows the sear tilt malfunction. Thank God S&W had the good sense to use a metal fire control housing and built a handgun that was tacticool INSIDE as well as outside in the looks scary department.)