Purchased a Shield in October, ran about 100-150 rounds through it, at the time I was pleased with the results, however, broke the weapon down as stated in the manual and the sear disconnect fell out. Sent it to S&W, got it back in 3 weeks, went to break it down last night to Frog Lube it and guess what? There goes the disconnect again! Come on S&W, this design needs to be changed, I realize I can pull the trigger to release the slide but as you know it's tough on the striker and a fatality waiting to happen! I smell a recall. I am not interested in sending it back again as it took nothing to break loose and I'm convinced it will happen again. I have 3 other non poly Smiths but have no interest in any other Smith products at this point, off to Sig!
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Wow! You really got a bad one and that shouldn't have happened. As for a fatality waiting to happen, there have been plenty of arguments about that on this site for quite a while. I and many others don't use the sear disconnect and will never have a negligent discharge, as we triple check the chamber before disassembly. As for striker damage, it would take thousands of dry firings to work harden the striker shoulder to break it, especially with the new stainless strikers installed.
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Same post on Warrior Talk. Same M.O. of only one post.
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Great! Purchased an M&P shield in October, fired 100-150 rounds through it, broke it down according to directions and the sear disconnect fell out! Sent it out to S&W, back in three weeks, broke her down again in order to Frog Lube and guess what? Sear disconnect fell out! Come on S&W! This has to be redesigned! No interest in sending it back and absolutely hate pulling the trigger to remove the slide, tough on striker and a fatality waiting to happen. Sorry lads, nothing but trouble with poly guns, I'm old school give me the metal. I smell a recall!
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Quote Originally Posted by Balto1 View Post
Great! Purchased an M&P shield in October, fired 100-150 rounds through it, broke it down according to directions and the sear disconnect fell out! Sent it out to S&W, back in three weeks, broke her down again in order to Frog Lube and guess what? Sear disconnect fell out! Come on S&W! This has to be redesigned! No interest in sending it back and absolutely hate pulling the trigger to remove the slide, tough on striker and a fatality waiting to happen. Sorry lads, nothing but trouble with poly guns, I'm old school give me the metal. I smell a recall!
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This is the first time I have heard of this happening, recalls happen when problems are common.
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