Hey, I'm new here. I've been lurking for awhile checking out all the good advice from you guys and I've got a few questions. I know that polishing a feed ramp is typically not necessary on a new gun like this sd9ve but I didnt like the look of mine ( looked and felt a little rough) so I polished it a little, not even to a mirror finish but just used a q-tip and some automotive scratch remover. Now it feeds much smoother.

So my question is....are there other places that could stand to have a little polishing to make the gun smoother. I'm wondering about the ramp that is in the middle of the slide in front of the striker hook. ( Sorry for not knowing that correct term)

This is my first handgun so excuse the newbie coming out in my post. Thanks for any help you can give me.

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My thoughts are that if the gun is working with no failures, there's really no reason to worry about polishing anything. Myself, I would only think about polishing something if there was an obvious burr or something causing a malfunction. Wait until you hear from some of the more knowledgeable people on this forum before doing anything.

I'm a huge fan of the saying "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". But that doesn't mean I can't try to make it better. I figured since the gun was on the budget side of the firearm spectrum that s&w may have left some non essential machining processes out to cut down on cost.

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Something I did to my SD9VE feed ramp was round out the squared edge at top portion of ramp to not make shell case jump to such a 90* angle to feed into the chamber. Makes for a much smoother round feed and doesn't catch any sharp edges of 9mm at the bullet crimp now. I noticed the slide doing multi slow downs when trying to feed steel rounds due to this sharp angled transition. I've had to do this to a Hi-Point 40 also and it runs flawless now.

A Dremel is a good tool when used correctly, or my name ain't Bubba.

Thanks for the tip....I'm not sure I have an issue with that since I run brass ammo, but I'll try to pay attention to it.

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Oh, I run brass also, this just made it better for both. If you notice any creases on the brass casing, it's from this sharp corner the case needs to jump over to get to chamber.

If any of my guns don't run the cheapest ammos available, I figure out the problem and improve, to make sure it will if any emergency arises.

The first thing I do on all my 1911's is to remove the finish on the feed ramp and polish it. On any pistol for that matter. I remove all doubt that it's the feed ramp incase it malfunctions the first time out.