bonniet120
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My 45 Shield has been unreliable since new. I have done all the things others will suggest, clean, lube, polish, different ammo etc etc. I have been a police officer, have shot firearms in competition for decades. So I know how to hold a gun and not limp wrist. I'm not the problem. The gun was sent back to the factory twice, defects were fixed but still not reliable.
I'm posting this in hopes it will help someone else with the same issues. If I load 5 rnds into the 6 rnd magazine and manually chamber the top rnd, no problems. I have done this because #6 is a real chore to load. However if I load all 6 rnds, and manually chamber the top round, my gun won't feed the next rnd. The bullet round nose will be either stuck down in the magazine or it will be jammed against the well polished feed ramp. To put it simply, the gun works fine with no more than 4 rnds in the magazine.
I bought a third 6 rnd magazine, the only difference I could find was the spring in it was blue in color; it did not help. So I took one of my magazines and looked at the magazine spring. The bottom of the spring is not flat or parallel to the floor plate. I'm not an engineer but it looks like the back of the follower would have more spring pressure pushing it up than the front of the follower and the bullet end. Using two pair of pliers, I carefully bent the last coil half, bottom of the spring only, up such that the bottom of the spring was more parallel to the floor plate. When re-assembled I can see a spring wire cutting across the #5 round hole in the side of the magazine. This small change made a big difference in my gun. I can manually put a round in the chamber and load the magazine with six and not have a problem for the first time. I have done with both my original magazines and have the same results.
There have been discussions of scallop marks on the loading ramp/bar etc; but tweaking a magazine spring finally makes my specimen a keeper. I did this today, so I have not been able to put another 500 rnds through it, but it's never worked this good before, so I am optimistic. Had this not worked today, I would be shopping a a new Springfield XDS-Mod 2
I'm posting this in hopes it will help someone else with the same issues. If I load 5 rnds into the 6 rnd magazine and manually chamber the top rnd, no problems. I have done this because #6 is a real chore to load. However if I load all 6 rnds, and manually chamber the top round, my gun won't feed the next rnd. The bullet round nose will be either stuck down in the magazine or it will be jammed against the well polished feed ramp. To put it simply, the gun works fine with no more than 4 rnds in the magazine.
I bought a third 6 rnd magazine, the only difference I could find was the spring in it was blue in color; it did not help. So I took one of my magazines and looked at the magazine spring. The bottom of the spring is not flat or parallel to the floor plate. I'm not an engineer but it looks like the back of the follower would have more spring pressure pushing it up than the front of the follower and the bullet end. Using two pair of pliers, I carefully bent the last coil half, bottom of the spring only, up such that the bottom of the spring was more parallel to the floor plate. When re-assembled I can see a spring wire cutting across the #5 round hole in the side of the magazine. This small change made a big difference in my gun. I can manually put a round in the chamber and load the magazine with six and not have a problem for the first time. I have done with both my original magazines and have the same results.
There have been discussions of scallop marks on the loading ramp/bar etc; but tweaking a magazine spring finally makes my specimen a keeper. I did this today, so I have not been able to put another 500 rnds through it, but it's never worked this good before, so I am optimistic. Had this not worked today, I would be shopping a a new Springfield XDS-Mod 2
