Saw your post on this old thread. Here's one I did on this topic last November. My work on the slide I don't think really fixed the issue, but I've been carrying the Shield ever since and have never had a problem. I think it gets better over time as the pistol wears in, I don't know. But it's not an issue for me carrying it.
9MM Shield slide issue
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greybeard43
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You should go to the 1911 forum and read some of the problems that custom pistols have "out of the box". My cheap Shield .40 has never had an issue. Neither has the shield 9 that I gave to my son.
Rastoff
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Same question as I put to the OP, how are you trying to chamber that first round? What method do you use to work the slide?
Yeah? OK, but I'm already a member of at least one 1911 forum. I'm not sure how this is relevant, but I stand by my statement; any new gun should work correctly right out of the box.
It doesn't matter if it's a 1911, M&P or whatever. The owner shouldn't have to "finish" the build process for the manufacturer by putting $250 worth of rounds through the gun.
All the guns I currently have worked right out of the box with one exception. That was repaired by the manufacturer and hasn't malfunctioned yet. I had another gun that malfunctioned within the first 200 rounds and it never did become right. They refunded my money on that one.
If it doesn't work right the first time, it's broken in my opinion.
same issue, not returning to battery
bought a shield 9 a few months back. Initially I was very disappointed, mags were like iron, extremely hard to load, never went to battery, always had the small push to get into position.
Read all the posts and thought, well, it will do what others have said, loosen up, etc. About 1K rounds later, same issue with battery. Easy gun to carry, shoots well, mags work now that I use the Uplula loader, but as a very long term shooter of semi's, I have never seen a gun that resists racking the slide like the shield does.
My glocks are flawless in this regard, and I have rented a 40 compact that I intend to buy, and when I use the slide lock to release the slide, it works perfectly.
My shield slide lock is still tight and not able to operate it consistently with the thumb.
As much as I love S&W, this baby is going on the sales or trade block. Do not trust it and the usage has not changed what I thought were design issues months ago when I bought it. Cleaned, lubed, well shot, issues still there.
Come on S&W, give us stuff that works out of the box!
bought a shield 9 a few months back. Initially I was very disappointed, mags were like iron, extremely hard to load, never went to battery, always had the small push to get into position.
Read all the posts and thought, well, it will do what others have said, loosen up, etc. About 1K rounds later, same issue with battery. Easy gun to carry, shoots well, mags work now that I use the Uplula loader, but as a very long term shooter of semi's, I have never seen a gun that resists racking the slide like the shield does.
My glocks are flawless in this regard, and I have rented a 40 compact that I intend to buy, and when I use the slide lock to release the slide, it works perfectly.
My shield slide lock is still tight and not able to operate it consistently with the thumb.
As much as I love S&W, this baby is going on the sales or trade block. Do not trust it and the usage has not changed what I thought were design issues months ago when I bought it. Cleaned, lubed, well shot, issues still there.
Come on S&W, give us stuff that works out of the box!
manderle
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That is not a slide release like a 1911. It is a slide stop which is why it is hard to thumb release. They even say so in the owner's manual
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some 1K rounds through the Shield 9 now, still have the failure to return issue. I try to use the slide lock release method when I can, still stiff, but always goes into battery that way. But if I try to use the old fashioned conventional slide pull and release, its about a 1 in 4 or 1 in 5 fail rate. As I got this for EDC, it creates some anxiety but always make sure its seated before going in the holster. upgrading to a glock 26 later this year, have rented one a couple of times and while thicker, its never failed at anything. like all glocks, it just works. I think my S&W inventory will just be revolvers in the future, too bad but I never want to worry about what might happen when I need it to work
some 1K rounds through the Shield 9 now, still have the failure to return issue. I try to use the slide lock release method when I can, still stiff, but always goes into battery that way. But if I try to use the old fashioned conventional slide pull and release, its about a 1 in 4 or 1 in 5 fail rate. As I got this for EDC, it creates some anxiety but always make sure its seated before going in the holster. upgrading to a glock 26 later this year, have rented one a couple of times and while thicker, its never failed at anything. like all glocks, it just works. I think my S&W inventory will just be revolvers in the future, too bad but I never want to worry about what might happen when I need it to work
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