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Anyone notice this issue with their Shield?
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mazdaspeedrx8
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Just picked up my shield .40 toady! only had enough time to put 100 rounds through it unfortunately.. And it will do the whole of out of battery thing.. But even with the holster that i have for it which is very tight (the holster needs some breaking in) it does not cause the weapon to come out of battery i really dont think this whole "issue" is anything to worry about unless S&W actually says something.. Im very happy with this little weapon cant wait to get it in 9mm.
Pointblank2U
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I think the Shield is a nice design and maybe will consider buying one in year or so when they work the bugs out, but you guys have got to watch it. You're starting to sound like the "drink the coolaid" bunch over on GlockTalk. There's always a reason why something is wrong, limp wristing, the ammo, etc.. Sometimes it's just the gun. It's a new gun so give it some time. The problem is, your EDC is a life or death decision. I wouldn't carry anything that wasn't totally 100%. Brand loyalty shouldn't trump logic.
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I sit here amazed that people put their lives on the line with a gun that is so easily turned into a brick. One little bump and it won't fire. Then they say, "check the slide every time you draw" or "always push the slide forward in your holster" and "nothing could ever bump the slide back, even in a life or death struggle for the gun".
Would you rather have the slide return to battery or not?
Is it designed to hangup?
It's a flaw, plain and simple, no matter how many do it.
TNSmithfan
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I love my Shield and am very happy with it. That being said I was comparing my 9c with the Shield last night and noticed something interesting. It may be nothing but it seemed to be worth bringing up.
I was looking at both slides side by side and noticed that on my 9c the recoil spring seats very well into a small grove cut into the underside of the barrel. On my Shield the spring seats on what I can only describe as an angle which allows it to slip ever so slightly. It does not have any type of groove to seat firmly in. Im not a gunsmith but I can certainly look at both slides and can see how in this one area they differ greatly. I just wonder if this slight slipping has anything to do with the battery question. As the slide is pulled back ever so slightly like when someone "manually caused it to come out of battery" the recoil spring may be slipping down just enough to hang up the barrel.
Again, just an observations and as stated above I love the gun and plan to carry it daily.
I was looking at both slides side by side and noticed that on my 9c the recoil spring seats very well into a small grove cut into the underside of the barrel. On my Shield the spring seats on what I can only describe as an angle which allows it to slip ever so slightly. It does not have any type of groove to seat firmly in. Im not a gunsmith but I can certainly look at both slides and can see how in this one area they differ greatly. I just wonder if this slight slipping has anything to do with the battery question. As the slide is pulled back ever so slightly like when someone "manually caused it to come out of battery" the recoil spring may be slipping down just enough to hang up the barrel.
Again, just an observations and as stated above I love the gun and plan to carry it daily.
Lee in Quartzsite
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Day after day after day...we get the point! So buy yourself a frigging revolver and leave the rest of us alone! Geez...is anyone else as sick of this **** as I am??? I carry my Shield everyday and if it fails me when I need it most then my wife will sue S&W and use you for a witness! This thread has turned into a worthless BS session. You should be complaining about the recent sunspots and the Solar winds hitting Earth...that is more dangerous than your defective Shield!
Found this from your earlier post...How can you spout off about something that you have no first hand knowledge???
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I'm wondering if any the Shield bashers own (and worship) the plastic S&W AR-22 that has had a litany of problems since introduction? For the record, I purchased a Shield last week and have put 150 rounds through it which include a box of 115, 124 and 147 without so much a hint of any problem and have put it into CCW service with the most of confidence.
I purchased a 9mm Shield and took it to the range the day I bought it and did not clean it first. Well, it performed without any issues. Cleaned it, took it out again and feel its very reliable, no issues at all.
DocGlock
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If that's the case, I guess you don't carry anything?
Aahzz
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A little bump won't do it. It takes EFFORT. As I've stated above, I have tried to get it to go out of battery while holstered. IT WON'T. I don't hold my thumb over the slide when holstering or drawing, either. Until you have tried it yourself, quit spreading misinformation.
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It's a flaw, plain and simple, no matter how many do it.
The flaw is with the guy who originally put it in a pocket with no holster.
You know, the above is the whole thing in a nutshell. "The Issue" is not going to happen in any real-world scenario.
Other than making it happen like the dude did in the video, has anyone been able to cause their Shield go into this "condition" while making any move drawing the gun, firing the gun, or holstering the gun?
Uh, no...
I get that once you set the thing up and carefully insert it into your pocket, that you can carefully draw it back out and make it look like that. But under any circumstance can you see this happen other than the staged setup we have witnessed?
Uh, no...
Has anyone been able to make it happen by simply putting it in their pocket?
Uh, no ...
As Fred Sanford would say: "How many times do I have to keep closing this case?"
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