Casings from M&P 9 flying in my face!!

[Hotcoley]

I've had alot of trouble with casings flying back at my face when I shoot my M&P 9. Thank goodness I wear safety glasses. One time when I was shooting, a casing came up and landed on top of my safety glasses and burned my eyebrow!! I sent it back to S&W once, and they said they fixed the problem, ejector maybe? However, it still does it. I thought maybe I was just limp wristing it, but when my husband shot it, he too had the same problem. It doesn't happen with every shot, but alot of them. Did I get a "bad" gun? Has anyone else had any similar problems?

 

[Knightrider03m]

Both my Sigma and my M&P doses that to me every now and again. Are you and your husband left handed?

 

[Hotcoley]

No, we are both right handed. It's dissapointing because I love that gun. It's one of the first guns I purchased. Now I'm kinda hesitant to shoot it.

 

[Jhp147]

facing casings

I have not heard this particular complaint brought up but maybe once on the boards where M&Ps are discussed. I suspect that S&W will replace the ejector and maybe extractor and/or spring pretty quickly to fix this, bet it is an extractor tension issue.

 

[rz625-8]

Move your head left or right far enough so you dont get hit in the face. And wear a cap so if it does hit you in your face that long bill might make that empty casing bounce off of bill on cap and fall to ground. Just my opinion. Or 2 cents worth or 3. rz625-8

 

[Kitgun]

My MP9c did the same thing at first. After a couple 100 rounds or so it seemed to have corrected itself. Maybe some just need a break in period.

 

[SheepNutz]

Mine doesn't hit me in the face, but almost every piece of brass flies right over the barrier on my right and into the next lane at the range. I usually try to not start firing it if someone is mid-magazine in the lane next to me. Then again, they could use it as training for distractions!

 

[PC945]

My first thought with the 9mm was limp wristing. But you have addressed that.

Have you tried a different brand, or type of ammunition?

I experienced the same problem with one of my nines when reloading ammunition for it. When I loaded a little hotter, the casings cleared my head with no problem.

Quite awhile back my wife had been shooting my G22 in .40 cal with no problems, and decided to buy a G17 in 9mm, and experienced the same problem of casings hitting her in the face.

She solved the problem by taking my .40 cal. :-()

PC945

 

[Texas Solo]

I've seen this problem fixed on a G19 by "tuning" (read slightly tweeking) the ejector to send the spent cases off to the side verses straight up and out. Not reccommending it, but just saying...

 

[Wee Hooker]

Does it do it with all brands /power ammo?
Sounds like an ejector is out of tune.

FWIW: I have 3 m&P's and all of them throw their brass into nice neat piles about 3-4- right and a foot back. Perfect really.

 

[Swabby]

I have owned an M&P40 for about the past year and shoot it often. I do not have the problem you described, but I do notice that it definitely throws the first piece of brass from each magazine in a different place than the rest of the spent rounds. I thought that to be odd. Especially considering it happens whether the mag is loaded with 5 or 15 rounds. Thankfully, they all clear my head, so it is not a distraction. In your case, I would have it fixed however possible. You can't shoot at your best when you are dodging hot brass all the time.

 

[Hotcoley]

My first thought with the 9mm was limp wristing. But you have addressed that.

Have you tried a different brand, or type of ammunition?

I experienced the same problem with one of my nines when reloading ammunition for it. When I loaded a little hotter, the casings cleared my head with no problem.

Quite awhile back my wife had been shooting my G22 in .40 cal with no problems, and decided to buy a G17 in 9mm, and experienced the same problem of casings hitting her in the face.

She solved the problem by taking my .40 cal. :-()

PC945

I usually use WWB 115 gr fmj and Remington UMC, but I suppose I could try some other brands. Any suggestions?

 

[Wee Hooker]

I usually use WWB 115 gr fmj and Remington UMC, but I suppose I could try some other brands. Any suggestions?

I only asked to see if the issue was single brand ammo dependent. If you've tried both WWB and UMC, it's not. also assuming you've shot it (and others have shot it) with different grips and on/off a rest, it's sounding like somethings out of whack on the gun. I'd call S&W. They will likely have you ship it back for a "tuning". It shouldn't do that.

 

[Peter_S]

I experienced the same problem with one of my nines when reloading ammunition for it. When I loaded a little hotter, the casings cleared my head with no problem.

PC945

+1 --- I've had this happen with some light reloads too.

Maybe a change in ammo will help the OP

 

[russ_]

My sister has an M&P9c that does the exact same thing. It varies depending on the ammunition used. Independence brand sends every case back at you, but WWB seems to throw out to the right and slightly back, just like you would expect. My thought (and it would seem to be supported by other replies here) is that lighter loads don't produce enough pressure to cycle the mechanism fully, and therefore don't eject the spent case properly.

I have an M&P40c and have no such issues with it. It eats whatever I feed it with no problems whatsoever.

 

[rpg0123]

Lots of semis do this. They send casings all over the place. It has nothing to do with a particular model or brand.

 

[Blackpaladin]

Same issue here with my PD's issued MP 9mm's. Sent them in on S&Ws dime, and have been perfect ever since. I believe they replaced the extractors, and they were the earlier released M&Ps.

 

[Atlanta_SW40]

lol this thread kind of cracks me up. A woman complaining about a spent object flying at her face...awesome

dont worry about it...that's why you wear protective glasses when shooting at the range.

 

[TLG]

lol this thread kind of cracks me up. A woman complaining about a spent object flying at her face...awesome

dont worry about it...that's why you wear protective glasses when shooting at the range.

I don't think you would like it if you got burned. People have problems and ask for help. This forum is ment to help folks, not to be laughed at and make fun of!!!

 

[Waterfowl Woody]

I had a similiar problem with my colt defender 45. it would eject the casing hard to the right around a 4 oclock. they would eject so hard and would, if hit right, stick into the next lanes walls. every so often one would come back and hit my forehead. couple times they would cut me. wierd thing was it worked itself out, after firing a couple hundred rounds thru it. thought i would pass that along.