Disappointed with my New Shield 9mm

[jeeps]

Yes clean the firing pin channel,this is important in any striker fired autos. You would be surprised at how many L.E. do not clean there. The armourer will do this,but sometimes to late.

 

[Smooth1]

Personally I wouldn't try to de gunk anything, since it's a brand new pistol & you've had trouble with it from the get go, I'd send it in & let Smith repair it. I wouldn't complain at all unless I got it back & it didn't work.

 

[jeeps]

Best advice just get a Glock for the same reason Socom issues the G19 they work. The Seals have done so too!

 

[Holmes375]

Best advice just get a Glock for the same reason Socom issues the G19 they work. The Seals have done so too!

Perhaps you could find another place to play where you have more in common with the other children.

 

[shawn mccarver]

Day 1 - Picked it up from Turners and shot 150 rounds out of the box. Had 8 light primer strikes. Click but no boom. Checked the ammo, see little dents.. Was told I should clean my gun before I go to the range.. So I did that. Using remington UMC

Day 2 - Shot another 150 rounds. Had 1 light primer strike. Same ammunition. Cleaned it again and oiled the slide.

Day 3 - Shot 300 of BBM ammunition. Had 1 light primer strike. and 1 fail to eject.

Is this normal or did I get a faulty lemon of a gun..

NOT normal. That gun MUST go back. Absolutely unacceptable. The lack of an initial cleaning had absolutely NOTHING to do with that.

You either have a firing pin block that is not being completely moved out of the way, thereby dragging on the firing pin causing light strikes, or you have serious headspace issues.

S&W will have to test it, but I would bet you will get at least a new barrel and other parts.

Send it back NOW.

 

[jstanfield103]

jeeps,
I have Glock's also but I can not say they are any better than my 2 M&P's that I have. I Like them both and both serve different purposes.

 

[Redlegvzv]

Junk in the striker channel. Easy to clean, but that area is not considered user-serviceable, so call S&W CS, and send it back.

Been there.

I doubt that stuff in the striker channel is the issue, but it is VERY easy to remove the firing pin and clean the striker channel on a Shield. I do it every cleaning just because. OP, if you think that is the issue, watch the You Tube video and you'll see how easy it is to check this.

 

[samlee1890]

Crud in the striker channel. Test= safety first! With mag removed and pistol cycled multiple times to be sure chamber is EMPTY of ammo, drop a pencil, eraser end down, into barrel with pistol pointed up. Barrel pointed up in "safe" direction. Fire. Pencil should jump considerable distance after being struck with firing pin.

Thanks for this tip. I tried it and I can conclude that my firing pin is not being consistent. There are times when it would fly out of my barrel and almost hit the ceiling (which is what I am assuming is supposed to happen)

But majority of the time, it would barely shake the pencil inside the barrel. and maybe 1/4 times it would hop out of the barrel a few inches.

I think there might be wrong with the firing pin assembly.

What do you think? Do you have a 100% success rate of it flying out of the barrel?

 

[thomast]

Try a plastic bic pen with the non writing end in the barrel. I've had pistols where the eraser seems to absorb the energy and pencil not move. I tried this with my shield last night. It launches the bic pen but not a pencil wih eraser.

 

[thomast]

The more I thing of your problem....is it worth just sending to s&w and make them swap out the striker and check the chamber depth etc?

 

[BigDog48]

Real operators in harm's way use the Glock 19 not the MP, sorry Socom does not play with MP's in harm's way!

Why are you here? Why aren't you on a Glock Forum, since you're an expert?

 

[thomast]

Real operators in harm's way use the Glock 19 not the MP, sorry Socom does not play with MP's in harm's way!

The g19 I had was a ***. all it did was send brass to my head consistently. And the trigger was garbage. I had to dump it. Maybe someone is operating with it as we speak ....not.