Has S&W fixed the crappy strikers in the Sigma?

[tnmarktx]

WAIT A MINUTE!!!!


You mean the Sigma that I've had for 4+ years, fired thousands of rounds, dry fired hundreds of times, field striped a hundred times, cleaned 20 times, fired cheap ammo in, removed parts from, and is half the price of a glock has a faulty striker! Did you hear me? I said!

You know what? I bet S&W knows all about it too. You know what? I bet S&W isn't going to do anything about it. You know what? I think S&W is trying to stick to us. You know what? I think we should find the nearest trash can and throw our Sigmas away, and go buy glocks. That will teach S&W not to put faulty strikers, and cheap crappy triggers in their guns.

I'm going to get the pitch forks, and torches. Down with S&W! HOORAY for glock! Down with S&W! HOORAY for glock!

Wow! Way to overreact dude. Try not to be so myopic. There are tons of good guns out there. This has just been my experience with my Sigma. I own a Glock and have had good service out of it, if you don't like them, I'm ok with that as well. I happen not to like 1911 style pistols, but I think they are excellent pistols. Chill out and enjoy your ultra reliable Sigma!

 

[J Rich]

Well I'm not the one busting in here bashing the Sigma on my first post. Sounds to me you were just unfortunate and got a bad striker. That doesn't mean you can come in here and throw your opinion around as fact and think your not going to get some flak.

The fact is S&W doesn't have a problem with crappy strikers in the Sigma. Fact is parts break. There are plenty of members here with thousands and thousands of rounds through the sigma with out failure.

Sorry the sigma let you down when you set out to fire off 500 rounds your first time out. You could have come in here and said. Hey I had a problem with a Sigma I owned. Has anyone else had this happen? You know something like that.

 

[colt_saa]

Was wondering if they had fixed the striker issue?

What striker issue?

I have had my oldest SIGMA since 1994. I have no idea how many tens of thousands of rounds have been through this and my other SIGMAS over the last Decade and a half.

I currently own 6 SIGMAS though in truth two are unfired so I have only been shooting 4 of them

NEVER HAD A STRIKER FAIL

 

[tnmarktx]

Well I'm not the one busting in here bashing the Sigma on my first post. Sounds to me you were just unfortunate and got a bad striker. That doesn't mean you can come in here and throw your opinion around as fact and think your not going to get some flak.

The fact is S&W doesn't have a problem with crappy strikers in the Sigma. Fact is parts break. There are plenty of members here with thousands and thousands of rounds through the sigma with out failure.

Sorry the sigma let you down when you set out to fire off 500 rounds your first time out. You could have come in here and said. Hey I had a problem with a Sigma I owned. Has anyone else had this happen? You know something like that.

That's what I did share my bad experience about a gun I bought. But hey, I thought forums were for expressing opinions, MY BAD. Sorry I hurt your feelings.

 

[tnmarktx]

What striker issue?

I have had my oldest SIGMA since 1994. I have no idea how many tens of thousands of rounds have been through this and my other SIGMAS over the last Decade and a half.

I currently own 6 SIGMAS though in truth two are unfired so I have only been shooting 4 of them

NEVER HAD A STRIKER FAIL

Did you see the pics. I realize this may?? be isolated, but I wouldn't depend on this pistol in a life or death situation. Just my mileage, your mileage may vary.

 

[deerhtr]

WAIT A MINUTE!!!!


You mean the Sigma that I've had for 4+ years, fired thousands of rounds, dry fired hundreds of times, field striped a hundred times, cleaned 20 times, fired cheap ammo in, removed parts from, and is half the price of a glock has a faulty striker! Did you hear me? I said!

You know what? I bet S&W knows all about it too. You know what? I bet S&W isn't going to do anything about it. You know what? I think S&W is trying to stick to us. You know what? I think we should find the nearest trash can and throw our Sigmas away, and go buy glocks. That will teach S&W not to put faulty strikers, and cheap crappy triggers in their guns.

I'm going to get the pitch forks, and torches. Down with S&W! HOORAY for glock! Down with S&W! HOORAY for glock!

I dont care who you are thats funny right there

 

[Jim NNN]

Well, my new Sigma stopped firing afer a couple hundred rounds. I bought it new last summer. It was a striker issue.

But there was a definable problem with a definable solution: They forgot to install a striker bushing at the factory. After that, only about 2 light strikes in 700 rounds. I was also getting a few light strikes in my Ruger, too. SO I attributed the rarre light strikes to ammo (eastern European), Changed to federal and remington and I haven't had any problems at all in any gun. So I guess I'm keeping it.

Love the way the Sigma shoots and performs now, but I DO wish I wasn't limited to ammo brands.

 

[Fat B]

WAIT A MINUTE!!!!


You mean the Sigma that I've had for 4+ years, fired thousands of rounds, dry fired hundreds of times, field striped a hundred times, cleaned 20 times, fired cheap ammo in, removed parts from, and is half the price of a glock has a faulty striker! Did you hear me? I said!

You know what? I bet S&W knows all about it too. You know what? I bet S&W isn't going to do anything about it. You know what? I think S&W is trying to stick to us. You know what? I think we should find the nearest trash can and throw our Sigmas away, and go buy glocks. That will teach S&W not to put faulty strikers, and cheap crappy triggers in their guns.

I'm going to get the pitch forks, and torches. Down with S&W! HOORAY for glock! Down with S&W! HOORAY for glock!

I was with you until you said Hooray for Glock. That's going too far. lol.

 

[mlk18]

What's a Glock? Never mind, I don't want one anyway.

 

[setxn]

The problem is that you can't just show up and be an obnoxious,know it all gun experts. You have to get a few post in then you can be just like the other obnoxious,know it all experts.

 

[tnmarktx]

The problem is that you can't just show up and be an obnoxious,know it all gun experts. You have to get a few post in then you can be just like the other obnoxious,know it all experts.

I'll try to up my post count before I complain about another S&W product on this forum. LOL

 

[setxn]

I've been active on this forum just a little over two years and have seen this cycle of new guys, old guys, old problems,bickering etc. about every six months. This too will pass. I believe that certain traits are not acceptable on the 1st post or the 1000th post and the Sigma section seems to be one of the worst on this site.

 

[tnmarktx]

I've been active on this forum just a little over two years and have seen this cycle of new guys, old guys, old problems,bickering etc. about every six months. This too will pass. I believe that certain traits are not acceptable on the 1st post or the 1000th post and the Sigma section seems to be one of the worst on this site.

I will get this gun fixed, and give it another fair test. As I live in TX, word is we have one of the best S&W technicians, Frank Smith. I have talked to him before and find him to be very knowledgeable. I am going to pick his brain about this gun and see if he can answer some of the things that have been posted in this thread. The post about improper field stripping causing the striker to break is just ridiculous to me. I mean the field strip of this gun is very straight forward and easy. Unless you are beating the slide off with a hammer, the breaking of the striker does not seem possible. My owners manual does not give any warning of this at all. Also, I know there is a question about dry firing the Sigma, you have to dry fire it to decock per the manual. If you can't dry fire the Sigma without doing damage to the striker, that is a complete fail IMO.

 

[airman]

I'm sorry for the luck the OP had with his broken striker. That is totally unexpected. I expect S&W to make it good.
The Sigma was my first handgun. It worked fine, just didn't shoot straight. I drifted the rear sight until it does. The trigger was heavy; I found videos about trigger work. It isn't heavy now. I shoot it now and then and enjoy the feel in my hands.
The gun isn't too expensive to fool with. I learned a lot and it gave me confidence to dig into nearly all my later guns.

 

[setxn]

Striker problems don't seem to show up here,but what might be a total shock to some people that not all Sigma owners post here and not all genuine Sigma problems get posted anywhere. I don't even include the heavy trigger as a problem because it is and probably always will be as it is and should not be a surprise to anyone that researches a firearm before they buy it. The constant battle to turn this handgun into something it is not will continue to baffle and entertain me. I'll bet your striker will be replaced and under "normal" use last a longtime.

 

[tnmarktx]

Striker problems don't seem to show up here,but what might be a total shock to some people that not all Sigma owners post here and not all genuine Sigma problems get posted anywhere. I don't even include the heavy trigger as a problem because it is and probably always will be as it is and should not be a surprise to anyone that researches a firearm before they buy it. The constant battle to turn this handgun into something it is not will continue to baffle and entertain me. I'll bet your striker will be replaced and under "normal" use last a longtime.

I hope so. I know this will get everyone all spun up, but I bought this gun because I wanted to get into a .40 cal and loved my Glock 17. As some have state earlier, the trigger can be worked, very easily I might add, to have a decent but still long pull. I would be very happy with the gun for the price I paid for it, if the striker had not broken. Maybe, and hopefully mine is a fluke, and the gun will be dependable after a striker replacement. If you can see it in the pictures I posted earlier, the tip, where it hits the primer was the 1st part of the striker to break. The other part of the striker to break was the thicker part in the middle. This 2nd break most likely happened during a dry fire. Know where in the manual does it say dry firing a Sigma will damage it. It even states after you check for an empty weapon before field strip, to dry fire it.

 

[KyWstJoe]

Two Sigmas, 4000 rounds, one broken striker after 1000 rounds. S&W fixed it and it was fine until I traded it.

 

[tnmarktx]

Two Sigmas, 4000 rounds, one broken striker after 1000 rounds. S&W fixed it and it was fine until I traded it.

Out of curiosity, where did your striker break?

 

[J Rich]

I've been active on this forum just a little over two years and have seen this cycle of new guys, old guys, old problems,bickering etc. about every six months. This too will pass. I believe that certain traits are not acceptable on the 1st post or the 1000th post and the Sigma section seems to be one of the worst on this site.

So,what are you trying to say? Sigma section is full of crybabies or something?

 

[deanodog]

I had a striker break in less than 100 rounds. S&W fixed and returned in 10 days.