Has S&W fixed the crappy strikers in the Sigma?
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you realise that you can get ahold of smith and wesson and they would fix that for free
Yes I do, but will it last or break again. There have been other instances of the strikers breaking on these pistols. I'm just wondering if S&W has addressed this issue. These pistols have potential to be very reliable and high value pistol, but not with weak strikers.
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well personally i would send it in i have had my sigma for over a year now and put approx 1000 rounds down range with it without issue so my guess is you just got unlucky and got a bad striker somehow
Maybe they have fixed the issue then. I have had mine for about 2 years and it broke the first time I took it out on less then 500 rounds. Check out the picture, see anything wrong with the striker?
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There is no striker issue with the sigmas. You may have just got a bad one. I will say that I have seen some broken striker stories lately and they were all from improperly field stripping the guns. If you pull the slide back too far when you are attempting to strip the gun and you cock it and then pull the trigger, which propels the slide forward by the force of the striker spring and the striker, this can break the striker. Even one of the trigger mod videos on you tube shows the gun being field stripped this way, which might make you think it is ok, but it is NOT ok and should be avoided.
I'm going to have to disagree with you on this.
1. you don't have to pull the trigger to field strip the sigma. Like the Glock, you must dry fire to decock the weapon, rack the slide back an 1/8 of an inch and then, pull the slide latches down, and then remove the slide.
2. This gun is very much like a Glock, you must dry fire the weapon to decock. It should not hurt it at all.
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Ummmmm.... How do you dry fire the weapon if you don't pull the trigger?! Just sayin!!
After you get done shooting and the slide locks open. I always drop the slide and then decock (dry fire) the weapon. When I get home to field strip for cleaning I don't have to cock the weapon to field strip. Saying that improper field stripping is breaking the striker is ridiculous.
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Not sure what you are disagreeing with, because we are saying the same thing in different words. You must dry fire to decock, I agree, but then when you are racking the slide back an 1/8 in and pulling the slide latches down, if you happen to go a little too far and the gun cocks and then you pull the trigger again, it will actually propel the slide forward from the spring tension on the striker, which can break it. I could have worded it better, but this is what I meant.
A striker or firing pin on any gun takes a beating, it should be able to take some what of a beating. I know what you are talking about cocking the gun again, that should not hurt it at all.
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S&W says different, and I don't do it as I believe S&W, and I have read about this happening 3 or 4 times recently.
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S&W said not to pull the trigger and let the slide fly off or the striker will break. Is that in the manual? Or did someone from S&W tell you that?
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!
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!
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