M&P ejection issue

[Texan1919]

Hello all,
I have a new M&P 9mm that seems to eject shells on top of my head or in my face. I have 3 other M&P's that do not have this issue. I seem to remember reading about this before. Has anyone else had this problem? What was the corrective action?
Thanks for your help.

 

[Texan1919]

Hello all,
I have a new M&P 9mm that seems to eject shells on top of my head or in my face. I have 3 other M&P's that do not have this issue. I seem to remember reading about this before. Has anyone else had this problem? What was the corrective action?
Thanks for your help.

 

[WR Moore]

Call S&W customer service or work the extractor. Ammunition can be a contributing factor.

 

[fiasconva]

Mine did that when I first got it. After about 100 rounds or so it stopped doing it. Others have sent theirs back to S&W and they replaced the slides.

 

[chuckie]

Mine also did that when I first got it. It took a couple hundred rounds before it stopped doing it. Haven't had any issues in the 2 years since.
Chuck

 

[car541]

Your extractor does not have enough tension.
There are 2 possible causes:
1 a bad spring
2 an improperly adjusted extractor

If you have an improperly adjusted extractor, there are 2 ways to fix this:

1: send it back to S&W
2: adjust the extractor: there is a small extractor adjusting pad on the inside surface of the extractor between the hook and the extractor pin hole. if you remove a small amount of the metal at that spot, it will make the resting position of the extractor closer to the centerline of the chamber and increase tension.

 

[Texan1919]

Thanks all for your help. I have already put 200 rounds through the pistol. Guess I'll try a few hundred more and go from there

 

[plblou]

I had the same problem with the casing ejecting at my face, plus the follower jamming in the magazine. I filed the square edge of the follower with a metal file, just enough to make it rounded and the casings now eject correctly No more in my face!!!