M&P Shield 9 Failure To Extract (3)

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I am a hard core S&W M&P lover. Between me and the wife we have 5 of them. Never had any problems with any of them beyond the usual site paint popping out of the front site of my full size 9mm (by the way S&W sent me a full set of sites to replace them). That's what has me a little miffed, I have a not even a single malfunction from 5 different M&P's. My issue is this, Just picked up a Shield 9 on Friday went to the range today. 250rnds down range (plus 24 115gr gold dots to test my carry ammo). Had 3 "Failure To Extract" Stoppages within the first 200. Gun was right out of the box not cleaned and still had that "New Gun Smell" :D This in no way changes my feelings towards the Shield cause i love everything about and is an awesome addition to my line up. I am requesting replies to see if anyone else has had any issues with their Shields of any kind like this???
 
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My 9mm Shield just passed the 600 round mark. Zero stoppages.

I stripped and cleaned mine when I first got it, before it's first trip to the range. The book that comes with it says to clean it first before firing, if I'm not mistaken. If it doesn't, it should...
 
I have close to 1000 rounds thru my Shield 9 with the only failures being due to two bad handloaded rounds (self-inflicted failure).
 
I got my Shield 9mm when they first came out. Never counted the total round count but shoot it a lot and have never had a failure of any kind with it. I cleaned it thourally when I first brought it home. Been a great pistol.
 
I agree with the other people about cleaning and lubing a new gun.

It's one thing to clean a weapon and clean and oil the weapon...ensure the gun is clean of all the shipping oil/grease the lube it up and try again...also you didn't say what ammo you were using..although mine has shot a lot of different ammo with no issues it is important to note such things when trying to fix an issue.
 
I have the M&P 22 and FS9. Cleaned and lubed both before shooting. The 22 was packed with grease. The 9 mm was bone dry! So glad I broke em both down before shooting.
 
Ok folks, Thanks for all the replies. As of right now i do believe i have the cleanest M&P Shield on the east coast of the USA. I will tell ya though, The oil that was on the inside of the gun was as thick as i have have seen out of all the M&P's i have bought. This one makes number 6. The oil was pretty thick almost like a grease but all cleaned up and now i have an excuse to go back to the range next weekend and do some testing,,, I mean shooting. By the way the ammo i was using was Federal Champion 115gr fmj's and i shot 50 reloads i loaded for my Pro Series 9mm and that is a 124gr hard cast RN over 4.5gr of W231 powder. This recipe runs the Pro Series like a champ. I have shot 1000's. All the FTE's occurred with the Federal. Feel free to keep the comments coming.
 
I have well over 3000 rounds of federal 115 grain fmj through my shield without a single issue. The factory gunk on the gun is known to cause issues, so is over-lubing. Just a little on the rails and barrel should be fine.
 
My 9 is back at the Factory due to FTE's frequently during my first 600 Rounds ( plus other problems) and so is my friends 9 with only about 250 rounds ... Same FTE problems.
So far, for me, this Shield 9 has been the only Smith that has been a complete Turkey right out of the box.
Hoping the Factory can make it right.
 
The shell casing in my box says 04-13-2013 so mine could not have been made to awful long before that. I picked it up on Friday and fired the first 250 on Sunday. I hope this is something that is just due to my lack of cleaning it out of the box before shooting it. Its very clean and lightly lubed and ready for a other range trip next weekend. I will post results here for you guys. :cool:
 
I have a Shield 9mm.

I don't expect it to work 24/7.

The compact and full size M&P's work quite well. Something happened in the Shield line.

.
 
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I did the same thing with my new 9mm Shield as you did. I fired it without cleaning it first. And it sure says to clean it before you shoot it in the owners manual.

I had several extracting and missfeeding issues.

I then, went home, cleaned it thoroughly like it says to do in the manual. Bought some premium ammo plus some not so premium steel cased stuff.

Went to the range again, and the Shield ate everything I fed it with no problems.
 
I have over 3,200 rds. through mine as well. Not one failure.
Being an extremely high demand pistol, I have to believe that there are Shields that will be out of tolerance, or poorly inspected. It happens, doesn't matter if it's guns or cars or what have you. There are lovers and haters of the Shield, I am fortunate and love mine. I hope yours is an ammo or cleaning issue.

Bob
 
For the few having issues please report back if S&W was able to correct the extraction issue.

For the record I have shot 1, 200 rounds of Federal Champion, S&B, WWB and a few reloads with zero failures. Trust me I tried to get my Shield to fail by limp wrist to the point she just about flew out of my loose hand. No such luck. My Shield is reliable as a blood hound sniffing up a raccoon.

Russ
 
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