My 650 round Shield recoil spring assembly.
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Why would you accept a substandard part in your defensive gun or any gun? Is that something to be proud of?
Just goes to show that that even if the rear disk is bent, the RSA will continue to function properly.
It could also show that just because the rear disk is bent, it doesn't mean it's 'defective' in the truest sense of the word and it's nothing for the owner to get 'bent' out of shape over.
BTW: If anyone still has an RSA with a bent rear disk that they simply don't trust at all, they can send that worthless spring to me... Really... PM me and I'll pay the postage to send it to me.
1st class postage and a small padded envelope only costs $2. At least, that what it cost me when I did the RSA group buy.
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At 3092 rounds mine shows no bending. Although I do think it is about ready to change just from use. Yes, I do have a spare, acquired last year.
But then I have spare recoil springs for everything I shoot frequently.
But then I have spare recoil springs for everything I shoot frequently.
I didn't accept it. The long, still ongoing, saga of my attempt to get a a proper RSA from S&W can be read here: http://smith-wessonforum.com/smith-...7-shield-rsa-one-more-time.html#post138561575
In the meantime, I've discovered that a bent RSA can still function if care is taken to insert it properly.
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It'll fail the next time you shoot it.
I'm pretty sure Bob O was pokin' a little fun at this whole RSA brouhaha.
Yes I was.
I sometimes hesitate to say how well the pistol is shooting with this or that, no problems in this many rounds, etc....as I don't want to jinx myself....LOL!!!
I fly competition grade radio controlled helicopters. Over the years I've tried so many different brands of components, models, motors, etc. About 50% of the time when I made a post that I've had "100 trouble free flights", a component will fail the next day resulting in a $400.00 crash.
I sometimes hesitate to say how well the pistol is shooting with this or that, no problems in this many rounds, etc....as I don't want to jinx myself....LOL!!!
I fly competition grade radio controlled helicopters. Over the years I've tried so many different brands of components, models, motors, etc. About 50% of the time when I made a post that I've had "100 trouble free flights", a component will fail the next day resulting in a $400.00 crash.
Sounds like you got my luck! I knew you were kidding BTW.Yes I was.
I sometimes hesitate to say how well the pistol is shooting with this or that, no problems in this many rounds, etc....as I don't want to jinx myself....LOL!!!
I fly competition grade radio controlled helicopters. Over the years I've tried so many different brands of components, models, motors, etc. About 50% of the time when I made a post that I've had "100 trouble free flights", a component will fail the next day resulting in a $400.00 crash.
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I finally took my Shield to the range yesterday. 75 rounds, took it home to clean it, RSA falls apart during disassembly. My wife's has about 300 trouble free rounds through it. One thing I have noticed is hers is significantly harder to rack than mine. I just ordered SS guide rods for both. Until S&W revises that assembly I don't trust it to stay together. I'm glad I have other carry guns...
I finally took my Shield to the range yesterday. 75 rounds, took it home to clean it, RSA falls apart during disassembly. My wife's has about 300 trouble free rounds through it. One thing I have noticed is hers is significantly harder to rack than mine. I just ordered SS guide rods for both. Until S&W revises that assembly I don't trust it to stay together. I'm glad I have other carry guns...
Just did another hundred with my new Guide rod... Makes 300 total with it. Still holding together, without any bends, so I guess it's good enough.
I'm going to tuck it away and go back to my original and keep using it until it starts acting like it needs to be retired... Maybe when it reaches 8K... or 9K rounds.
I'm going to tuck it away and go back to my original and keep using it until it starts acting like it needs to be retired... Maybe when it reaches 8K... or 9K rounds.
I just took a good look at both my Shields. One has 600-plus rounds fired, the other about 100. I want to make sure the recoil springs are installed correctly before my Sunday morning trip to the range and just out of curiosity I used a pretty good micrometer to measure the thickness of the top retaining washers. Both are about 0.6mm. I wonder what this measurement is on the ones with problems? In truth, I agree with those that suspect that the assemblies are very sensitive to how they are aligned -they gotta' be centered, inline and parallel to the bottom of the slide. I'm so anal that i always put the end of the spring on the top too. No, I'm not going to perform the experiment to prove it!
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