New Shield Concerns

[Wishoot]

Just took delivery of a new Shield this morning. I inspected it and found that the gun was very clean. I mean extremely clean. There wasn't a hint of factory grease or gunk on it at all. It was bone dry.

Additionally, I received two 7 round mags and my understanding is that it's supposed to come with one 7 and one 8.

Anyone else have their NIB Shield come like this?

Thanks for your help!!

 

[ivanwi11iams]

Nope. Sounds like it may have been used.

 

[sgmann69]

Just call S&W. I saw a post where a member here had the same issue. They sent him another magazine. I think he didn't have to send the other one back. I read this post awhile ago, so I don't recall the exact details. You could also try bringing it back where you bought it, unless you ordered it online.

 

[Wishoot]

Thanks guys. I purchased it from a local FFL who just runs his business out of his home.

 

[ivanwi11iams]

Did the packaging seem to be 'sealed'? A blue & white cardboard box and then the gun on a plastic packaging?

 

[PHolster]

I don't recall a lot of grease on mine either, I don't think that is an issue.

 

[Florida J Frame]

Mine was very clean out of the box.

 

[IntenseImage]

Mine was bone dry

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[Bozz10mm]

Mine seemed clean out of the box and came with a 7 round and 8 round mag. Of course, I did field strip and clean and lube it before I shot it.

 

[Wassup8687]

Mine has the 7 and 8 round mags. It also definitely need to be cleaned as it had an oily film.

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[STRONGNUFF]

Both of mine were heavily coated in oil.

 

[teudd]

My Shield was clean also, but came with the right mags, a 7 and an 8-round. I had expected grease, but there was none. Bought it as new from a dealer on Gunbroker.

VERY stiff to start, so I don't think it had been used. Loosening up a little now. I was surprised at no grease or heavy oil though.

 

[mjlabs]

same with mine.....when mine was picked up it had almost zero grease and had some oil on the barrel but that was about it, came with a 7 and 8 rd mag.

 

[Roger S&W]

same with mine.....when mine was picked up it had almost zero grease and had some oil on the barrel but that was about it, came with a 7 and 8 rd mag.

Same here.

 

[Hamster65]

I just picked up a 9mm Shield today. Blue & white box, blue plastic, 1 7rnd and 1 8rnd mag, chamber flag, cable lock, spent shell in a sealed envelope and all of the paperwork. I didn't find anything I would call "grease" but, it does have a light coating of oil on all of the moving parts.

 

[Wishoot]

Thanks everyone. I'm probably worried over nothing. I contacted S&W yesterday about the mags and hopefully they'll work with me on that issue.

I plan on shooting the gun tomorrow. I'll start worrying if I have any problems then.

 

[Wishoot]

Well, turns out it's a shooter, so I was worried over nothing.

I shot around 150 mixed rounds of Freedom Munitions and S&B 124gr FMJ's and around 50 rounds of 124gr Gold Dots. Functioned perfectly without a hiccup. This thing is SO much more enjoyable to shoot than my LC9. There's really no comparison. I was getting very good center-mass shots at around 30 ft. I could barely hit paper at 7 yards with the LC9.

The trigger is a bit gritty though. Hope that there's an easy, free solution to that. Maybe just more shooting will smoothen it out.

Contacted S&W and they have no problem swapping one of my 7 round mags for an 8.

All-in-all, it appears to be a winner.

 

[bmb96mus]

Just picked up my 40 today. Very oily and agree my trigger is gritty as well. Hope it smoothes out. Id say my old 40c trigger is nicer so far.

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[Bozz10mm]

My trigger wasn't/isn't gritty, but it did have a heavy 7.5 lb pull. Fixed that with an Apex hard steel sear. It's down to 5 lbs now.

If you want to fix the gritty trigger, you will probably need to replace the striker block with an Apex USB. I didn't want to fight removing the rear sight, so I just went with the stand alone sear to reduce the trigger pull.

 

[CatSnipah]

same with mine.....when mine was picked up it had almost zero grease and had some oil on the barrel but that was about it, came with a 7 and 8 rd mag.

Same dealio with mine, as well.