Range Report - 40 Shield

[jknapp]

Got my Shield a few days ago finally got to a range to try it out. Liked the feel wants i got used to it. Those first few shots felt like it was trying to jump out of my hand. Was able to keep pretty good groups at 7 Ft. I did have a few concerns though. I used 3 types of ammo. Federal PPU and Winchester. I did the Winchester first and had 6 FTF or FTE issues. These are the target 180gr. The PPU was flawless it was 180gr HP. I did 50 rounds of the PPU and Winchester. The federal was 165gr but i only did 2 mag's worth of that. Has anyone had similar experiences with the Winchester white boxes not ejecting or feeding correctly. Happened more with the 7rd mag then the 6 round mag. but both had issues but only with the Winchester ammo. 3 of them where in the first mag i tried which was the 7 rd. and then the other 3 were split between the 6 and 7 rd. mags. All 6 occurred with in the first 50 rounds.

I also noticed what i thought was odd strikes on the primers. It occurred on all 3 times of ammo i have attached pictures to show everyone whats happening. Has anyone noticed this is this normal strike marks for the shield or do i need to contact smith? I would check the brass that came with it but im at work at the moment. Just stopped by the range on my lunch break.

The strikes are most visible on the federal ammo in the pictures mostly because of the color in the primer, but it occurred on every round i checked.

 

[hkmiller]

Normal primer strikes with this gun.

Never had an issue with the Winchester white box target.

I have put many rounds thru this gun. It is sweet. I mainly use the Winchester white box and UMC.

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[modraker]

My Shield 40 has be flawless through 400 rounds. I've used only Speer Lawman 165 gr though. The keyhole looking primer strike is reminiscent of my Glock 23 strikes. It may have to do with the shape of the striker pin opening in the breech face.

 

[robkarrob]

I have seen more reports of ammo issues with white box, than any other brand of ammo, however some brands/models of guns have more issues than others. I try to avoid it.

The primer marks are not necessarily "normal", but it is not going to cause a operation problem. My Shield 40 does not have this primer issue or any FTF/FTE problems. The primer marks are called many things, primer smear, primer/firing pin swipe, etc. It is caused by the firing pin/striker still sticking out into the primer, as the slide starts to recoil, and the chamber drops. Could be the striker is hanging a little, instead of returning back into the striker bore, and or the striker spring is a little weak. A stronger striker return spring would push the striker back sooner, and the smear markings would likely be gone.

Several things can cause this:

Striker dragging on the striker blocker.

Weak striker return spring.

Debris in the striker bore.

High powered ammo causing very fast recoil (not likely with the ammo you were using).


But as I said it should not cause any operation issues.


Bob

 

[SmurfHunter]

Seems a lot of people are having issues with wwb

 

[jknapp]

Seems a lot of people are having issues with wwb

At least i'm not the only one having the issues with the white boxes. I'm going to take it out again next week to the range and put some more through it. Got some PDX1 and Critical Defense to try see if that runs through it without issue.

 

[SmurfHunter]

At least i'm not the only one having the issues with the white boxes. I'm going to take it out again next week to the range and put some more through it. Got some PDX1 and Critical Defense to try see if that runs through it without issue.

I've had zero issues with pdx1 165grn

 

[Soldiernurse]

WWB never an issue for my Shield40.