Reassembly problem with Shield - HELP!

[Frank Brady]

LOL!! My slide slipped too and flew across the room. Fortunately, it did not hit anything other than the floor.

You guys are amateurs. I had the recoil spring from my 1911A1 bounce around the kitchen, put dents in two kitchen cabinets on opposite sides of the room, and finally break a kitchen window! You'll get no sympathy from me!

 

[RockBottom]

Are there any updates to this issue? I'm thinking about getting a Shield9 soon, but this has me a little concerned.

 

[AR-Getsome]

Are there any updates to this issue? I'm thinking about getting a Shield9 soon, but this has me a little concerned.

Nothing to worry about. One persons issue= hundreds if not thousands without issues. Don't sweat the little things. If you read about the Shield 40 Mishaps you would be asking the same question. Mine Shield 9 has been flawless since day one. There are numerous of members here who will agree that they have not had a single issue.

 

[cookiemonstor]

ditto. Had same problem with re-assembly. Reset the spring and all was good.
Thanks.

I had the same issue. The recoil spring wasn't seating correctly.
It was sitting just outside the groove and catching just enough that when I was trying to slide everything back, the recoil rod was sticking out a bit further than the barrel.

 

[haywood]

I hate to say anything for fear of jinxing myself but, I've been pretty lucky with assembly and disassembly of my Shield 9. The recoil spring is heavy for my 70 year old beat up hands. I installed the wing on my slide. It makes operating the slide a lot easier.

 

[Shield 9 WV]

I had the same issue. The recoil spring wasn't seating correctly.
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THIS ^^^

I had that problem also and it's maddening. The recoil spring is just a hair off to the right or left. Once you align it the first time it will be easy to fix the next time around.

 

[Shield 9 WV]

Are there any updates to this issue? I'm thinking about getting a Shield9 soon, but this has me a little concerned.

No worries. This is a simple re-assembly alignment issue.

I have the Shield9 v1 and two Shield 9 Plus. Zero issues.

 

[HEADKNOCKER]

I'm Super Glad that this 9 year old thread helped the cookiemonstor out

Welcome to the Forum @cookiemonstor

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[haywood]

The thread may be old but, I just inherited my Shield 9 this Winter and got good info from it.