shield failure to fire update.
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BuckeyeChuck
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Maybe I have expensive tastes, but my ammo of choice is CCI Blazer Brass. My guns eat it well and I'm satisfied with the cost.
BuckeyeChuck
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I'm not suggesting it's high-end stuff. But when people in this forum discuss what they shoot for practice, it never seems to get mentioned. As for something better than Blazer, this I don't know because my M&P9 has never malfunctioned on the Blazer. Therefore, there is no room for improvement with my gun.
GnarlyTwoTrack
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Actually Idk yet. I shot another box of fed champions today and they left a lot of powder on my arm. The wwb I don't remember them doing that. I haven't' had any problems yet. My shield is def not picky. brass, steel, nickel. YUM it likes it all.
100 rds of wwb today zero failures. Along with 100 federal champion. All zero failures. I agree federal does leave powder on thee arms n wrist forearm area. As for the wwb I guess the 2 previous ftf were just a bad box its no big deal now.
kris7047th
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I have been using nothing but manufacture reloads, had 2 FTF that is with about 1K. I would not consider the Shield picky at all, not when you consider how many reports with NO FTFs.
Whose reloads are you using? I buy a lot of reloads myself, so far with zero failures (knock on wood). I use factory Gold Dots for carrying, but send reloads down range most of the time. Once I get 3,000 casings I will start rolling my own.
I had a ftf on my sheild, round 20 or so.
Remington in green box, 9mm.
Hmmm...
Light strike on Primer. Reloaded that shell in middle of magazine. Ftf'd again. Threw it away.
Hundreds of rounds later, same and different brands of ammo, not one issue.
So, is it the gun, or the ammo?
I don't know, and I don't really care. Nothing man made is perfect.
Hell, nothing nature made is perfect either, now that I think of it....
Remington in green box, 9mm.
Hmmm...
Light strike on Primer. Reloaded that shell in middle of magazine. Ftf'd again. Threw it away.
Hundreds of rounds later, same and different brands of ammo, not one issue.
So, is it the gun, or the ammo?
I don't know, and I don't really care. Nothing man made is perfect.
Hell, nothing nature made is perfect either, now that I think of it....
Touche sir.....arguably the best small auto Smith has ever produced.
colwhelen1
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Shield vs small auto
All they have to beat is the Escort.
All they have to beat is the Escort.
I practice with Speer Lawman in my Taurus 740 Slim in 165gr and have yet to have not one bad round.Speer Lawman has been a very reliable and clean ammo for me.I usually order it from ammunition to go.Thinking of trying some Georgia Arms ammo for practice ammo now to save a few dollars.
A new gun will require both the shooter and the firearm to break in together. Your Shield, as with all firearms, will fire most anything if you do your job and break them in. I check our "dud" can every time I go to the range to work. I have seen a small amount of everything from every manufacturer with dented primers in that can. Most of it is LE issued loads shot out of Glocks. On the .22 side it is usually full of Remington.
bolewine
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I was at a steel match last weekend and a guy was shooting wwb through a glock and was having a real bad time with ftf . He would shoot 3-4 rounds and his glock would not fire and lock up. After beating his action open we found the round stuck in the lands and had to drive it out with a brass rod. After this happened a half dozen times they declared his gun unsafe and dq him. That's when I noticed that each round came out of the gun with the primer leading the way. Picked one up and saw that it was fired. So I asked to see one of the rounds and noticed that there was no primer hole punched in the case all the miss fired rounds were the same. So….. no wwb for me ever!
I guess I've been lucky. I usually use WWB and Federal with all of my firearms including the Shield, all bought at walmart and never had a problem. Magtech is the only other ammo I use regularly and on occation I've used the cheap Blazers. Zero FTF from my Shield or my SD9. They may be poor quality ammo but my S&W's can't tell making me one happy camper.
Edmo
US Veteran
I ran another 100 rounds of WWB through my Shield 9mm this past Monday without any glitches.
My Shield has just over 400 rounds through it without any problems.
Edmo
My Shield has just over 400 rounds through it without any problems.
Edmo
mr2r6
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Just to report I have about 900-1000 rounds of Walmart Federal and 50 rounds of Atlanta Arms through my Shield with no issues. I have about 200 rounds of wwb from walmart with 8 failures. One fail to fire and the rest ejection issues. I have no faith in the wwb ammo anymore.
