Shield issue. Am I being too picky??

All retardation aside...

Yes it would bug the **** out of me. You bought an expensive and supposedly precisely engineered machined product and the engraving is crooked. In fact it is WAY crooked.

To me it's no different that buying a car with a run in the paint or a house where something structural wasn't built "quite" right.

Expensive for the one at fault to correct. Yes. Your problem? No... it should be corrected.
 
Tool, toy, junk, museum piece, doesn't matter if it bugs you send it back. The OP didn't spend his hard earned greenbacks to get something half assed. Doesn't matter if it as major as a cracked slide, or crooked lettering, it should be right, period. For the record I'd send it back.
 
mlapaglia said:
I have something on my Shield that really irks me. It shoots great, feels great, has a fantastic trigger and I love it but.....

The wording on the right side "Caution capable of firing with magazine removed" is not straight. The statement is engraved at a slight angle. Ok I admit to minor OCD. This bothers me but I dont know if I should just let it go or send it in for a slide replacement.

What would you do?



FYI, My CCW was issued today and if I send it in I do have a M&P 9C I can use while its gone.

I tried to insert the photo and Im doing somethign wrong. Its also here
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I also think the word "Removed" is a brighter white than the rest.
 
That's way past OCD.....I wish I had the time to worry about such trivialities in my life, you should have caught that in your "OCD precheck"
You do realize that if you actually do send that slide back you may get one that actually has something WRONG with it!

Where will it end? How much of someone elses time will you waste for something as silly as this? If OCD is a mental health disease, why don't you get some help instead of doing **** like this.

Lay fault where it lies....YOU", your the one that accepted that pistol the way it is, my guess is if it cost you $85.00 to ship it back on your dime you would somehow find a way to live with this gross unacceptable glaring mistake. Sheesh
 
What the said:
That's way past OCD.....I wish I had the time to worry about such trivialities in my life, you should have caught that in your "OCD precheck"
You do realize that if you actually do send that slide back you may get one that actually has something WRONG with it!

Where will it end? How much of someone elses time will you waste for something as silly as this? If OCD is a mental health disease, why don't you get some help instead of doing **** like this.

Lay fault where it lies....YOU", your the one that accepted that pistol the way it is, my guess is if it cost you $85.00 to ship it back on your dime you would somehow find a way to live with this gross unacceptable glaring mistake. Sheesh
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OCD aside. It should have been caught during the QA check by S&W. Same as my breech face that had not been milled correctly. Right or wrong, my guess is that they were passing marginal stuff in order to get enough volume out there in the retail space.
 
If I look close enough at my FS 9mm slide, the last letter in the entire warning (the D) is closer to the bottom of the slide than the first (the C). Thanks for pointing it out, off to the garbage can it goes.


;) Really though, just shoot it and don't worry about it. Sometimes I have OCD about certain things but this is a gun that is more of a tool than anything else since it is meant to be carried for self defense. Now if it was a full on custom, one of a kind gun, I might be irked enough to get it fixed since I paid for crooked wording.

If it bothers you enough, call S&W and see what they say. IMO, shoot it and forget about it or blacken it out somehow.
 
mlapaglia said:
I have something on my Shield that really irks me. It shoots great, feels great, has a fantastic trigger and I love it but.....

The wording on the right side "Caution capable of firing with magazine removed" is not straight. The statement is engraved at a slight angle. Ok I admit to minor OCD. This bothers me but I dont know if I should just let it go or send it in for a slide replacement.

What would you do?



FYI, My CCW was issued today and if I send it in I do have a M&P 9C I can use while its gone.

I tried to insert the photo and Im doing somethign wrong. Its also here
Click to expand...
Well, if you have to ask .. then I think that you already know the answer ;)
 
Don't worry bro. There's help. OCD is a treatable disorder. It just takes time and alot of effort.
 
Leaning Tower of Pisa

mlapaglia said:
I have something on my Shield that really irks me. It shoots great, feels great, has a fantastic trigger and I love it but.....

The wording on the right side "Caution capable of firing with magazine removed" is not straight. The statement is engraved at a slight angle. Ok I admit to minor OCD. This bothers me but I dont know if I should just let it go or send it in for a slide replacement.

What would you do?



FYI, My CCW was issued today and if I send it in I do have a M&P 9C I can use while its gone.

I tried to insert the photo and Im doing somethign wrong. Its also here
Click to expand...


Mine is not exact either but I can live with it. You have the Leaning Tower of Pisa. I would send the slide back in 6 months when production slows down unless you are ok living without a gun for a month.

Russ
 
mlapaglia said:
.................... Ok I admit to minor OCD. This bothers me but I dont know if I should just let it go or send it in for a slide replacement. .............
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Did you look the pistola over carefully before you paid for it????
 
Send it in my OCD would make me loose sleep at night. naw I'm kidding but I would send it in. My 1911 e I will have for the rest of my life and it has to be perfect anything scratched or damaged better find from me not factory just saying
 
Your money, your concern. I would send it back without hesitation. Will they cross ship a slide so you do not have any down time??
 
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