Shield issue. Am I being too picky??

I'm with the OP. Crooked warnings would bug the heck out of me. No excuse for it from Smith and Wesson. OCD? Maybe. But I also like dry firing, polishing, and generally admiring my firearms, not to mention showing them off.

If it were me I'd be torn. Want to be without your shield for a month? At the start of the summer? I'd probably shoot it a bunch then send it in. On the other hand, if you keep it long enough, it will eventually stop bugging you.

If crooked lettering is your worst problem of the day, overall, it really hasn't been a bad day.

I know, I'm no help.
 
It's obviously out of tolerance and just another example of poor craftsmanship. Problem is Smith won't fix that, they will say it's cosmetic.

But I am a man of empathy, and I want to help you. I hate to see people suffer. I'll take it off your hands for $300, and you can use the funds to buy a new, perfect Shield....whenever they become available.

Truthfully - that's a bit picky, but I know how OCD gun owners can be. but be happy that you have one - all my LGS's get get or keep one in stock, and SW is not giving any delivery dates. And I want one.
 
markush said:
Just to make the OP feel better...I won't buy a Shield until they make one with the magazine lock, which I would then disable, Just so the slide doesn't have any of that dumb@$# writing on it...straight or not!

I'm sorry but I don't think something this stupid should be stamped onto a gun..."Caution this gun might fire if you pull the trigger" No @^#& Sherlock!!
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I was thinking the same thing when I first saw it. These M&Ps are nice guns dont understand why they feel the need to dumb them down and clutter them up with bs.
 
isaidme1 said:
I was thinking the same thing when I first saw it. These M&Ps are nice guns dont understand why they feel the need to dumb them down and clutter them up with bs.
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PC run a muck that's all it is pure and simple.
 
isaidme1 said:
I was thinking the same thing when I first saw it. These M&Ps are nice guns dont understand why they feel the need to dumb them down and clutter them up with bs.
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I'm willing to bet that it's not there for civilians. It's an easy way to see if the gun in the holster of someone in LE is of the correct type required by the department weather it be for the armorer or the department heads.

Then there is the fact that nobody could say they thought it was a magazine disconnect model since it's clearly printed on the slide. Then you have the states that require the magazine disconnect so if you see the label, you know it dosn't have that silly contraption. Not all manufactures will make different models with and without certain safety features and to be honest, it sticks out a lot less than other manufacture warnings.

ETA: The lettering is also there for states that require a mag disconnect.
 
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Pef said:
It's obviously out of tolerance and just another example of poor craftsmanship. Problem is Smith won't fix that, they will say it's cosmetic.

But I am a man of empathy, and I want to help you. I hate to see people suffer. I'll take it off your hands for $300, and you can use the funds to buy a new, perfect Shield....whenever they become available.

Truthfully - that's a bit picky, but I know how OCD gun owners can be. but be happy that you have one - all my LGS's get get or keep one in stock, and SW is not giving any delivery dates. And I want one.
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Pef,
I appreciate your compassion and offer but I could not sleep at night if I cheated you like that. I just can't sell a weapon that is not 100%. I'll just have to hang on to it and decide if I want to send it back later. Right now with a brand new CCW permit I will stick to carrying it with no one knowing about the error. This way I can hide my shame.

-Michael
 
Lettering issue on M&P Shield

There is nothing wrong with being OCD and wanting everything perfect. I did check my M&P 40 and my wife's 9mm shield and the lettering is perfectly straight and that is the truth. We just recently bought them. Hope this helps.
 
glockdog 19 said:
There is nothing wrong with being OCD and wanting everything perfect. I did check my M&P 40 and my wife's 9mm shield and the lettering is perfectly straight and that is the truth. We just recently bought them. Hope this helps.
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Thank you, its does help. I have decided to wait until I get my 40 Shield and then send the 9mm in to have it fixed. Thanks to almost everyone for either calm or funny remarks. They were all enjoyable.
 
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Everybody has a bad day once in a while :D....

I think I'd just find a Sharpie and clean it up, but it's your choice.

Now, consider that the Shield is about a $500 gun, give or take. I have a Para CCO, which is more like $900 in the configuration I have, with "Ft. Lauderdale FL" on the frame, out near the muzzle.

No problem with that, except that it looks like it was done with a dot-matrix printer!

(They were made in Canada at the time, but apparently shipped to FL for assembly or some such.)

And, I'm not the only one to report this....

(The CCO is a single stack .45ACP LDA gun, with a 3.5" barrel. Mine's stainless, with night sights. AFAIK, the latter were NOT standard when this gun was made. I wonder if the original owner rejected it because of the printing :D.... NIB, btw, otherwise.)

Somewhat seriously, I'd ignore it.... Who knows, it could become a collectable....

(I once bought a brand new 1973 Rambler Ambassador. Decent enough car if you could stand the brand name. On the way to the office, the headlight switch knob came off in my hand. Then, one of my buddies decided he had to play with the reclining seats. Turns out that there were three ways to install the seat back, and two were wrong. Fifteen minute fix, not counting driving back to the dealer's with the driver's seatback held up by the seatbelt.... My third and last Rambler, btw. Not really all that bad, and I'd had good luck with the prior two, but $200 more would have bought me the equivalent Ford and a lot fewer problems. The next car was a Ford :D.)

It is, IMHO, pretty stupid to put that warning on the slide, but lawyers seem to run the world. Along with Harvard MBA's. Neither species having the slightest idea of what the marketplace looks like, and both planning on being someplace else when it's noticed....

Regards,
 
baccusboy said:
I believe it is just painted on. Get it blasted and coated in titanium like the guy in that other thread did! His Shield now has no wording like that, and it looks awesome!

http://smith-wessonforum.com/smith-...pex-trigger-tfo-night-sights-kg-gun-kote.html
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It is lasered in. I called Smith today about it and it's not a problem to fix. I was told to send it in when I was ready and they would replace the slide. The customer rep understood and said he would have had it fixed if it was his.

I read that other thread and To be honest $30.00 to have it coated in a FDE color is tempting. Then it would be the reverse of my 9FS from Cabela's. It's a FDE lower factory job with a black slide.
 
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blkpitbull said:
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.
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I agree.

That looks awful and would annoy me too.
 
I have a friend who hates buying a new truck because he knows it is going to get a dent. OUCH! He once was so worked up about it that he took a hammer and hit the inside of the bed to make a huge dent. At least he had the satisfaction of knowing he was in control. lol Just a way to take the pressure off for him so he could relax and enjoy his new toy. Not me~ but each to his own I suppose.
 
Agree with the OP.

That's BS.
That's why they have a quality control department. Never should have left the factory like that.

Very cool they're standing behind the product and replacing it.
 
Just have it engraved.
You could have a gold inlay done on that side. A loooooooong python should do it. A Zombie and a bear on the other side, and you'll be set.
:D

I hope this helps.
 
If I had one that felt good worked good shot to POA and was reliable, I would have a hard time giving that up. My luck is not good enough for a replacement slide to give the same thing.

Is the lettering raised or stamped into the slide. From the pics of the coated gun above, it looks like the writing is silk screened onto the slide. If that is the case, it will come off.

You answered your own question when you posted the thread.

Good luck with what ever you do.
 
Ltlbear said:
If I had one that felt good worked good shot to POA and was reliable, I would have a hard time giving that up. My luck is not good enough for a replacement slide to give the same thing.

Is the lettering raised or stamped into the slide. From the pics of the coated gun above, it looks like the writing is silk screened onto the slide. If that is the case, it will come off.

You answered your own question when you posted the thread.

Good luck with what ever you do.
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It's lasered into the slide.
 
So, you have a gun that "shoots great, feels great, and has a fantastic trigger" and you're going to risk swapping parts and affecting performance because you don't like the angle at which a warning is printed on the slide?
 
Aahzz said:
So, you have a gun that "shoots great, feels great, and has a fantastic trigger" and you're going to risk swapping parts and affecting performance because you don't like the angle at which a warning is printed on the slide?
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Yes, I never said I was logical. The only thing I risk is the " shoots great" part. I am sure that if needed it can be fixed.
 
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