tipoc
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S&W should have gotten your gun right the first time. That they didn't, nor two times after that, means that they did not look closely enough at the gun.
I don't want to belabor a point but the point I making here is related to any gun in the Shield class.
I appreciate Buffalo Bore ammo and the company. They publish their stats as fired from actual guns and tell you a bit about it. Here is what they say about a standard pressure load of theirs with a 200 gr. bullet doing a healthy speed.
Note what they say about using their ammo in a Kahr PM40.
Quote:
"As per usual, Buffalo Bore utilizes real world over-the-counter firearms to develop our advertised velocity. We feel the duplicitous practice of using extra-long laboratory barrels that generate false high velocity readings is misleading to the customer as he/she will never see these velocities duplicated from real world carry guns.
1033 fps -- Custom 1911 with Nowlin barrel, 5 inch
989 fps -- Browning Hi Power, 4.6 inch barrel
967 fps -- Taurus PT 100, 4.6 inch barrel
962 fps -- Glock model 23, Gen. 2, 4 inch barrel
969 fps -- Glock model 23, Gen. 4, 4 inch barrel
961 fps -- Sig model 229, 4 inch barrel
976 fps -- Kahr model PM40, 3 inch barrel
All pistols showed good to excellent accuracy and all of them, except the tiny Kahr cycled/functioned flawlessly. Micro 40's, such as the Kahr PM40, have very little slide travel and they can be finicky cyclers. While my PM40 gave very high velocities and great accuracy, it failed to cycle reliably 100% of the time and would therefore not be a candidate for use with this load. This is not a reflection on the quality of the PM40, which is a very high quality pistol. Nor does this mean the larger Kahr pistols would not reliably cycle this load. In fact, this does not mean that your INDIVIDUAL Kahr PM40 won't cycle this ammo as ALL pistols are individuals and should be thoroughly tested with any ammo you intend to stake your life or the lives of others on."
https://www.buffalobore.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=349
The Kahr PM40 has a 3.1" barrel and weighs 15.8 oz. about three ounces less than the Shield. So in the same class of pistol.
What BB is pointing out is that guns in a certain class are prone to more rapid wear when running hot ammo.
Independent of the issues with your Shield it's always proper to mate the gun to the task and the ammo to the gun. Long term, hot loads in a small gun will invite problems.
tipoc
I don't want to belabor a point but the point I making here is related to any gun in the Shield class.
I appreciate Buffalo Bore ammo and the company. They publish their stats as fired from actual guns and tell you a bit about it. Here is what they say about a standard pressure load of theirs with a 200 gr. bullet doing a healthy speed.
Note what they say about using their ammo in a Kahr PM40.
Quote:
"As per usual, Buffalo Bore utilizes real world over-the-counter firearms to develop our advertised velocity. We feel the duplicitous practice of using extra-long laboratory barrels that generate false high velocity readings is misleading to the customer as he/she will never see these velocities duplicated from real world carry guns.
1033 fps -- Custom 1911 with Nowlin barrel, 5 inch
989 fps -- Browning Hi Power, 4.6 inch barrel
967 fps -- Taurus PT 100, 4.6 inch barrel
962 fps -- Glock model 23, Gen. 2, 4 inch barrel
969 fps -- Glock model 23, Gen. 4, 4 inch barrel
961 fps -- Sig model 229, 4 inch barrel
976 fps -- Kahr model PM40, 3 inch barrel
All pistols showed good to excellent accuracy and all of them, except the tiny Kahr cycled/functioned flawlessly. Micro 40's, such as the Kahr PM40, have very little slide travel and they can be finicky cyclers. While my PM40 gave very high velocities and great accuracy, it failed to cycle reliably 100% of the time and would therefore not be a candidate for use with this load. This is not a reflection on the quality of the PM40, which is a very high quality pistol. Nor does this mean the larger Kahr pistols would not reliably cycle this load. In fact, this does not mean that your INDIVIDUAL Kahr PM40 won't cycle this ammo as ALL pistols are individuals and should be thoroughly tested with any ammo you intend to stake your life or the lives of others on."
https://www.buffalobore.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=349
The Kahr PM40 has a 3.1" barrel and weighs 15.8 oz. about three ounces less than the Shield. So in the same class of pistol.
What BB is pointing out is that guns in a certain class are prone to more rapid wear when running hot ammo.
Independent of the issues with your Shield it's always proper to mate the gun to the task and the ammo to the gun. Long term, hot loads in a small gun will invite problems.
tipoc
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, contact S&W CS.
