SW40V Snapped Firing Pin

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Well let's start another thread for S&W warranty...

Dry fired for a field strip before going to the range and the firing pin snapped in half, was a sad Sunday. I'm the 3rd owner and who knows how the previous owners kept and maintained this gun but from what I've been reading it's an old issue and I actually have a 16 year old gun purchased in 97. If anything it held up pretty good for thousands of rounds and many years. S&W gave me the go ahead, got the shipping label and am sending it in today. The FedEx lady was real nice about it, knew it was a gun return and so far seems a little too easy I'm hoping for upgraded parts and will take pictures of the repairs made. From what I've read on here they're gonna send me a work of art and hopefully I have many more years trusting my gun and S&W.

 

[airman]

Good luck. You did right in sending it in.
I have reservations about dry firing without a dummy round in the chamber. The firing pin hits with a resonating shock that sometime will crack or break it. I'm convinced enough to always have a dummy round in there.

 

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I agree now. I'm gonna go pick up some snap caps from Academy when I get it back!

 

[SMSgt]

One thing's for sure--a snapcap isn't going to break anything.

 

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Got my old V back this morning. Took 3 weeks but I can't complain for a free fix. Loaded some caps in it and it's working flawlessly. Another A+ in my book for S&W warranty, especially for it being a 16 year old gun!