sbmike
Ultimate Member
After searching all over the place for many months, finally finding one and then waiting for the MSP "not disapproved" blessing, I finally picked up my .40 S&W Shield a couple of days ago. I cleaned it up and went out to the range today. I was a little concerned that a pistol that small would be very snappy and hard to control in the .40 configuration but was very pleasantly surprised at how civilized it was, at least in my hand.
But then about half way through the first box of ammo (AE 180 gr) it wouldn't return to battery. I tried to eject the unfired round in the chamber but could not pull back the slide. I then inspected what I could see on the outside of the pistol and noticed the slide end cap had slipped down about 1/64" thus not allowing the slide to return to battery and also not allowing the slide to be pulled back. A gentle nudge on the end cap to get it back where it belonged got the slide into battery and I was able to fire it again.
All went well for a couple of magazines, but then it happened again. Since I knew what it was, I just pushed the end cap back into place and then just started checking the end cap after very shot.
Out of two boxes of ammo I fired through it, the miscue occurred several times. When I got home, I called S&W customer support and the guy was very sympathetic because he said I was going to have to ship it back to them for warranty repair and he guessed that I had probably waited a long time to get it.
So after having this gun in my possession for a whopping four days, it will be back out of my possession for another 3-4 weeks. Well, it is Monday so I guess I shouldn't feel too bad...
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But then about half way through the first box of ammo (AE 180 gr) it wouldn't return to battery. I tried to eject the unfired round in the chamber but could not pull back the slide. I then inspected what I could see on the outside of the pistol and noticed the slide end cap had slipped down about 1/64" thus not allowing the slide to return to battery and also not allowing the slide to be pulled back. A gentle nudge on the end cap to get it back where it belonged got the slide into battery and I was able to fire it again.
All went well for a couple of magazines, but then it happened again. Since I knew what it was, I just pushed the end cap back into place and then just started checking the end cap after very shot.
Out of two boxes of ammo I fired through it, the miscue occurred several times. When I got home, I called S&W customer support and the guy was very sympathetic because he said I was going to have to ship it back to them for warranty repair and he guessed that I had probably waited a long time to get it.
So after having this gun in my possession for a whopping four days, it will be back out of my possession for another 3-4 weeks. Well, it is Monday so I guess I shouldn't feel too bad...
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