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So today I picked up a new m&p shield. I was pretty excited too. I got 100 rounds also and went home to get my range bag and some more ammo. The drive to my outdoor range was amazing I knew it was going to need fun. I did wipe all the extra oil off before shooting. I shot 175ish rounds down range having fun with 3-10 yards for targets.
This is where the fun ended I picked up my brass and cleaned up my targets. But I figured I would take the slide off to see how dirty that factory ammo was and inspect the barrel and slide. Well I couldn't get the dang slide off. Something was hanging it up. This is my new gun come on this can't be really happening? So I figured it was user error right. No I tried every trick I knew when it comes to m&p's nothing. I finally was able to make them come apart.
What I found was the spring that makes the take down lever snap back in to place was bent off the frame. So now I got a useless carry gun.
What sould I do? Email smith & Wesson? Or find a gunsmith? If I could get the part I know I could replace it myself without any hesitation. But has anyone had this issue with there m&p? It was all factory ammo no hot loads. Just blows my mind it would do that after firing my gun.
This is where the fun ended I picked up my brass and cleaned up my targets. But I figured I would take the slide off to see how dirty that factory ammo was and inspect the barrel and slide. Well I couldn't get the dang slide off. Something was hanging it up. This is my new gun come on this can't be really happening? So I figured it was user error right. No I tried every trick I knew when it comes to m&p's nothing. I finally was able to make them come apart.
What I found was the spring that makes the take down lever snap back in to place was bent off the frame. So now I got a useless carry gun.
What sould I do? Email smith & Wesson? Or find a gunsmith? If I could get the part I know I could replace it myself without any hesitation. But has anyone had this issue with there m&p? It was all factory ammo no hot loads. Just blows my mind it would do that after firing my gun.