Ez-9 broke easily. But will it still fire?

dondoo1315 · Jun 12, 2021

So 2019 Christmas I got a smith and Wesson ez 9 and was shooting some self defensive ammo threw it and this happened. (see pictures below). I Called the smith and Wesson number tried to get parts ordered for it on three separate occasions. all three times they sent me the wrong part finally after waiting probably 3 months I called again and asked for the same part as before and this time some one more knowledgeable answered and they said that "smith and Wesson couldn't ship that part and that it had to be factory installed" I explained that you could buy the same part for the 380 ez online but they said for the 9mm it was different. The lead time is 6 months… lol so I bit and asked for them to send me the shipping label via email. I never received the email I've spent over a year trying to fix it and just want to shoot it what are the odds it will still work with out a catastrophic failure input welcome.

titsonritz · Jun 12, 2021

That extractor is on its last leg. Only a matter of time before that thing complate toast. They should ditch that chamber loaded indicator and beef it up.

dondoo1315 · Jun 12, 2021

titsonritz said:
That extractor is on its last leg. Only a matter of time before that thing complate toast. They should ditch that chamber loaded indicator and beef it up.

It's actually the firing pin housing that's toast. The extractor is one of the brand new pieces they sent me I installed it.

Certaindeaf · Jun 15, 2021

dondoo1315 said:
It's actually the firing pin housing that's toast. The extractor is one of the brand new pieces they sent me I installed it.

Never really looked at one of those.. it looks like a breech block?

dondoo1315 · Jun 15, 2021

Certaindeaf said:
Never really looked at one of those.. it looks like a breech block

I think your right but smith and Wesson calls it a slide insert/ firing pin housing

TTSX · Jun 15, 2021

That's the second odd failure I've seen in a modern Smith pistol. First was one posted here where the barrel wasn't heat treated, possibly at all, and mushed itself banging on the slide. That was a shield.