Got my M&P 9mm Thursday and took it to the range tonight. Figured 400 rounds was a good nights break in. Here is how it went. This is from someone who loves 1911s and has been carrying a HK P2000 for the last year as a CCW gun. I shot this gun much better than the HK, I liked it from the 1st shot. Had a couple of problems though, which is more than I have had with the HK. Had two complete failures to extract. The empty was just left in the chamber, closing the slide a second time pulled it out with no problem. Other problem is one of the two mags seems to have a week spring. If you loaded 12 rounds or less things were fine. If you loaded it up with more the rounds would rattle insided indicating that they didn't line up properly. Two time the mag had 2 rounds wedged together stopping feeding. Loved the gun but not sure it will replace the HK yet to bet my life one since the HK has never had a failure in 16 months and 3400 rounds.
1st trip to the range-2nd trip
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300 of the 400 rounds were WWB, seems like everyone that has posted a failure to extract was with these rounds. The last 100 were Remington UMC 115 HPs, no problems with those. I was amazed at the amount of brass shavings inside the mags when I took them apart today to clean and check for differences.
m4arc said:
I'm not considering the ammo at this point. I've literally shot tens of thousands of WWB rounds through my Glocks without a single issue so I don't see why I would suddenly start having a problem with it in my M&P.[/quote]I have too and really don't think it is the ammo, but it seems to be a common link of the people posting with failures to extract. I have a call into S&W, will see wha they say when they call back.
UPSguy said:
I'm not considering the ammo at this point. I've literally shot tens of thousands of WWB rounds through my Glocks without a single issue so I don't see why I would suddenly start having a problem with it in my M&P.[/quote]I have too and really don't think it is the ammo, but it seems to be a common link of the people posting with failures to extract. I have a call into S&W, will see wha they say when they call back.[/quote]
Please keep me posted.
Compact problems....
My MP40 full sized has never had any kind of failure. My newish MP9 compact has had a few issues. I put about 200 rounds through it previously at the range and had 2 failure to feeds. The slide was locked back with the last round still in the magazine both times.
Sunday, 1/7/7 at the range I put about 200 more rounds through it and had 2 failure to feeds but this time the round was caught at the feed throat going into the feed ramp (hope I'm saying this right). Both rounds that failed to feed had crimped casings. The casings were pushed up a little exposing a rough edge. The ammo was WWB that I always use in both my guns at the range.
Is this a problem I should address with S & W or do you think it will disappear as the gun is broken in? Picture of crimped casings below.
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My MP40 full sized has never had any kind of failure. My newish MP9 compact has had a few issues. I put about 200 rounds through it previously at the range and had 2 failure to feeds. The slide was locked back with the last round still in the magazine both times.
Sunday, 1/7/7 at the range I put about 200 more rounds through it and had 2 failure to feeds but this time the round was caught at the feed throat going into the feed ramp (hope I'm saying this right). Both rounds that failed to feed had crimped casings. The casings were pushed up a little exposing a rough edge. The ammo was WWB that I always use in both my guns at the range.
Is this a problem I should address with S & W or do you think it will disappear as the gun is broken in? Picture of crimped casings below.
Well took the M&P to the range tonight for its 2nd session. Shot 200 rounds of WWB, 100 rounds of Blazer Brass 115 FMJ and 100 rounds of Remington UMC 115 HP. I love the way this gun shoots and feels, BUT!!!!! I had 3 more FTEs with the WWB and one with the Blazer Brass. There were no other malfuntions of any kind in the 800 rounds total through this weapon. I took my wife shooting, it has been a long time since our schedules have worked out to go shooting together. She did very well for how long it has been since she shot last and she did much better with this than our HK. BUTT!!!!!!! I still cannot trust this weapon completely yet.
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