My lieutenant, a nationally ranked IPSC shooter and Glock fanatic, finally broke down and, at my urging, bought an M&P9 to shoot in Production class.
He hasn't competed with it yet but test fired it a few days ago. He has put 150 rounds through it thus far and has dry fired it another 250 times.
When I walked into the office today, he handed me the tiniest piece of metal and asked me if I could ID it. I told him I couldn't and he advised that it was the end of his firing pin!
He is a Glock and S&W armorer and said he had to strip the slide to get it out. He said the broken piece was stock in the breech face and required a punch to dislodge it.
He has spoken to the forensic firearms examiner with the NC SBI (he's a fellow IPSC shooter) who said he has seen this with a couple of M&P's and that this is caused by "excessive" dry firing. Not sure what constitutes "excessive" though. He said he heard the same thing from some friends at "Speed Shooters" and I assume he meant Speed Shooters International. Not certain though.
My Lt. has put in a call to S&W and left a mesage as well as an e-mail. He has not heard back rom them yet.
Has anyone else heard of dry firing causing premature wear of the firing pin?
He hasn't competed with it yet but test fired it a few days ago. He has put 150 rounds through it thus far and has dry fired it another 250 times.
When I walked into the office today, he handed me the tiniest piece of metal and asked me if I could ID it. I told him I couldn't and he advised that it was the end of his firing pin!
He is a Glock and S&W armorer and said he had to strip the slide to get it out. He said the broken piece was stock in the breech face and required a punch to dislodge it.
He has spoken to the forensic firearms examiner with the NC SBI (he's a fellow IPSC shooter) who said he has seen this with a couple of M&P's and that this is caused by "excessive" dry firing. Not sure what constitutes "excessive" though. He said he heard the same thing from some friends at "Speed Shooters" and I assume he meant Speed Shooters International. Not certain though.
My Lt. has put in a call to S&W and left a mesage as well as an e-mail. He has not heard back rom them yet.
Has anyone else heard of dry firing causing premature wear of the firing pin?