[thinkat]

Just bought a M&P 9mm yesterday and I've already have a problem. I can't seem to get the grip tool out. It won't turn with just fingers. I did get it to turn with pliers, but it still won't slide out. Am I doin something wrong or is it just tight because of newness.

 

[SilentHyena]

Just bought a M&P 9mm yesterday and I've already have a problem. I can't seem to get the grip tool out. It won't turn with just fingers. I did get it to turn with pliers, but it still won't slide out. Am I doin something wrong or is it just tight because of newness.

I had to use pliars as well.

 

[mity2]

on my MP, I could not get the tool out. it was soooo tight. I ended up taking it back to store. they used rubber coated plier. but after removing it few times, it quickly become easy to twist, and remove



Oh and did u turn full 1/4 turn? first couple of times, i was only turning 1/8 of turn..

 

[PatM&P]

mine was tight at first but i just used a little muscle on it...turn it 1/4 turn left or right and then as your pulling down on it, turn it back and forth just a little each way. continue to do this until it wiggles out. thats how i got mine out and now that ive taken it out a bunch more times its much easier

 

[thinkat]

OK Thanks guys. I finally got it out with some towel covered pliers. I was just afraid that I was gonna snap the end off the thing.

 

[Jagman]

used pliers with my .40 too. I ended up nicking the end of the butt and the magazine. Very subtle, did none the less. The problem is that there is so little to grasp for such a tight turn. My full size 9 and compact both are firm but relatively easy to turn and remove, yet firm enough to stay in place.

 

[choochboost]

This is why S&W chose to not manufacture the base of the tool out of zytel polymer like the frame. The tool is made from softer plastic. That way you'll mess up the tool before you mess up the grip. If you do mess it up fighting it with pliars, you can get a new one.

 

[enabsentia]

By the time I finally settled on a grip size, I'd taken the tool out so much (at first by trying to unscrew it rather than by the manual specified 1/4 turn) I sort of wore down the little knob that locks the rod in place enough to make the whole process a bit easier. It's still a snug fit, but doesn't require pliers.