I hate that this is my first post but with this being the M&P Forum, I felt it necessary to let my first experience with my new M&P be known here. I purchased the gun of my dreams last weekend and until yesterday I had only been able to look at it, clean it, and imagine what shooting it would be like. Well, I got to finally see what I had paid my hard earned money for and I was outright disgusted.
I bought the M&P .40 with 2 15 rd mags, Trijicon NS, internal safety and mag disconnect and got the chance to shoot it yesterday. I bought 150 rds of 180 gr WWB (I planned on carrying 180 gr Rangers) and was expecting a great afternoon of shooting with a Sig 229 buddy of mine. It turned into the most frustrating range trip I've ever had.
Of the 135 rds I fired (apprx 9 mags), I had 7 mags with at least one, most of them 2-3, failure to feeds. I would get 3 shots off with ~ 2 seconds between each shot and the slide would lock open. After the second time, I thought tapping the mags to settle the cartridges would do the trick. Wrong again. From the 3rd mag on, every mag was an FTF or multiple FTF. I tried 10 in the mag, 12, 15, all resulted in the same frustration. I've fired thousands of WWB without a FTF so the ammo (in my mind) is not the culprit. I called S&W and spoke with a CSR who said she would be sending me a return slip with instructions to ship it back. I'm sure S&W will fix it, but a brand new gun is not supposed to malfunction like that. Maybe it's a simple fix or I got a lemon. Either way, I hope it's an anomaly and I have my gun back with peace of mind. If not, S&W sends me a new 1911 or I get my money back. I won't own a gun that I can't depend on to protect me or my family when the SHTF. Period.
One other thing that puzzled me was this: If I "slammed" the mag into the mag well, the slide would release and load a round into the chamber. Has anyone else experienced this? I say "slammed" because I could insert it and the slide stayed open but if I inserted it with force or "slammed" it home, it chambered a round. :?:
Any ideas, comments, feedback? TIA...
Brad
I bought the M&P .40 with 2 15 rd mags, Trijicon NS, internal safety and mag disconnect and got the chance to shoot it yesterday. I bought 150 rds of 180 gr WWB (I planned on carrying 180 gr Rangers) and was expecting a great afternoon of shooting with a Sig 229 buddy of mine. It turned into the most frustrating range trip I've ever had.
Of the 135 rds I fired (apprx 9 mags), I had 7 mags with at least one, most of them 2-3, failure to feeds. I would get 3 shots off with ~ 2 seconds between each shot and the slide would lock open. After the second time, I thought tapping the mags to settle the cartridges would do the trick. Wrong again. From the 3rd mag on, every mag was an FTF or multiple FTF. I tried 10 in the mag, 12, 15, all resulted in the same frustration. I've fired thousands of WWB without a FTF so the ammo (in my mind) is not the culprit. I called S&W and spoke with a CSR who said she would be sending me a return slip with instructions to ship it back. I'm sure S&W will fix it, but a brand new gun is not supposed to malfunction like that. Maybe it's a simple fix or I got a lemon. Either way, I hope it's an anomaly and I have my gun back with peace of mind. If not, S&W sends me a new 1911 or I get my money back. I won't own a gun that I can't depend on to protect me or my family when the SHTF. Period.

One other thing that puzzled me was this: If I "slammed" the mag into the mag well, the slide would release and load a round into the chamber. Has anyone else experienced this? I say "slammed" because I could insert it and the slide stayed open but if I inserted it with force or "slammed" it home, it chambered a round. :?:
Any ideas, comments, feedback? TIA...
Brad