M&P9 Shield breech face...

[tgmorris99]

I picked up a Shield the other day and did a light clean/oil before heading out to ECPR earlier today. For the size it's definitely much nicer to shoot than my LC9.

Anyway, after cleaning it up when I got home I noticed the breech face isn't as finished as the other M&P9's that I have so I'll probably call S&W about it. Just wondering if anybody else has seen this on theirs. It shouldn't impact the way the gun works but it still doesn't seem right.

The way it looks I would guess it was probably a problem with the original blank that was used prior to milling.

 

[MikeDVB]

Do you have any pictures of your others for comparison? I don't have any S&Ws to look at myself.

 

[tgmorris99]

Do you have any pictures of your others for comparison? I don't have any S&Ws to look at myself.

Here's the breech face of my M&P9 4.25" Pro. No evidence of anything that hasn't been milled.

When cleaning the Shield I initially thought it was just carbon buildup but close inspection with a decent light showed that wasn't the case.

 

[Dog1]

Does it work? Is it reliable? If so, I would not mess with it.

If you shoot it enough, you will put wear on it anyway.

 

[HICKMAN]

I'm not seeing the issue?

 

[tgmorris99]

I'm not seeing the issue?

There's an area opposite the extractor that looks like it didn't get milled due to being deeper than the face profile.

Everything works fine. I was more interested if this is typical of the first batch of the Shield in order to get as many out as possible vs. 100% QC. The test fire date on the cartridge was January, 2012 so I'm guessing they were passing just about everything to get inventory built up.

 

[Roadie]

 

[HICKMAN]

There's an area opposite the extractor that looks like it didn't get milled due to being deeper than the face profile.

Everything works fine. I was more interested if this is typical of the first batch of the Shield in order to get as many out as possible vs. 100% QC. The test fire date on the cartridge was January, 2012 so I'm guessing they were passing just about everything to get inventory built up.

gotcha, this will be my first m&p, so not real familiar with it yet.