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    Quote Originally Posted by subzero View Post
    Isn't it the other way around? I thought early guns had a solid pin that S&W replaced on the line, as the solid pins got mushroomed by ham-fisted armorers. I seem to recall a conversation about this subject at my armorers class, but that was a few years ago.
    No. I have current production M&P's (9mm and 40) and they have a solid pin. Current 45 M&P's have a coil pin.



    Perhaps the roll pin was the replacement for the early solid pins, now they've gone back to solid pins as the newest thing?
    S&W says that they will eventually put coil roll pins in everything. For right now though, they are not.

    For me the most vexing issue for the M&P has been striker breakage. When I get home, I'll post a pic of my first gen striker that went kablammo after many thousands of dry fires (and a few thousand live fires as well). I ASSume it's a first gen striker, because I ASSume I have a first gen gun. If someone has pics of all of the generations of strikers (I saw Gen 5 on grtactical.com today!) I'd love to see them. Especially if anyone knows if/how S&W has changed the manufacturing process for that particular part. AFAIK, it started out as a MIM component without any sort of coating, but a black finish. The newest pics I've seen are either coated with a glossier finish or are made of a different material.
    Look at you scopin out my website for M&P parts! Just for that, I am going post a pic of the new GEN 5 strikers. S&W says that these are good for 70,000 dry fires!

    The other big issue I have with box-stock M&Ps is the weird bump I get when dry firing them. It takes significant effort with a new gun to hold the front sight steady. Admittedly my sample size is small (4 guns) but every one, including a NIB Pro, has a bump when the striker lets go. Not being the most savvy person in the world, I want to put it on overtravel, but I'm not 100% sure that's what's doing it. This has sorted itself out on my most used gun, so I'm fairly certain it's a gun thing and not a me thing.
    This is due to the trigger setup. Install an APEX sear and it is gone.


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    After reading subzero's post, my M&P9 is the same.

    For the longest time, I thought I was physically unable to execute a perfect trigger press because the front sight often moved. Upon further examination, my slide shifts a bit sideways on the frame when the trigger is pulled. My M&P45 does the same thing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vinh View Post
    I have a regular M&P9 purchased in January 2009. I have a solid pin, so according to Grant's post, I have the new extractor. Still have problems with WWB, which I now avoid or save for other guns. No other problems to report.

    Correct. The other variable is the chamber. Polish it and see if you still have an issue.

    If that does not help, then you most likely have a bad extractor. So I would either send it back to S&W or just buy the new APEX extractor.


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    Quote Originally Posted by C4IGrant View Post
    No. I have current production M&P's (9mm and 40) and they have a solid pin. Current 45 M&P's have a coil pin.





    S&W says that they will eventually put coil roll pins in everything. For right now though, they are not.
    Then I'm fuzzy on this issue. My 2006/2007 (Rev N, MPF-prefix) M&P 9 FS has a solid pin. If the hollow coil pin / roll pin is supposed to denote something, what is it, exactly? My gun runs fine (2 failures to extract, both with the same lot of AA&A reloaded FMJ out of 3400+ rounds, mostly WWB). However, the 3 Pros I've seen at local matches have all exhibited extraction issues. All guns (spanning from 2006/2007 to present) have the solid pin.

    The Pros seem to be more problematic than the standard guns. I know the extraction problems are predominately in the 9mm guns, and there are no .40 Pros yet (so that can skew the stats). Has anyone else witnessed this?

    (Additionally, I've been meaning to pick up a new striker. You've got the latest revision strikers on your website, but not the complete striker assemblies?)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Aray View Post
    I have a mailing label at the house to send back my wife's M&PJG for a slide release that requires far too much effort to use and my PT.com M&P for no less than 7 failures to reset the striker in the last 1k rounds. Also the tritium insert in the front sight of the PT.com gun is now gone. Sending them out next week.
    Just out of curiosity, is the slide stop spring copper (coat-hanger) colored, or is it silver with blue paint?

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    We experienced two failures-to-reset today with our PTC gun.

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    One FTE with a 9mm Pro. It has the solid pin. The FTE was with WWB ammo.

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    My gripe with the M&P I own is terrible accuracy. The gun has S/N prefix "MEP" and it's terrible off the bench. I became suspicious of it when I noted that during some LAV type bullseye work that it wasn't shooting to my shot "call" at 10 and 15 yards.

    I tested it off the bench to eliminate as many variables as possible and Eureka!...I have an M&P that shoots consistent 8 - 10" groups with several handloads and three factory loads at 25 yards. All of those loads group within 2.5 - 3" in my Glock 17s and 19s.

    Any thoughts on this issue?
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    Quote Originally Posted by jh9 View Post
    Then I'm fuzzy on this issue. My 2006/2007 (Rev N, MPF-prefix) M&P 9 FS has a solid pin. If the hollow coil pin / roll pin is supposed to denote something, what is it, exactly? My gun runs fine (2 failures to extract, both with the same lot of AA&A reloaded FMJ out of 3400+ rounds, mostly WWB). However, the 3 Pros I've seen at local matches have all exhibited extraction issues. All guns (spanning from 2006/2007 to present) have the solid pin.
    Good question. I called my LE Rep and asked him about the pins being used. It appears that S&W mights have used different pins throughout 2006-2008 depending on what they had available.

    So if your gun runs (which it sounds like it does), don't worry about it.

    The pro's you watched, are running the old extractor's and that is the problem. Remember that every gun is different. Some will have issues with the WWB ammo and others will not.

    The Pros seem to be more problematic than the standard guns. I know the extraction problems are predominately in the 9mm guns, and there are no .40 Pros yet (so that can skew the stats). Has anyone else witnessed this?
    The Pro models just means that they have different sights and sear. Nothing to do with the extractor.

    (Additionally, I've been meaning to pick up a new striker. You've got the latest revision strikers on your website, but not the complete striker assemblies?)
    We just sold out of the strikers, but have more coming and have ordered complete assemblies.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Wayne Dobbs View Post
    My gripe with the M&P I own is terrible accuracy. The gun has S/N prefix "MEP" and it's terrible off the bench. I became suspicious of it when I noted that during some LAV type bullseye work that it wasn't shooting to my shot "call" at 10 and 15 yards.

    I tested it off the bench to eliminate as many variables as possible and Eureka!...I have an M&P that shoots consistent 8 - 10" groups with several handloads and three factory loads at 25 yards. All of those loads group within 2.5 - 3" in my Glock 17s and 19s.

    Any thoughts on this issue?
    Is it a 45? A local customer had a bad barrel (horrible groups) with his 45. Sent it back and got a new barrel.

    Remembe that M&P 9mm barrels are setup for + P ammo and typically shoot the best (accuracy wise) with hotter ammo.

    I don't shoot + ammo so I switched out to a Storm Lake barrel which is geared more towards standard loads.

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