M&P 45 problems, smith customers - Page 2

TunnelRat · March 14, 2013, 08:41 PM

Interesting point. Are you a resident of MA? If you are, I doubt S&W could send it back to you with a trigger lighter than 10 lbs as that is what is mandated to sell in that state.

expendable · March 15, 2013, 09:31 AM

GDHP,

To your magazine issue, I had a M&P 45 compact that had a mag doing the same thing as yours.
I thought it was just gunked up inside so took it apart to clean it and found that the spring was kinked, called S&W and they sent out a new spring and follower.

Kurt

gdhp · March 16, 2013, 11:41 AM

I am not a MA resident, but thanks for the info. Sounds like that is the problem. How does S&W control where the guns go??? I have not had good experience so far with them, and this is crappy service. Seems like they should have figured that out when sending it back to me. Anyone own a factory m&p 45 full size with a 6.5 lb trigger (actually measured)???

STW · March 17, 2013, 11:35 AM

I too hated the trigger on my M&P45 when I first got it. I thought I'd made a terrible mistake. Pulling the trigger was too much like work. I put an Apex kit in and haven't looked back. Of course, as yet, we don't have goofy laws here that keep me from making a good gun better.

**James K** · March 17, 2013, 04:43 PM

The cause of loose rounds in a magazine usually is a sticking follower. That can be the result of a dented magazine, an bad follower, or bad/wrong ammunition. FWIW, my Ruger LCP had the same problem; I had to remove the follower and clean the plastic "burrs" off it. Now the little gun is totally reliable.

Jim

chris in va · March 17, 2013, 05:15 PM

I looked at getting an M&P 45. Honestly I wouldn't even fire a mag through it without using the Apex kit, after talking with a few owners.

March 14, 2013, 08:41 PM	#26
TunnelRat Senior Member Join Date: May 22, 2011 Posts: 2,513	Interesting point. Are you a resident of MA? If you are, I doubt S&W could send it back to you with a trigger lighter than 10 lbs as that is what is mandated to sell in that state. __________________ Guns don't kill people. Apes with guns kill people! - Robin Williams

March 15, 2013, 09:31 AM	#27
expendable Junior Member Join Date: September 18, 2009 Posts: 2	Magazine issue GDHP, To your magazine issue, I had a M&P 45 compact that had a mag doing the same thing as yours. I thought it was just gunked up inside so took it apart to clean it and found that the spring was kinked, called S&W and they sent out a new spring and follower. Kurt

March 16, 2013, 11:41 AM	#28
gdhp Junior Member Join Date: March 13, 2013 Posts: 14	I am not a MA resident, but thanks for the info. Sounds like that is the problem. How does S&W control where the guns go??? I have not had good experience so far with them, and this is crappy service. Seems like they should have figured that out when sending it back to me. Anyone own a factory m&p 45 full size with a 6.5 lb trigger (actually measured)??? Last edited by gdhp; March 16, 2013 at 11:43 AM. Reason: words

March 17, 2013, 11:35 AM	#29
STW Senior Member Join Date: June 15, 2002 Location: Montana Posts: 141	I too hated the trigger on my M&P45 when I first got it. I thought I'd made a terrible mistake. Pulling the trigger was too much like work. I put an Apex kit in and haven't looked back. Of course, as yet, we don't have goofy laws here that keep me from making a good gun better. __________________ "What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter." - Terry Pratchett

March 17, 2013, 04:43 PM	#30
James K Staff Join Date: March 17, 1999 Posts: 16,611	The cause of loose rounds in a magazine usually is a sticking follower. That can be the result of a dented magazine, an bad follower, or bad/wrong ammunition. FWIW, my Ruger LCP had the same problem; I had to remove the follower and clean the plastic "burrs" off it. Now the little gun is totally reliable. Jim __________________ Jim K

March 17, 2013, 05:15 PM	#31
chris in va Senior Member Join Date: December 26, 2004 Location: Louisville KY Posts: 11,723	I looked at getting an M&P 45. Honestly I wouldn't even fire a mag through it without using the Apex kit, after talking with a few owners.