What do you all think about the Smith & Wesson M&P 380 EZ? - Page 2

Ibmikey · February 13, 2019, 12:32 AM

There are comments about stovepipes in the mag on the ez....I have three mags that operate just fine through many hundreds of rounds. In fact the pistol has performed flawlessly since I put it into operation and I consider it totally reliable. This is a really fun pistol to shoot.

rural12 · February 13, 2019, 01:56 AM

I looked at one for my daughter this past Saturday. It seems like a nice gun...I am going to take her in for a look later this week. She currently has a 9mm Shield that she struggles to manipulate the slide on.

kmw1954 · February 13, 2019, 10:23 AM

We do have one of the early model thumb safety guns that is listed on the recall list that we have not sent back yet. This one does stove pipe regularly. What we see is after the second to the last round is fired and ejected the very last round follows it up unfired and stove pipes. Standing straight up bullet pointed towards the sky.

With this gun it doesn't happen every time but probably about 50% and it happens with both magazines. So I do not know if this is a byproduct of the problem from the recall of if this is a whole different issue. But I too have been hearing that the newer releases do not exhibit this habit.

February 13, 2019, 12:32 AM	#26
Ibmikey Senior Member Join Date: June 1, 2013 Location: Now relocated to Texas Posts: 2,943	There are comments about stovepipes in the mag on the ez....I have three mags that operate just fine through many hundreds of rounds. In fact the pistol has performed flawlessly since I put it into operation and I consider it totally reliable. This is a really fun pistol to shoot.

February 13, 2019, 01:56 AM	#27
rural12 Member Join Date: November 1, 2005 Location: Vidalia Ga Posts: 50	I looked at one for my daughter this past Saturday. It seems like a nice gun...I am going to take her in for a look later this week. She currently has a 9mm Shield that she struggles to manipulate the slide on.

February 13, 2019, 10:23 AM	#28
kmw1954 Senior Member Join Date: June 11, 2016 Location: SE Wisconsin Posts: 1,524	We do have one of the early model thumb safety guns that is listed on the recall list that we have not sent back yet. This one does stove pipe regularly. What we see is after the second to the last round is fired and ejected the very last round follows it up unfired and stove pipes. Standing straight up bullet pointed towards the sky. With this gun it doesn't happen every time but probably about 50% and it happens with both magazines. So I do not know if this is a byproduct of the problem from the recall of if this is a whole different issue. But I too have been hearing that the newer releases do not exhibit this habit.