Barr
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Has anyone ever bought an M&P pistol and received the wrong caliber set of magazines?
Smith-Wesson M&P Wrong Magazines
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1KPerDay
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I'm guessing you have... 
Sunray
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Difference between one cartridge and another is the follower and the width the lips are. Assuming you bought the thing new, you have a warrantee. Mags don't have a calibre.
Barr
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.45 vs a std 9mm or .40 is different in the length front to back of the magazine. 9mm mags will fall out of a .45 and a .45 mag will not fit in a 9mm for instance.
o Unforgiven o
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I hardly think a snide comment on semantics is helpful. Mags are most certainly cartridge specific, and I believe he clearly got his point across. Also, you spelled caliber wrong.Sunray said:
Barr
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Smith & Wesson will make their warranty good, I am curious if I am the only one that has been affected by a situation like this. It just struck me as very uncommon. I always check over every aspect of a used gun but took it for granted this once that on a new pistol not to check the magazines for caliber.
climbnjump
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Actually yes, that did happen to me back in 2008. It was a 9mm kit including the holster, mag holder, pistol and 2 additional mags. The mag that was in the pistol was a 9mm mag and the other 2 were for .40 S&W.
I didn't notice the 2 spares were wrong until I got home, but took everything back to the store hoping they'd replace the 2 "bad" mags, but they didn't have any 9mm mags to give me.
So I called Smith & Wesson and explained. Although only 2 were wrong, they sent me 3 correct ones and told me to keep the .40's. I eventually bought an M&P in .357 Sig, so the "bad" ones have been used in it.
JTQ
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OK, my interest has been piqued. Three posts in, and I still don't know what you have.
What caliber of M&P did you buy? For what caliber were the mags? Were all the mags for the wrong caliber?
What caliber of M&P did you buy? For what caliber were the mags? Were all the mags for the wrong caliber?
Barr
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Bought a .45 and got two 9mm magazines.
USAF_Vet
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I once looked at a .40 S&W Glock 22, used that had mags marked for .357 Sig.
Barr
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The nice thing is the 357 sig is based on the 40 Smith and Wesson cartridge.
Taurus 617 CCW
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I saw that happen to a Kahr buyer one time. He bought a PM-9 and it came with PM-40 magazines. OOPS! That isn't as big of a deal as a revolver in .44 magnum being shipped with a .357 barrel! 
Barr
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After a few mis-steps S&W shipped 4 of the correct magazines. All in all a good warranty experience.
1KPerDay
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Thanks for the update.
INMY01TA
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My M&P9c came with two small backstraps and one large.
Not magazine related, but I bought a M&P Pro 9mm the other day, and the front tritium sight doesn't glow. The rear sight dots do glow though...
Looks like I'll take it back to the dealer's gunsmith and see if there's anything they can do. I called S&W, and they're closed until January 4th. We'll see what happens.
Oh, but the trigger feels great though. I can't wait to take it to the range.
The rear sight dots do glow though...Looks like I'll take it back to the dealer's gunsmith and see if there's anything they can do. I called S&W, and they're closed until January 4th. We'll see what happens.
Oh, but the trigger feels great though. I can't wait to take it to the range.
Barr
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It is remarkable that Smith & Wesson ships thousands of pistols every year and has a low incident rate of accessory mismatch. I am glad we still have another good American gun company making good products.
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