Troubles with my brand new S&W M&P9c

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Hi everyone. I brought this little beaut home a few days ago. It has never been fired other than the factory test shot. Now I won't have a chance to get to the range until tomorrow (sunday). So I just wanted to make sure that my winchester fmj rounds would feed properly which they did just fine but now here is my problem, the bullet will not eject!!! There is no safety on this gun what-so-ever and its making a bit nervous. Anyone have any pointers or advice for me? Here is a pic, it may help.

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Sorry I can't help you . . . but you've just helped me.

I've been looking at the 9c and Glock 26. There just seems to be to many problems with the M&P at this point.

I hope you get this worked out. If not, I hear that S&W has great customer service, so I'm sure they'll get it running for you.

Good luck.
 
Yeah, just pull back all the way, so that the ejector can work against the extractor in order to flip the ctg out of the weapon...Oh! make sure the mag is out of the weapon so that another ctg isn't chambered.....
 
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You're pulling it the whole way to the rear, and the round is still being held by the extractor? Are you sure you are pulling it the whole way back? If so...

OK. POINTING THE GUN IN A SAFE DIRECTION AND KEEPING YOUR FINEGR OFF OF THE TRIGGER, eject the magazine (if you have not done this already). Pull slide to the rear. Does the round fall out of the magwell?

If not, lock the slide to the rear (you'll have to manually lock it back, using the slide stop. Now using a cleaning rod or pen, try pushing the round off of the extractor, probably from the bottom up. Make sure you keep the gun pointed in a safe direction while you do all of this.

Then, take pictures of the round, and take a picture of the extractor/ejector area for us.

Mike :scrutiny:
 
How hard and swift are you pulling the slide back? You have to rack it quickly all the way back, as the gun would if it were really ejecting.
 
cliff123, lol glad I could help, that was actually my dilema and well you see what I went with.....

strangelittleman, mag has been released, slide can be repeatedly slammed back to eject the cart. but it seems almost as if the cartridge is a bit too long, i know it sounds crazy. The picture posted above is with the slide pulled back to its furthest point. Notice the nose of the fmj round, seems to be getting hung up on the feed ramp.

I may just have to wait till tomorrow and just shoot it out at the range and try some different ammo. I have no idea at this point.
 
coronach, it seems that the slide does not slide all the way rearward. It will not allow me to manually lock the slide back. I think this is my problem for some odd reason.
 
I have a "known good" (c. 1000 rounds fired, never a problem) M&P just like that one. :)

I'm wondering how fast you're pulling the slide back. The action needs to work at full speed. If you pull it back slowly the round will extract from the chamber but will not hit the ejector with sufficient force and flip clear. It also does not feed the next round if you ease it forward. Get a good grasp on the slide, pull it as hard and fast as you can, release it at the travel stop and let it fly forward under the recoil spring pressure. Don't "baby" it - the action works far faster than that when actually firing. This seems to have been covered.

Also, the gun cannot fire while doing this unless it is mechanically defective (i.e., a "slam fire") or you put your finger on the trigger. In neither case is a safety or lack thereof going to make any difference. :)
 
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If your slide is not going rearward far enough to lock back, you will not be able to eject the round. This is, almost certainly, the problem. The question is why will it not go all of the way aft?

Is the slide on the frame rails properly? How smoothly does the slide move through the area of travel that it has?

Mike
 
Mulligan,

If you do get it working, and make it to the range tomorrow, please report back . . . would still be interested in hearing how it goes.
 
pull it back hard and fast.
Have you taken it apart? If so take the gun apart and reassemble it.
Make sure all grease that might be in it is cleaned out.The factory test fires it and would not have sent it thru if the round didn't eject for them
Is you gun really tight? Might need a few hundred rounds to loosen it up.
 
Outstanding! I'm glad you got the slide to go all the way back! Smoke it over very closely, clean it well, then perform a comlete function check prior to firing it! Let us know how it goes. I'd like to know more about the little M&P9c from someone who owns it. looks like a good package.
 
theloneharanguer, yes it is weird that it fell down in out rather that through the ejection port flying and spinning.... I dont know.

Thanks everyone for your concerns and help. I am about to completely clean it right now and inspect it very well. I will let you all with interest know how it goes as well as tomorrow at the range.

Cheers
Denton
 
I always take my new auto's apart and clean them before going to the range.I only use a drop or two of oil ,it goes a long way.Do not oil the mag.
People I know that oil there guns alot have problems.
 
Several of my very compact guns exhibit this behavior. The ejection port is sized to eject a spent shell, not an entire cartirdge. On the particularly "tight" guns, I end up dropping the round down the empty mag well usually.
 
Pic one in post fifteen sure makes it look to me like the nose of the ejector is broken/not there...
 
It's fairly well know that some brand new M&P's exhibit this behavior. Take it to the range fire 250-500 rounds through it to break it in, then try to cycle it the same way again, I'm certain after you break the gun in you wont have this problem.

Go here, several people have done the same thing with new M&P's and have had the same results.

http://mp-pistol.com/boards/
 
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