Smith and Wesson shield plus barrel peen?

[KillStick]

Hello,

I have about 2500rds through my shield plus and about 300 rds through my backup shield plus and noticed both barrels look the same regardless of round count. They both show barrel peen which I have shared with smith and Wesson and they told me it is normal for the shield plus. Anyone else see this with their shield plus??

 

[nucular]

Tagging for later. I will look at mine when I get home tonight.

 

[KillStick]

Tagging for later. I will look at mine when I get home tonight.

Appreciate it, it’s minor wear but I’ve not seen anyone’s used shield plus to compare.

 

[KillStick]

It’s been a really great carry gun, the size to capacity, the shootability of it and never rust no matter how much sweat gets on it.

I thought about getting a 43x mos for longevity since I trust glock and have shot tons of glocks. Own quite a few as well.

I love the p365 series and would gladly go back to Sig if Sig didn’t make them lol. Their lackadaisical attitude, rusting issues, and general safety attitude and multiple parts failure steer me away which is sad. I own two xmacro comps and they are the perfect EDC if I didn’t have to worry they would work when I need it to or not work when I don’t want it to.

 

[700 LTR 223]

Looked at my Shield Plus and didn't really see anything resembling the condition shown in your photos. Looked at my 1st gen Shield as well that has probably been fired several hundred times and looks pretty clean to me.

I contacted Smith about my Shield Plus not being able to zero 2 separate red dots that worked fine on 3 other pistols and they told me to contact the sight manufacturers. Absurd. They lost me as a future buyer of their new pistols.

I don't blame you for eyeing a G43X MOS with the experience you have with them. I have one as well as a P365X. I have actually had great luck with the Sig and shoot it better than the G43X MOS. And either of them will allow a red dot sight to be zeroed to the point of bullet impact.

 

[nucular]

First 2 pictures are my shield plus and the second two are my shield 2.0. There is a very small amount of peening but not much. What ammo do you normally shoot through it?

 

[KillStick]

First 2 pictures are my shield plus and the second two are my shield 2.0. There is a very small amount of peening but not much. What ammo do you normally shoot through it?

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It’s never seen plus p ammunition, always 115gr or 124gr.

 

[KillStick]

First 2 pictures are my shield plus and the second two are my shield 2.0. There is a very small amount of peening but not much. What ammo do you normally shoot through it?

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How many rounds do you have through yours? My 300 round one looked like your first picture.

 

[nucular]

They each have probably close to 1k

 

[KillStick]

Maybe smith is right that the shield barrel will peen slightly then??

 

[KillStick]

I was hoping more people would show there shield plus

 

[700 LTR 223]

Shield Plus

 

[KillStick]

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Thank you for the picture, it looks like your edges are rolling slightly as well. I have to assume the barrel is hitting the front of the slide. I can see wear marks on the inside of my slide where it starts to curve.

 

[KillStick]

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You’re is less pronounced than mine.

 

[700 LTR 223]

The picture being larger makes it look worse than it really is , I can run my fingernail down it and not really feel anything. I'll take another pic in natural lighting tomorrow along with the barrel from my original Shield.

 

[nleachma]

Hello,

I have about 2500rds through my shield plus and about 300 rds through my backup shield plus and noticed both barrels look the same regardless of round count. They both show barrel peen which I have shared with smith and Wesson and they told me it is normal for the shield plus. Anyone else see this with their shield plus??

I edc the 9c, shield’s predecessor, and i can *barely* see a bit of a burr starting to form, but not as bad as yours. this guns probably seen 1000+ rounds and never jammed once. SW makes great guns, unfortunately that comes at the cost of awful customer service. I know your struggle with that much.

 

[700 LTR 223]

Here are a few comparing my Shield Plus to my 1st gen Shield. 1st pic Shield Plus on left , gen 1 Shield on right. 2nd pic Shield Plus , 3rd gen 1 Shield. Despite being fired many more times the gen 1 barrel shows less wear. The machined surface is much smoother as well.

 

[DadSmith]

Maybe something slightly out of spec?
Did you contact S&W? I remember the Ruger American had IIRC oversized barrel but it didn't hurt much until around the 10k mark. Then it started to crack the slide is what they said. I had around 2k on mine when the recall came out. So they did free barrel replacements with new stainless steel barrels.
Might want to let them know just in case it may damage more than the barrel like in the case of the Ruger American 9mm.

 

[KillStick]

Maybe something slightly out of spec?
Did you contact S&W? I remember the Ruger American had IIRC oversized barrel but it didn't hurt much until around the 10k mark. Then it started to crack the slide is what they said. I had around 2k on mine when the recall came out. So they did free barrel replacements with new stainless steel barrels.
Might want to let them know just in case it may damage more than the barrel like in the case of the Ruger American 9mm.

The very first post states I shared it with smith and Wesson but they said it’s normal for shield plus. I have two shield plus pistols that show this. One with 300 rds and one with 2000-2500 rds.

 

[DadSmith]

The very first post states I shared it with smith and Wesson but they said it’s normal for shield plus. I have two shield plus pistols that show this. One with 300 rds and one with 2000-2500 rds.

My bad I missed that on first read through. I skimmed over and jumped to pictures.

If they think it's okay shoot it. If something breaks they'll fix it.