M&P 9 broken

[MP9]

Hi guys…

today I went to the range and see a guy with a mp9 broken… he got it 1 month ago, and he say he didnt use any weird ammo…

but anyway if he use any weird, cheap ammo I think it is weird to get this part broken.

It seem he was shooting and then it broke… no other info.

Edit: I didnt know that guy… when I got to the counter I saw that gun and ask the guy to take a pic… the guy was talking about he didnt use any weird ammo…

and that happened out of the range, and he went to the store cause he bought the gun there…

of course if he did something weird with the gun, or drop or whatever somewhere else…

but a gun shouldnt broke after dropping.

I took this pic…

btw, I have a mp9 and I like it, 0 problem at 3500 rounds…

[1911pro]

So what is the whole story? No other info?

[Irish10]

Ouch!! Broke the frame, I have heard of some M&Ps having cracks in the area but this is the first I have heard of one breaking. Was he shooting hot ammo or reloads? I’m sure S&W will take care of it but it makes you wonder .

[John_Wayne777]

It looks to me like the result of a severe manufacturing defect…one that S&W should resolve quickly if the owner gives them a call. I doubt ammo choice had anything to do with it.

[superstratjunky]

More info please.

[Seraph]

It’s weird. That area of the frame bears no load, and receives no impact. You could break that right off, and go on firing the pistol just fine. Can’t imagine what happened there.

[Pistol_Shooter]

Very unusual looking problem. :eek:

However, S&W has excellent CS. Call them and send it back for repairs/replacement.

[Coleslaw]

@John_Wayne777

It looks to me like the result of a severe manufacturing defect…one that S&W should resolve quickly if the owner gives them a call. I doubt ammo choice had anything to do with it.

Perhaps a void (bubble) in the polymer during manufacture?

[John_Wayne777]

That’s what I was thinking.

[MookNW]

In looking at mine, it seems that if the gun was dropped while in a slidelock it could happen very easily. But for this to happen while shooting would have to be some mfg defect.

[Mercaptan]

Anyone else thinking it could be an X300 or other weaponlight that hit the deck at such a freak angle (coupled with enough force) that it broke that section off? Where it snapped off is where the second lug of the X300 engages the rail on my M&P.

[Longhorn]

@Mercaptan

Anyone else thinking it could be an X300 or other weaponlight that hit the deck at such a freak angle (coupled with enough force) that it broke that section off? Where it snapped off is where the second lug of the X300 engages the rail on my M&P.

I doubt it, although I guess it’s possible.

The way it sheered “clean” I’d say it’s more of a manufacturing defect as previous stated than a drop or some other impact/load problem.

[RogerinTPA]

@John_Wayne777

It looks to me like the result of a severe manufacturing defect…one that S&W should resolve quickly if the owner gives them a call. I doubt ammo choice had anything to do with it.

Agreed. S&W has great CS…but that has to be the weirdest thing I’ve seen in a handgun failure.

[spd707]

Wow! I can’t say that I’ve seen that before.

[Dobie]

Looks like a polymer injection problem when the frame was molded.
S&W will take care of it. I own Glocks but the dust cover isnt under stress and this seem just like a manufacturing anomaly. It would not stop me from choosing this gun.

[The_Biased_Observer]

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[wobby]

@Dobie

Looks like a polymer injection problem when the frame was molded.
S&W will take care of it. I own Glocks but the dust cover isnt under stress and this seem just like a manufacturing anomaly. It would not stop me from choosing this gun.

first thing i thought of when i read the original post was this:

unless i’m looking at the pic wrong, it looks like the frame cracked from the bottom up. i don’t have an m&p, but isn’t that where the open/window is for the serial?

[Seraph]

@wobby

first thing i thought of when i read the original post was this:

unless i’m looking at the pic wrong, it looks like the frame cracked from the bottom up. i don’t have an m&p, but isn’t that where the open/window is for the serial?

M&P has the serial insert on the right hand side of the frame, rearward of the slide stop.

[Lumpy196]

@Mercaptan

Anyone else thinking it could be an X300 or other weaponlight that hit the deck at such a freak angle (coupled with enough force) that it broke that section off? Where it snapped off is where the second lug of the X300 engages the rail on my M&P.

I don’t know why, but for some reason I thought that area had a metal reinforcement. I guess not.

[Coleslaw]

When speaking with S&W Defense Product Manager at SHOT several years ago about the availability of threaded barrels , the subject came up and he stated that when they first came out with the FDE polymer in the .45’s, they had a few of them cracking at the same or close to the place shown in the photo. Not the black frames, only the FDE. Something to do with the polymer of that color, not the design.

When you take one down, you will see a ‘U’ shaped polymer rib. Well, the solution was to imbed a stainless ‘U’ into the frame along with the imbedded stainless chassis during the injection molding process. He indicated the mod was going to be incorporated into the M&P line as a whole.