aeropb Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 (edited) Think I'm going back to brand X. I replaced these two broken strikers on my own. When my third broke, I emailed S&W and they had a new one in the mail box in 7 days. Then last night I was dry firing and noticed the nose of my striker laying on the floor.. Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 12:08 AM To: Smith & Wesson Support Subject: It happened again! The nose on the new striker I received just a few days ago broke today during dryfire. I'm very sad because I love this pistol and this is the third striker I've gone through in the past 8,000 rounds. The first one lasted around 4,000. The other 2 around 2,000 each. Can I please have another one? [My awesome name] [My casa] [OKC, OK, Zip] Hi, The striker assembly is going to wear prematurely if you dryfire at a high rate. If you would like to purchase a new striker assembly you may contact our Parts Department at 800-331-0852. Thank you kf Since August or September last year my M&P9Pro has broken 4 strikers. Seems S&W doesn't want to send me another one. I sent them one more email with more imput. Maybe it'll work out. Or maybe I'll be shooting a 34 from now on. John Sanchez and Michael Plaxco taught the armorer's course I took in August on the M&P and they both said dry firing would not hurt the M&P series of pistol. Edited March 17, 2012 by aeropb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atbarr Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 KF, told me the same thing, 2 or 3 hours a week was too much dry fire. I contacted Julie Golob, she told me to dry fire the snot out of my M&P's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shooting for M Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Was there anything in the box that said not to dryfire? They should replace it even if its so you can sell it. I wonder if there is something wrong with your slide inside the striker tunnel. This is bumming me out, I just ordered mine in .40 this morning. An option is to run a broken one while dry firing...PITA maybe but just a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathandewalt Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 I Have dry fired mine quite a bit and never had a problem who knows why one is fine and another isn't. Nathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeropb Posted March 17, 2012 Author Share Posted March 17, 2012 KF, told me the same thing, 2 or 3 hours a week was too much dry fire. I contacted Julie Golob, she told me to dry fire the snot out of my M&P's. How was your issue resolved? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atbarr Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 KF, told me the same thing, 2 or 3 hours a week was too much dry fire. I contacted Julie Golob, she told me to dry fire the snot out of my M&P's. How was your issue resolved? This was about two years ago, with my first Pro, a 9mm. KF sent me the new style striker assembly. I have not had any problem since then. With my .40, I still have the original striker assembly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LikesToShoot Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 It's sad to read their reply and I understand you thinking about going back to brand X. It's also disappointing see the new style striker with a broken tip. After reading the long history of possible striker breakage I figured the best way to prevent it was make my one dry fire ammo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ten-X Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 It may be that the slide is out of spec and is causing the broken strikers. I am an R&D engineer and it often turns out that the root cause is the interface between two parts and neither individual part. Maybe Smith will exchange your whole slide. Worth asking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeropb Posted March 17, 2012 Author Share Posted March 17, 2012 That could be the case. I cleaned the striker channel with a qtip and took a look down it with a flashlight... everything seems to be in order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Burwell Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 breaking the tips is not not the usual failure point on the strikers. I would recomend sending the whole gun back to S&W with a note that all have broken in the same fashion. It is likely there is a problem with the slide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRodriguez Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 i'm just curious, but could you send a picture of your primer strikes. I know on my m%p's when I load with VV310, my FP will drag across the primer during ejection from early unlocking. maybe you have light aftermarket recoil sping (or not?) or the spring is weak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeropb Posted March 17, 2012 Author Share Posted March 17, 2012 (edited) You're #2 to say that Dan. Cyrwus told me as much yesterday. Looks like I will end up sending it in. JohnRodriguez, On strikers #1 and #2 I was using the factory recoil spring and guide rod. #3 I was using an uncaptured rod and a 13lb spring. I'll segregate some of my own brass at the match tomorrow and post up some headstamp photos. Then again, all have broken during dry fire. Edited March 17, 2012 by aeropb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike cyrwus Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 (edited) -sigh- Edited March 17, 2012 by mike cyrwus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwhpfan Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 I have two M&P9 firing pin's that look exactly the same as yours. My pistol was new in November and I shot a little over 2k rounds with no problems until I noticed the firing pin was broken in the exact same spot as yours. The firing pin I had was silver if that matters. I had a replacement around which just happened to be black. I dry fired it no more than 10 times and it broke! I got a replacement from S&W which was sliver and have only fired a few dozen rounds. I have a M&P45 I've shot about 5k from and regularly dry fire practice and the original pin is still going strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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