Has this happened to you?

[Guest Rick M&P45]

My son bought a S&W SW9VE Sigma 9mm pistol 2 days ago. We went to the range this morning. After firing about 4 rounds the extractor sheared off. Anyone heard of this gun having this problem?

[kwe45919]

The Sigma series has had it's issues. While not top notch pistols, they usually are decent guns and give little trouble. I've heard of a few people having had issues with the extractors. My personal issues was with a 40VE which had a feeding issue. After multiple mags, recoil springs and tinkering, I sent it back to S&W for warrenty....they told me the slide was something like .000001 off on the left side which was causing delayed lockup. When I got the pistol back, I sold it for dirt scraps....

[RD3]

No personally but when I was looking for one I read several reviews of people having problems like this. I decided not to buy for that reason.

[Guest mikedwood]

I had a SW9VE and it was a great gun to train with.

I really got good at the tap rack bang and also the terrible trigger made for shooting about any other gun a dream.

[musicman]

Like Mikedwood, I had a Sigma once, too. The SW40VE was my first gun. Awfully heavy trigger, and yes, after a few hundred rounds the extractor broke... sent off to S&W for a quick repair and it ran flawlessly after that until I sold it about a year later. I also had the trigger worked on by a gunsmith and he brought it down to about 7lbs.

Extractor problems seem very common with the Sigma series. Like others have said, it's a great training pistol. When you step up to something nice later, it'll feel driving a Rolls Royce after years of driving a beat up old Kia.

Now don't take any of this as an insult to your son's choice in buying the gun. They are great guns for the price, and a pretty reliable gun once some of the kinks have been worked out, and since S&W has a lifetime warranty that isn't a really a problem at all!

Happy Shootin'!