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Its odd... more people admit to this issue with a Sigma than on the S&W forum hehe - Sent it back to S&W today. Hopefully they will sort it out as I like the feel although I am more accurate with my Bersa 380 Thunder at every distance... much tighter pattern with the Bersa although the S&W is more powerful and is fairly accurate. Thanks... will post when the pistol comes home and give a report. I found S&W very professional and helpful so far.... God bless. wg

I want to try a few of the suggestions already made in this thread but I did call S&W and they are sending postage. If I don't get the issue sorted soon, I will let them have a look. Thanks! wg

Used the white box Winchester target loads you pick up at Wallys for the first 100 rounds. Steel jacket... the Remingtons are steel jackets as well.

As far as the extractor being chipped/deformed, I looked at it pretty carefully and didn't see anything chipped but deformed (as in bent) would be harder for me to detect since I haven't owned one of these pistols before. Do you have a pic of the chipped/ deformed ejector you could post? The misfeeds occur when the round in the magazine doesn't fully move up into the chamber. I can almost always clear them by re-racking the slide as the spent round ejects OK and doesn't stay in the chamber. That is why I polished the feed ramp which isn't nicked, deformed, dirty or otherwise looking like the culprit and that is why I am a tad stumped.

I generally keep all mags full... these have been full since I purchased the gun. I generally keep one in the pistol in the event I want to shoot the pistol.

Speaking of the Saxet Gun Show, went last October and picked up a new Smith and Wesson SW40VE aka Sigma 40. I had gone wanting to buy a Taurus 24/7 .45 but the price of the Sigma hooked me and it fit my hand well. Bought 100 rds of Winchester target to zero in sights and break the gun in... misfeed after misfeed. At least 1 or 2 per magazine. Took the gun down and polished the feed ramp and disassembled the magazines (both genuine S&W) and cleaned them good. I think bought 250 rd box of Remington UMC 180 grain target and took it back and fired a couple magainzes and misfeeds continued at about the same rate. I have put about 200 rounds through the weapon and have never had this many misfeeds at this point with any handgun I have owned. The gun gets cleaned every time it is shot, by the way. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

The pistol is fun to shoot and fairly accurate otherwise. Only other negative is the slide breakdown mechanism which is very hard to engage with your fingernails and the rear sight adjusts by bumping with a punch (no screw adjust or screw lock so it can get bumped out of position). The pistol is double action with no safety and many folks comment on the trigger pull but I don't find it objectionable.