S&W PPK & PPK/S recall

I don't think this has been posted... I did a search. Smith and Wesson has issued a recall for the PPK and PPK/S.

From the S&W website:
"Smith & Wesson has identified a condition that may exist in certain PPK and PPK/S pistols which may permit a round to be discharged without the trigger being pulled. When the manual safety is disengaged, Smith & Wesson’s Product Engineering Group has determined that the possibility exists in certain firearms that lowering the hammer may cause a chambered round to fire."

Link to notice mash on link for complete info.

Mods could you make this a sticky ?

Shoot good,

This really irritated me since I just bought one from someone here on the forum a few weeks ago. I had not even gotten it out to the range.

I understand, I bought one at the gun show Sat and found this on the website Sat night EEKS.

PerazziTM1

Yeah, this has been out now for at least a month.

Any body have any idea as to how long it is going take S&W to turn these around?

Originally Posted by PerazziTM1

Any body have any idea as to how long it is going take S&W to turn these around?

2-3 weeks to get the shipping package and then 10-12 weeks for repairs.
This a a massive recall.

Sorry you didn't see it. I posted about it a good while ago. I figured it would be stickied like the Ruger thread. It wasn't.

S&W / Walther PPK and PPK/S Recall

Sticky made. You're welcome. Have a good evening.

I registered on line via the website on February 22 thanks to S&W Forty's original post. I received an email on March 26 letting me know that the next email I received from S&W would be the mailing label. It came a couple of hours later. First thing I noticed right off the bat was it was UPS 2nd Day Air. Now dealing with BROWN in the past, I know their Company Policy is to send all Firearms Next Day only so I called S&W. They confirmed that they had worked out special arrangements with UPS. So I proceeded to box up my PPK as instructed and took it to the Massman Drive UPS hub since it is 1/4 mile from my office, waited in line and listed to two customers in front of me swear they would never ship UPS again. I finally get my turn only to get the run around from the retard (no offense to the mentally disabled as they usually have more tact and mental capacity than this nimrod) behind the counter once I informed him there was a firearm in the package. He then informed me that it was their corporate policy that all handguns must go Next Day Air. I told him what S&W had said and asked that he confer with his manager. He walks in the back room, calls the supervisor on the phone and says " I've got a customer here trying to send a handgun 2nd day, isn't it our policy that all handguns must be shipped next day?" I then hear "that's what I told him" and he hangs up and comes back out front in informs me that he is right, I'm wrong, and they they cannot ship this package 2nd day. I told him I heard is whole conversation and asked why he didn't inform his supervisor about the S&W agreement. He aid point blank" It doesn't matter what anyone else told you, this is our policy." I ask to use the phone so I can call S&W back and he points out one across the room. I dial the number and am waiting to speak with them when the little prick come over with a printed piece of paper with the UPS Policy Highlighted. He points to it, and gingerly whisks it on the table in front of me. I damn near lost it. I said "HEY!, dummy bring your highlighter over hear and allow me to finish highlighting the last line so maybe your feeble brain might be able to understand." That last line read "In certain circumstances where prior arrangements are made, firearms may be shipped 2nd Day Air" He said "uh, wa, uh, da" and I left. Once I got back to my office, I called the number for UPS Pickup that was on the email (800 654-3848) and the nicest lady answered. I told her about my troubles, informed her that this is the last time I'll use UPS (I already switched to FED EX years ago ) and she apologized and told me she was faxing the Supervisor now and that If I gave them about a half hour, I could go back and they WOULD accept the package. When I went back 29 minutes later, retard was wasn't anywhere in sight but a nicely dressed lady (most likely a supervisor) was there. I told her I was shipping a Handgun and she smiled, looked at the package and said "No problem". Scanned it, printed out my receipt, smiled and said "Is there anything else I can help you with?". I should have complained but by this time it was 5:00 and I was ready to head to the house so I said no. Anyway, I sent my PPK off on 03/26 so I'll post when it arrives to give everyone an idea of the time it took. My advice to everyone else is to call the number above and either schedule a pick-up or be sure the place you are going to drop off your pistol knows what the hell is going on.

Update:
I called Smith and Wesson yesterday to find out the status of my PPK. Spoke with a really nice Customer Service Representative who told me they were waiting on springs. She could not offer my any estimate on how much longer it would be. I sent it off 12 weeks ago today.....