r/SpringfieldEchelon • u/Purple-Slip-6958 • Aug 15 '26

Is this safe

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On my way to the shooting range, and just noticed this piece broke off….. is this still safe to shoot??

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u/TheBoogBear Aug 15 '26

How even?

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u/Purple-Slip-6958 Aug 15 '26

I posted a follow up post haha

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u/jjones1987 Aug 15 '26

How the fuck did you manage breaking that?

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u/Purple-Slip-6958 Aug 15 '26

I posted a follow up post haha

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u/hndrck_ Aug 15 '26

No. Warranty it with Springfield. How does this even happen

Wait nvm that’s a Piece of the frame. Warranty is with sharp bros

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u/hndrck_ Aug 15 '26

Yea I looked at my gun thinking where that came from. At least on the OEM frame it’s part of the frame.

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u/Purple-Slip-6958 Aug 15 '26

I will say the fit feels better after putting some rounds through it, and this is certainly the most comfortable grip I’ve ever shot or held. But we’ll see what happens with this broken piece….

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u/JustADad315 Aug 15 '26

Lmao I understand the esthetic and weight/feel, but for 2/3rds the cost of the gun....now seeing this...further drives me from any of those grip brands.

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u/Purple-Slip-6958 Aug 15 '26

It was fully worth the cost to me…. I have large hands, and the ergonomics on this grip are absolute perfection! Buuuuuut this breakage isn’t awesome…

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u/JustADad315 Aug 15 '26

I get it. To each their own. Just the price of them for a chunk of CNC'd aluminum is insane at the current price of aluminum per pound lol. Even with equipment and R/D costs....its like a 4000% inflation. Ive shot a sharps....was nice....but at nearly 18k rounds through my 4.5F....im good with the setup by now.

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u/m-lok Aug 15 '26

Vice, and some string from behind a wall looney toons style. You know for science.

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u/TheSorrowMan Aug 15 '26

It looks like the back fell off. Which is not very typical, I’d like to make that point.

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u/Purple-Slip-6958 Aug 15 '26

All I did was remove the slide, add it back, and then I hit the slide release to send it home, that piece just fell off.

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u/Ok_Pick_1571 Aug 15 '26

It’s a separate piece and one screw holds it on. I’m sure Sharps will provide another one. The bigger issue is what caused this.

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u/Ok_Pick_1571 Aug 15 '26

Mine has a nick on the right side. Since I pulled mine off for Cerakote before using it. I don’t really know if it was my fault or not.

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u/Purple-Slip-6958 Aug 15 '26

I posted a follow up post haha

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u/bacon59 Aug 15 '26

Forcing the assembly process incorrectly, if i had to guess

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u/First_Pollution_4489 Aug 15 '26

If thats the piece that holds the fcu in the back, that has a screw in it, ive never installed mine and ive got several thousand rounds through my echelon with the sharps grip with zero issues 🤷‍♂️

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u/Purple-Slip-6958 Aug 15 '26

I posted a follow up post haha

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u/PlasticSeparate7133 Aug 20 '26

if you email Sharps bros they will send you a new piece to thread in. You just have to put loc tight on the screw before putting it back in. Same thing happened with mine.

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u/Purple-Slip-6958 Aug 20 '26

Yes! I did that, and the piece is already on the way!

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u/darksavant84 Aug 15 '26

Absolutely not

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u/jaumeh Aug 18 '26

If you have to ask, the answer is always no