Keep the bolt face clean

[The1andOnlyKC]

I have one of the early ones also-been keeping my fingers crossed since those are the ones S&W had problems with. Problem is I don't get out shooting much anymore so it's not being used much. Glad S&W is taking care of it though

I asked them just to send me the part since it is such a simple fix. The guy told me they are not doing that with those rifles yet and wanted me to ship it in to make sure everything else is ok. I think its a liability thing, but if they want to spend $50 to ship it back and forth more power to them. I have a spare one in the safe anyways so its not like I am out a rifle.

[StagLefty]

I asked them just to send me the part since it is such a simple fix. The guy told me they are not doing that with those rifles yet and wanted me to ship it in to make sure everything else is ok. I think its a liability thing, but if they want to spend $50 to ship it back and forth more power to them. I have a spare one in the safe anyways so its not like I am out a rifle.

There was an article I read about the spring being changed to a blue spring but they also want to check out other things too. It's probably a liability thing like you said. There's a dedicated forum here :
http://smith-wessonforum.com/smith-wesson-m-p-15-22/