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Old 12-10-2020, 10:08 PM
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New to the S&W family...and shooting in general. Stalked the forum for a while. Learned a lot. Just purchased a new PERFORMANCE CENTER M&P9 SHIELD EZ (in gold). Now I'm taking up more permanent residency!

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Old 12-10-2020, 10:37 PM
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