But damn, sure is a very capable firearm. I've got about 500 trouble free rounds through thru the Shield in the last month, and below is typical 100 rounds, press out with 2 to the chest, 1 head, offhand at about 25 feet.

I won't "bore" you with rest of the details, but the gun is capable and easily wore comfortably all day long. I like it better than the 43x for a lot of reasons, but the trigger and grip are ideal for me.

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I have one too that really became my wife's gun. It's the fun one at the range because we can both shoot with some accuracy, feels good in the hand, and reloading is a breeze. I'm a little confused though by the title of your post.

Just gonna leave this here for anyone who may run across this post: Don't press the grip safety when taking down or reassembling!

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Glad to hear that you're enjoying it!

The Shield platforms are excellent and perform great. No matter how many EDC's I get I still fall back to a Shield. Between the wife and I we have 2 PC's 9mm - 45acp, 2 PC 4" 9mm - 45acp and the wife has a 380 EZ. Shoot them all well, no issues with reliability, and a very nice price point. Currently carrying a PPS M2 but see the 4" 45 becoming my carry in the near future.

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My shield 9 is by far the most comfortable EDC I've ever had there are times that I don't even realize I'm carrying it.

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I really like my EZ 9mm and EZ380, but I would love to be able to get past that heavy break in the trigger. I'm spoiled by my M41 and Sig P210 Target and I don't want a EDC with a hair trigger, but I would love to smooth that trigger out just a little.

And before anyone suggests Apex, I live in Mass, so there can be no parts but OEM in the gun.

I have 2 9’s, 1 40 and 1 45 Shield and love them all, but my wife shot a friends EZ380 and wanted a EZ9, so I ordered her one. This thing has proven to be a *** right out of the box. With her it fails to feed at least every other shot and doesn’t do much better with me. I’ve never owned a firearm that I couldn’t make shoot and I’m at wits end with this one. As bad as I hate to do it, I’m waiting on a shipping label from S&W to return it for them to evaluate. It’s a bummer.

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I have had mine for several weeks now but still no chance to fire it. The action is very smooth, reminds me of an old 1911. Just for *****s & giggles, I tried a sized empty case and it fed from the mag just fine. S&W appears to have screwed the pooch with the EZ380 - but the EZ9 is a home run IMO.

I teach a bunch of woman in classes and advise them on what to look at when purchasing. We often suggest the 9mm Shield, The Shield EZ in both 9mm and .380, the Sig 365 and the Springfield Hellcat. Although the .380 is easier to rack for those needing the easiest of them all, I would rather have them go for the .9mm for much more power, cheaper ammunition for practice etc. One thing to note with the EZ is that the grip is wide from front to back for those with smaller hands which effects the reach to the trigger. I have also in one case seen where the small lady didn't seem to have enough grip strength to depress the grip safety which could have also been the tendency that some woman have to not grip as far up on the backstrap as they should and could. The regular shield is an excellent choice that we highly recommend to our students.

You must by state law purchase the gun in its intended form with the ****** MA trigger. Once you own it, you can install the APEX trigger on your own dime. Usually $100 at any gun store/gunsmith. Four seasons woburn runs specials all the time, they will install it while you wait.

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ok my wife went from a sig 365xl to this 9ez and loves the gun. Looks like a mean gun also.
She paid and fired about 250 rounds and and came home to show me her new EDC.
WOW cool, and she said the aim is perfect at 25 feet
looking for a chrome barrel to drop in now

Why would you want a less accurate barrel than the stainless barrel that it comes with?

We have 2 of the 380EZs. We both carry them. We sent sent hers in and it was fixed in 2 weeks. Great service at S&W.
Love everything about them. (no manual safeties)
There is a bit of creep on the triggers and I will tune those at some point. But When the budget affords.... We're getting two 9EZs.

Iam 79 years old and have more guns than i need but this new 9ez is my fav. i can rack it like a kid , shoots straight ergo. is perfect love it

Ok, I'm curious; what's with the Don't press the grip safety when taking down or reassembling??

My Dad speaks highly on his 9EZ. Easy rack slide, easy charge mags, accurate. What's not to like?

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If you do it wont come apart or go back together. Don't press the trigger either.

I recommend the 9mm EZ to newbies who want "to have a gun" for self defense and the occasional range visit. Also available at large sporting goods emporiums.

I've got about 800 rounds through mine in the last 2 months. Works flawless. My EDC and it very comfortable.

I recently purchased a Shield 9mm EZ Performance Center to add to my collection. My arthritis makes it very difficult to rack several of them. The EZ is just that EZ. But it shooting low. I put around 50 rounds through it all going low. Had a buddy try it, he had the same result. Any ideas?

About all you can do is file the front sight down or install a shorter one. My wife's standard model came dead on the money.

I have a 9EZ also and first range trip was also shooting low. Then I remembered reading that most handguns now are sighted at the factory for a "combat" sight picture. Tried that my second range trip and problem solved.

Please explain “combat” sight picture.

A combat sight picture is where the front sight covers where you want the bullet to go.

The "combat" sight picture is a myth. No factory sights their guns this way.

They say it's when you use the dots to get the sight picture rather than the tops of the sights. This is wrong, especially with the M&P because the dots cannot be lined up. They are not precision placed so, they can't be reliably aligned to get a proper sight picture.

When people say the combat sight picture fixed their shooting low, it's usually because they are shooting low and the combat sight picture causes them to hold high which just means their aiming high. Of course that would bring the POI up.

When shot from a rest, all the M&P guns will hit POA if the tops of the sights are aligned properly.

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I don't know about other M&P pistols but my 9EZ the 3 dots align perfectly when the tops of the sights are aligned.

I believe you, but I still want to see a picture. Here's what my M&P looks like:



You see, because all the dots are the same actual size, the front sight dot will appear smaller. This makes it impossible to line up the dots.

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Do you have a dremel? I used this for my M&Pc 1.0 so the details will be different for your gun.
S&W M&P Trigger Job
But there are a lot of youtube videos if you google 'diy trigger job for M&P'. Some parts it's nice to start w/ 400-600 sand paper. I have a roll of double side tape and some small pieces of flat wood. Stick the sand paper on and use it like a file. Then polish w/ the dremel and compound. You want the small contact areas to all look like they are chromed. Just be careful to not change any angles or round off corners.

The slide may get stuck and it will be a pain in the neck remove it.

After I had a few people shoot my wifes gun and get a 6" low result we sent it to S&W and they fixed it. Didn't say what they did, but it was dead on after that.

Took our 9EZs out this morning and a 6 Oclock hold hits low. (target was 4
" big) front site covering hit right on.

Beretta disagrees.

Sig also disagrees:

I've now actually put about 1,000 rounds through the EZ 9 and the trigger has broken in quite nicely. It breaks at 4.5 lbs and that's fine for me. Keeping everything in the gun lubed with Gunzilla has helped as well.

I have had my 9mm EZ a little over a year. I have about 300 rounds through it. With no malfunctions. I made it my concealed carry gun. I have always aimed a little high when I have a pistol that has shot low. That's a quick easy fix. You will learn to make it a habit with a gun that needs it

Having owned a regular 9mm shield with it's heavy recoil spring,and 10 lb trigger, it's nice to know that when I'm old and arthritis takes over, I can still defend myself with the EZ pistols.

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This is not true for the 9MM EZ, the gun shoots low. Lower than the dots in fact. S&W won't correct it, don't even make sights in different heights. I ordered a new rear sight gonna try to build it up. Already sent gun back and they didn't do anything. I thought maybe they would replace the slide or at least do something but no.
THIS IS THE LAST NEW S&W I'LL BUY. tHE LAST 7 NEW S&WS I'VE PURCHASED HAVE /HAD SOMETHING WRONG WITH THEM.
They all fired when the trigger was pulled with the exception of the .22 jamming once in awhile. ll have at least 1 defect of some kind.

Loved the EZ 9 so much, that I went out and purchased the EZ 9 Performance Center.

The slide will not go back on all the way..if the grip safety is depressed.. No problem once you get use to keeping your hands off it.. I like my 9mm EZ alot.. especially with my almost 80 YO hands...don't get old folks..

I love my 9mm EZ. I've put over 3000 rounds in it since I got it last July. I'm 71, have rheumatoid arthritis and have been determined to master a 9mm. So I joined an indoor range, go at least once a week, and am finally having good success putting bullets where I want them to go.

pistolpete10:
Picture on left is with the dots lined up.
Picture in center is with top of front sight even with top of back sight.
Picture on right is with painted front sight and I painted the back
sight dots with flat black paint, same result as center picture.
Smith miss drilled front dot on my 9mm EZ.
I will at some point replace with night sights, then the three dot
aligned sight picture will fix the shooting low. JMO

You might try different ammo with different weight bullets.
All my 9mm is 124gr, regular and +P velocity.
Good luck with your issue!

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