|
|
01-12-2021, 09:11 PM
|
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Washington State
Posts: 1,410
Likes: 618
Liked 1,721 Times in 630 Posts
|
|
.45 Shield vs CS45
Have a .45 Shield and am picking up a CS45 in a week or three. Price on the CS45 was pretty good (and it came with 4 mags) and I was weak and put some money down on it.
So now I'm wondering how folks think they stack up against each other.
The Shield has been my go-to pocket carry gun but I could just as easily carry a CS9 instead. (I kinda like the bigger bullets, though.)
I'll probably think about the CS45 as pocket carry as I like DA/SA better (and except for a .40 M&P that's at my bedside, the Shield is my only striker-fired gun.)
I know the Shield is lighter and a tad thinner but I don't think the specs on the CS45 will be any handicap for carry. I also know I shoot the Shield pretty good all things considered. But then I ain't unhappy with my CS9 shooting either.
So, wadda ya say....which would you prefer in a jeans pocket (or out of it), if either one. (My IWB carry are a 4513TSW and .40 Beretta PX4compact.)
|
01-12-2021, 10:53 PM
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: HOUSTON, TEXAS
Posts: 10,183
Likes: 7,176
Liked 14,376 Times in 5,412 Posts
|
|
For me - CS45 All the way. Others may differ. I carried this one a long time.
|
The Following 2 Users Like Post:
|
|
01-12-2021, 11:07 PM
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Central Illinois
Posts: 763
Likes: 829
Liked 1,361 Times in 506 Posts
|
|
I've got a Shield .45. I was just thinking how big your pockets must be.
|
The Following 2 Users Like Post:
|
|
01-13-2021, 06:47 AM
|
|
Absent Comrade
|
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: GSO NC
Posts: 6,106
Likes: 23,604
Liked 13,198 Times in 2,860 Posts
|
|
Another vote for the CS45. But mine is a belt gun. NOT a pocket carry. Its too big for that. Regards 18DAI
__________________
7 +1 Rounds of hope & change
|
01-13-2021, 07:59 AM
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 427
Likes: 88
Liked 399 Times in 197 Posts
|
|
Imo the ergonomics on the CS45, are a dumpster fire, especially compared to the Shield.
|
The Following 3 Users Like Post:
|
|
01-13-2021, 08:02 AM
|
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 1,504
Likes: 465
Liked 1,574 Times in 700 Posts
|
|
I bought my CS 45 new. I have carried it for over 20 years. I will not own a striker fired pistol.
|
The Following 2 Users Like Post:
|
|
01-13-2021, 08:42 AM
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 726
Likes: 0
Liked 318 Times in 216 Posts
|
|
I have a 4566 and a 457, both are shooters and utterly reliable. They have long since been retired simply because the polymers are lighter and easier to carry. Also didn't want to switch between striker fire and DA/SA. All my M&Ps, to include any other carry firearms, have thumb safeties and set up the same for continuity. Nothing wrong with the 3rd gen smiths, but it does take practice to understand and get used to the DA/SA.
|
01-13-2021, 08:49 AM
|
|
US Veteran
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: All over Florida
Posts: 851
Likes: 25
Liked 4,464 Times in 813 Posts
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by hyena
I've got a Shield .45. I was just thinking how big your pockets must be.
|
Yeah, I was wondering how big OP's pockets are.
__________________
GOA FL Dir. & Nat. Spokesman
|
The Following 2 Users Like Post:
|
|
01-13-2021, 09:32 AM
|
|
US Veteran
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: All over Florida
Posts: 851
Likes: 25
Liked 4,464 Times in 813 Posts
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by 18DAI
Another vote for the CS45. But mine is a belt gun. NOT a pocket carry. Its too big for that. Regards 18DAI
|
I don't have a CS45 (or any CS model for that matter), but I do have a Gen 1 .40 S&W Shield and even that's too big for pocket carry. Heck, even my GLOCK 42 is too big for pocket carry. Pocket guns for me are guns likes my Seecamp LSW32, Ruger LCP, Kel-Tec P32, and Beretta 950.
__________________
GOA FL Dir. & Nat. Spokesman
|
The Following 2 Users Like Post:
|
|
01-13-2021, 10:21 AM
|
|
US Veteran
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Michigan
Posts: 3,421
Likes: 6
Liked 5,315 Times in 1,937 Posts
|
|
The age old debate. Steel v poly, striker v hammer, external safeties, yay or nay. Won't slam on the CS, know nothing about them, save what they look like. I do know about the Shield 45. It's been my EDC since I got it. As the old saying goes, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
|
The Following 2 Users Like Post:
|
|
01-13-2021, 11:39 AM
|
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Scott county,Tennessee
Posts: 1,031
Likes: 358
Liked 636 Times in 375 Posts
|
|
Had a CS 45DAO when they first went on the shelves. Foolishly traded it for sumtin different. Sure wish I had it now. Fine weapon and I shot it well. Must have had rocks in my head for trading it off!!!
__________________
JAREDSHS
LEO(retired)
|
The Following User Likes This Post:
|
|
01-13-2021, 11:44 AM
|
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Washington State
Posts: 7,475
Likes: 14,587
Liked 9,314 Times in 3,723 Posts
|
|
They are different platforms and probably hard to directly compare. The Shield benefits from more modern knowledge abut ergonomics, at least for most people. Mine is a 4" 9mm, which is not a pocket gun - but I pocket carry a G33 almost all the time and it works fine in that role. I am pretty sure a standard Shield would too.
__________________
NHI, 10-8.
|
The Following User Likes This Post:
|
|
01-13-2021, 09:24 PM
|
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: North Georgia
Posts: 1,178
Likes: 1,661
Liked 1,852 Times in 560 Posts
|
|
I had a bead on a CS 45D a few weeks ago locally - I have a number of 2nd and 3rd generation S&W pistols but I held off on this one - parts availability, particularly recoil spring concerned me regarding serviceability.
Sent from my LGMP260 using Tapatalk
|
The Following User Likes This Post:
|
|
01-13-2021, 11:33 PM
|
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Utah
Posts: 7,239
Likes: 16,636
Liked 24,206 Times in 5,135 Posts
|
|
I bought a 45 Shield M2.0 in June for my EDC. OWB
Less than two month later I was back to carrying my 642-1.
Its a weight thing for me.
I have a shoulder holster for it but if I'm going to do that I carry my full size M&P 45.
I only have two bottom feeders.
__________________
Kenny
Endeavor to persevere.
|
The Following User Likes This Post:
|
|
01-17-2021, 08:53 PM
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 10
Likes: 0
Liked 2 Times in 2 Posts
|
|
While the size of a pocket for in pocket carry is important it is also important the way the pocket is cut. I really can't explain how the pocket should be cut but I have pocket carried mid size pistols for a long time in pocket and the pocket cut is just as important at\s the size of pocket. The pocket cut decides how the pistol will carry in your pocket...by that I mean the position the way the pistol sits.. I have carried with a pocket holster, without a holster but a trigger stop, and pocket carry is my favorite concealed carry method. However I have several holsters for all of my pistols and revolvers. Lots of toys. lol
|
01-17-2021, 10:50 PM
|
|
SWCA Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: Davidson County, NC
Posts: 2,119
Likes: 7,816
Liked 4,140 Times in 1,416 Posts
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by pmosley
I had a bead on a CS 45D a few weeks ago locally - I have a number of 2nd and 3rd generation S&W pistols but I held off on this one - parts availability, particularly recoil spring concerned me regarding serviceability.
|
Was the CS45D stainless or black?
|
The Following User Likes This Post:
|
|
01-18-2021, 03:18 PM
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: NC
Posts: 30,814
Likes: 58,052
Liked 53,100 Times in 16,565 Posts
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by seldon14
Imo the ergonomics on the CS45, are a dumpster fire, especially compared to the Shield.
|
I’ve had two, won’t be a third. Unless I can buy it cheap, sell it high, and buy something useful.
__________________
Sure you did
Last edited by ladder13; 01-18-2021 at 04:27 PM.
|
|
Posting Rules
|
|
|
|
Similar Threads
|
Thread |
Thread Starter |
Forum |
Replies |
Last Post |
457 and CS45
|
S&W59 |
Smith & Wesson Semi-Auto Pistols |
1 |
01-26-2019 03:15 PM |
CS45 or Shield in 45?
|
Retired LTC, USAR |
Smith & Wesson M&P Pistols |
16 |
11-06-2016 07:48 PM |
S&W CS45
|
sealchief |
GUNS - For Sale or Trade |
3 |
03-17-2011 05:10 PM |
CS45 What do I own?
|
Mikey1969 |
Smith & Wesson Semi-Auto Pistols |
2 |
12-27-2010 11:55 AM |
The S&W CS45?
|
arizonaguide |
Smith & Wesson Semi-Auto Pistols |
21 |
03-15-2010 03:59 PM |
|