Just curious. Why do some of these models have those "safety triggers" and some appear to have "normal" triggers? What's the difference in these models?

Thanks.

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What do you mean by “normal”? All previous Shields use a hinged trigger. The new Shield Plus is different. Perhaps the others you looked at are Apex or other 3rd party.

Every handgun has built in safety mechanisms.

Shield series has "hinged" trigger, Shield Pro has regular trigger with "blade".
Both acting as safety, just a little differently.
M&P Shield EZ has regular trigger - safety mechanism was moved to grip safety lever.

People were complaining about hinged trigger and S&W changed it in newer series to "classic" shape.

I reckon the picture doesn't show the "hinged" trigger so it looks "normal". I'll accept that as a correction due to the visibility of the danged thing in the pictures I looked at.

We can always argue about "normal" but "safety" triggers, whether "hinged" or "bladed" (aka Glock safe action), even though some styles have been around longer than most folks realize, are basically the "new normal" at best. Before the Glock showed up with a bladed safety trigger you would have been hard pressed to find any gun with such a contraption although they were first used in the late 19th century by Iver Johnson. Glock did not invent the bladed trigger.

For the better part of the 20th century, and for all time before 1896/97, triggers were generally solid affairs and not actually part of a gun's safety mechanisms. ICBW BIDTS. So "normal" is the trigger found on virtually every gun ever made until Glock caused the so-called safe action trigger to become popular and often copied.

Jurek above uses the term "regular". I'll accept that as opposed to normal. But it also means maybe my eyesight did not deceive me and the model I looked at did have a "regular" trigger as described by member jurek.

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I use "regular" term for the trigger which has noting extra on it. Like any DA/SA hammer fired handgun.

Striker fired semi-autos has no safety mechanism other than "trigger safety" and "firing pin block safety" , sometimes "grip safety".
Shield, being striker fired handgun has to use any type of "trigger safety", and I'm glad they start using blade instead of hinge.

The Shield has three types of triggers, depending on the model.

• S&W Hinged Trigger
  This is the default trigger of the Shield Series, a two piece trigger in which the bottom half of the trigger pivots downward a short distance to serve as a passive safety which is supposed to prevent the trigger from being pulled accidentally/unintentionally. Featured on most Smith & Wesson striker-fire pistols including the Sigma Series, M&P, M&P Compact/Subcompact, and M&P Shield 1.0 & 2.0 models.
• EZ Trigger
  A traditional pivoting Single Action trigger which lacks any form of passive safety because the series of pistols it is found on have a grip safety instead. Featured on all M&P Shield EZ models.
• Safe Action Trigger
  A more conventional style of trigger with a blade in the center of the trigger which pivots until it is flush with the rest of the trigger. This style of trigger is very common among most modern striker-fire pistols across multiple makes/models. (Glock, Ruger, Springfield Armory, Taurus, Walther, etc all use a variation of this design.) Featured on the new Shield PLUS line of pistols, but some anticipate that it will replace S&W's Hinged Trigger design on all forthcoming models of pistol.

Beyond that, there exists a wide variety of Aftermarket triggers of various designs for the M&P Shield which are marketed as improvements that many swear by, and therefore Used Shields can often be found fitted with such aftermarket triggers.

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Purchased the Shield plus and if someone says they need to put an aftermarket trigger in it then they're wanting something tacticool.
It has a GREAT TRIGGER and my grouping was 2-3" at 7 yards

Tinkering with handguns, tacticool or otherwise, is not my forte (okay, there's a Forum/thread pun in there, I admit it).

But I should note that Walther's CCP models are striker fired but have "regular" triggers. Basically, DAO in the "regular" sense. An interesting choice by Walther and maybe has something to do with the gun having a thumb safety a la' the 1911.

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