Glad you had much success, and are happy with your Shield. Although mine is a .40, and only have a little over 400 rounds through it, I'm here to say, not one failure of any kind. I've put 5 different brands of target stuff, 2 of SD stuff, both 165 and 180gr, and she just keeps purring along. 9 or 40, I think the Shield is a great little gun. PS. Happy for you too tcook90.