I shot my brother's Shield last week and fell in love. Now I want to pick up my first and honestly I prefer the look of the 1.0 over the 2.0. Why? The front slide serrations look goofy to me. Superficial, I know. Sadly I can't find the 1.0 for sale at a good price... it's literally the same as buying a 2.0 on sale right now. So my real concern is this:

Do the front slide serrations on the 2.0 compromise the strength of the slide at all? I read somewhere on reddit (can't remember where) that a gunsmith had an issue with the slide nearly breaking or being too thin due to this new feature. If that's true, I'm definitely going to go for the 1.0 as the other differences don't matter much to me.

If you have pictures of the inside of the slide near the front serrations, I'd be thrilled! Thanks.