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i just purchased a shield .40 on black friday. all and all im pretty impressed with the gun except the trigger. going from a glock 23 to this i feel the trigger is kinda sloppy. i feel that the glock is a better shooter but im sure its cause im accustom to shooting it.

im looking into trigger kits. i know theres a alot of kits out there and am looking at some feed back on some of the kits out there. one of the kits ive seen on youtube is the apex trigger. looking at a video and hearing someone that actually has one install is 2 totally different things.

Please post ur comments and brand of trigger kits.

thanks in advanced
 
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I own Glocks, XDs and the Shield. I'm probably in the minority here, but if it's a carry pistol, I simply learn the platform I'm carrying, rather than spending more money on trigger kits... and I shoot all three brands equally well at 30ft (as far as grouping goes).
If you really want to get a trigger kit, most here go with Apex.
 
its my first s&w. its alot better then a Beretta nano. i do need some more time behind her for sure. im not satisfied with the trigger.
thanks for ur input rob
 
Have Shield 9mm. Love it. It is my everyday carry. Im sorry I don't know much about trigger jobs. All I know is when I pull the trigger of a Shield, it goes bang 100% of the time!
 
i put 50 rounds into the pistol and it did fire everytime. at times my glock gives me a light fire strike. the shield was 350 and couldnt pass it up. for a gun to be my carry weapon it needs to be set up how i like it. overall the trigger is its only down fall in my eyes. travel is to long and feels crunchy/spungy.
 
I hear good things about the Apex triggers.
 
If you'll do a search, there are quite a few threads where Shield owners have gotten rid of the spongey/crunches with some judicious polishing of parts and perhaps a spring change. Might want to check that out prior to springing for the Apex kit.
 
i have no issue with mine. In fact i never notice the trigger on a gun unless its unusually heavy. If you train with your pistol you get used to it. I would not call the trigger heavy on the shield.
 
RobzGuns said:
I own Glocks, XDs and the Shield. I'm probably in the minority here, but if it's a carry pistol, I simply learn the platform I'm carrying, rather than spending more money on trigger kits... and I shoot all three brands equally well at 30ft (as far as grouping goes).
If you really want to get a trigger kit, most here go with Apex.
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I couldn't agree more. I say learn your pistols but if you just have to go with the Apex.
 
I have the Shield .40 and have no problem with the trigger, that's one of the reasons I bought it. A 30 year L.E.O. here in Utah told me that
it's best to keep your CCW stock as a defensive weapon. If you ever have to use it in a defensive situation, there will be a lot less questions about your firearm from the Courts.
 
RobzGuns said:
The trigger will smooth out with use. If you want to hasten the smoothing a bit, Burwell Guns has a great DIY PDF for smoothing M&P triggers.
http://www.burwellguns.com/misc/M&Ptriggerjob.pdf
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Good advice here. I have used the Apex kit in an M&P9L. It now resides in my daughter's 9c. She likes it but to me it was a waste of money. The parts do work, not saying they don't, but remember the M&P triggers do get smoother with use. Put 500 rounds through the gun before you spend the money. Then let us know what you decide. I was not concerned about it with the 9L (a range gun) but with the Shield, I prefer to keep the gun as stock as possible. JMHO.
 
I have a Shield 40 and the trigger on mine seems to be fairly smooth and crisp. I don't think that I would want to change it, because action jobs may reduce reliability of ignition. I have several handguns that have had trigger jobs and I have to think about which ammo works in which gun. Not good for a self defense gun.
 
I worry that a gun may be seized and inspected and I wouldn't want to give a prosecutor any more ammo than he already has against me....

However....

My M&P45c had such nasty trigger I was contemplating selling it. After reading some excellent posts on this forum, I looked at the trigger bar under a magnifying glass and I could easily see the poor machining or stamping marks on a number of mating surfaces.

These are the surfaces that wear when firing a gun.

I chose to accelerate their 'wear' by polishing the rough finishes using a stone and polishing compound on a felt wheel.

The trigger on my 45c is unbelievably smooth now and a joy to shoot. I did not change the trigger weight except for removing some friction added resistance, but I did make the take-up disappear.

Now the trigger pulls smooth to the breaking point, then stops until about 6 pounds of pressure is applied and then it snaps clean.

You can run thousands of rounds through your gun struggling with a poor trigger, or you can improve the trigger and run thousands of rounds through quite happily.

Your choice, but I don't believe cleaning and polishing will ever be fodder for a prosecutor.

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Here's my take on it as a 33 year law enforcement firearms instructor. My Shield is a EDC gun, and fills the defensive pistol role quite well. Mine is stock, and I haven't even thought about putting an after-market trigger in it.

I say that because unless you are going to use your Shield as a match gun, then as a defensive handgun, the stock trigger will work just fine. Under the stress of an armed encounter, you are NOT going to be worried about the perfect trigger reset. You are going to do like even well trained military operators, and LEO's do, you are going to put rounds down range.

There was a recent study conducted by NAVSPECWAR using (SEAL) shooters. It was discovered that even highly trained operators are not using trigger reset. They have coined the term as a "Tactical Slap" of the trigger. In other words these operators under stress, tend to shoot their pistols with little or no regard for finding the trigger reset. Of course these operators shoot many more rounds than most of the rest of us, so practice does help.

My point being that if you are carrying your Shield as a defensive handgun, and the need arises for you to shoot in your own defense, you probably will not even think about a trigger reset. So my advise is to save the money on the match trigger, and spend it on range time and training.
 
The Shield trigger isn't perfect but it's the best I've found on a compact 9mm. I tried a LC9 but gave it away to my son after I found I couldn't live with its long heavy trigger. Then I bought a Sig P290RS; it wasn't any better and it now sits in my safe unfired. I haven't tried a Kahr yet but I have a CW380 on the way to see what it's like.
 
Congratulations on a great deal, on a great pistol. I would chime in with everyone else, just shoot the dang thing and enjoy it. I haven't noticed any sloppiness on my Shield, its my EDC, but I don't have a glock to compare it with. I'd shoot another box, just to see if it gets better. Its a great carry gun, again, congratulations!
 
Keep in mind all triggers are not the same... I have 8 M&Ps, including three Shields.

Two of the Shields are similar, one is very different.

So we can't tell a guy his trigger is fine and just learn to shoot it. Some M&Ps come with just rotten triggers!!

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Good legal advice about NOT modifying an EDC weapon in any way -- a short Google search will soon point it out. My Shield trigger pull is a tad longer the my Glock 27 trigger pull, is just as smooth, but not as crisp as the G27. Any gun could come with a bad trigger, might let a S&W armorer look at it.
 
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