Iwant2shootlikehickock45
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Have you seen the glick 43. It's ugly as sin compared to a shield. Guys over at the glock forum are having this very discussion
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Have you seen the glick 43. It's ugly as sin compared to a shield. Guys over at the glock forum are having this very discussion
Glocks are beautiful to me. Guess im just in love with the ugly daughter. I think shield is way uglier, far more disproportionate.
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Not to start an argument, but from that picture the glock looks way more disproportionate. The length compared to the height is way different and the shield is almost perfectly proportionate in those areas.
Iwant2shootlikehickock45
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The glock is long and with a shorter fatter grip. It looks like it is mostly slide. Glocks are a good pistol but they are blocky and ugly
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I just recently sold my shield 9mm. it was one of the most comfortable carry pistols ive ever owned. never been a glock guy though. the only reason I sold it was to purchase this CZ Rami BD. the Rami is a double stack mag, so its a touch thicker. but surprisingly close in comparison.
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While I'm a Glock guy for many years, I've also grown to love the M&P pistols. Since Glock ignored everyone's pleas to manufacture a single stack 9mm for so long, I bought a Shield in 9mm as soon as they became available. I have yet to see a G43 in person, but from the photos and statistical information available so far, I'll keep my Shield. The Glock has 1-2 fewer rounds with a flush magazine, it has plastic sights, and nothing is interchangeable (particularly magazines) with anything else. So, where is the advantage in changing? I see none. The Shield has performed flawlessly for me and I'll be keeping mine.
Iwant2shootlikehickock45
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Looks are not a primary consideration. When you have two good performing pistols you are going to take into account other characteristics of a gun.
Just like buying a car. If it is safe and reliable then you look at what other options appeal to you the most.
Just like buying a car. If it is safe and reliable then you look at what other options appeal to you the most.
Decipher
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I absolutely LOVE the Glock talk..."Shoots like a Glock."
I appreciate your review and I've read countless other Glock reviews but have never bought into the brand. I just don't care for the rake of the gun. But, this "shoots like a Glock" talk kills me because after well over 1,000 rounds of 9mm (everything from FMJ to hollowpoints to reloads) I have never had one single failure of any sort. I guess my S&W shoots like a Glock!
I appreciate your review and I've read countless other Glock reviews but have never bought into the brand. I just don't care for the rake of the gun. But, this "shoots like a Glock" talk kills me because after well over 1,000 rounds of 9mm (everything from FMJ to hollowpoints to reloads) I have never had one single failure of any sort. I guess my S&W shoots like a Glock!
I don't know if it applies to this model, but I have read some complaints alleging that Glock's "new" finish is pretty fragile.
My Shield "Shoots like a Glock"... Easy to point & shoot, nice low bore axis, milder recoil than the others (XD-S, Nano, Khar, etc).
I'm hoping that my LGS/Range will get one in as a rental soon, so I can try it out side-by-side against my Shield. If it shoots anything as nice as the G42, I'm figuring it's gonna be neck-and-neck race... and in the case of a tie, the tie will go to the one I Own (Shield) and I'll simply wait for the initial stampede to die down.
Of course... At $5 per rental (at my range), it's pretty easy to rent something I want to try as often as I want.
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The Glock G43 is designed around the 9MM. The Shield is designed around the greater recoiling 40 S&W round. That is why guns like the G43 and even the Ruger LC9s are 2 to 3 ounces lighter than the 9MM Shield.
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wow...actually looking at them side by side like that, the glock looks SO top heavy! The Shield looks very proportional but the glock looks like its all slide and the grip looks anemic as heck.
most other glocks seem like they have big fatty grips and pretty low profile slides, by comparison. they found a way to make it uglier.
I was a Glock guy. So much so that I sort of had blinders on when it came to M&Ps and other polymer guns, and add to that a pretty unsuccessful history with S&W simi-auto reliability, though I had carried J-frames as EDC. When the G42 came out I was hugely disappointed it wasn't at least a 9mm given its size, but it got me reading some forums.
One of the recurring themes I discovered was people shrugging their digital shoulders and saying they were happy with their Shields, or Bodyguards in .380. Shields?? So that got me reading more forums and then even more, and any seemingly unbiased review I could find along with watching reviews on Youtube. I finally decided that many people must not be lying and it just so happened a local dealer was having an M&P event that weekend where I could try them.
I shot both the 9 and 40 and was pleased the 40 wasn't as snappy as I'd feared, being a 40S&W fan. As a matter of fact my first 40 was also my first Glock, Gen 2 G22 (which I still have). And I must say that I headed to the range with my new Shield 40 and a dark pessimism I was trying to suppress. But I am happy to say that pessimism was completely unfounded, the little gun is as consistant as my J-frame... Or my Glocks.
Which got me thinking the way gun lovers the world over seem to love to think. I had been keeping a G21 SF (45 ACP) by my bed fo several years, but honestly never became comfortable with the size of its grip. And given how pleased I am with my Shield, I knew I really no longer had much use for the G22 that had always been too bulky for Florida carry 11 month out of the year.
I traded off the two Glocks and now I'm an M&P guy with a 40 Shield for my "walking around" gun and a 40 Pro Series long slide for my house gun and fun shooting gun. The Pro is just getting broken in at 300 rounds, but hasn't missed a beat as yet. It is a bonus that, to my eye, the M&Ps are far less homely than the Glocks and have the same grip angle as a 1911, which is still my favorite paper puncher. I would even go so far as to say the Pro long slide is attractive, an adjective I never considered for a Glock.
The Glock 43? Too late guys, I found something better (for me at least).
One of the recurring themes I discovered was people shrugging their digital shoulders and saying they were happy with their Shields, or Bodyguards in .380. Shields?? So that got me reading more forums and then even more, and any seemingly unbiased review I could find along with watching reviews on Youtube. I finally decided that many people must not be lying and it just so happened a local dealer was having an M&P event that weekend where I could try them.
I shot both the 9 and 40 and was pleased the 40 wasn't as snappy as I'd feared, being a 40S&W fan. As a matter of fact my first 40 was also my first Glock, Gen 2 G22 (which I still have). And I must say that I headed to the range with my new Shield 40 and a dark pessimism I was trying to suppress. But I am happy to say that pessimism was completely unfounded, the little gun is as consistant as my J-frame... Or my Glocks.
Which got me thinking the way gun lovers the world over seem to love to think. I had been keeping a G21 SF (45 ACP) by my bed fo several years, but honestly never became comfortable with the size of its grip. And given how pleased I am with my Shield, I knew I really no longer had much use for the G22 that had always been too bulky for Florida carry 11 month out of the year.
I traded off the two Glocks and now I'm an M&P guy with a 40 Shield for my "walking around" gun and a 40 Pro Series long slide for my house gun and fun shooting gun. The Pro is just getting broken in at 300 rounds, but hasn't missed a beat as yet. It is a bonus that, to my eye, the M&Ps are far less homely than the Glocks and have the same grip angle as a 1911, which is still my favorite paper puncher. I would even go so far as to say the Pro long slide is attractive, an adjective I never considered for a Glock.
The Glock 43? Too late guys, I found something better (for me at least).
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Beretta Dawg
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$5 a rental? I have great envy for you right now.
I've never been a fan of the look of the Glock or the way that it pointed for me. When I finally decided to move from hammer fired handguns to striker fired I tried everything on the market. Before I rented my first couple of guns I was pretty sure I was going to end up with the XDM. Decent enough gun but the M&P with the small back strap felt nearly as perfect as a Browning Hi-Power. The Shield is great in the hand and shoots extremely well. The Glock simply wasn't in the same league as either the XDM or the M&P.
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After comparing the 43 and the Shield, IMO the Glock just didn't stack up.
1oz lighter, not even a consideration.
.26" shorter, not even a consideration.
6 + 1 Glock vs 7 + 1 Shield, laughable really IMO.
The Shield is thinner with a slightly better sight radius among some other differences too small to even consider. Overall, I'd take the Shield over the late to party Glock any day. I like Glock and have owned several, but their new G43 offering just seems to be lacking any real thinking behind it. IMO, the whole pistol should have been built around the 7 + 1 capacity at the very least. It seems Glock thinks it can just put it's name on it and it'll surpass anything in its class, well not in my book. For me the Shield blows it away in every way. Would I buy one, Nope. I think I'd rather pickup another Shield before I buy one just because it's a Glock.
1oz lighter, not even a consideration.
.26" shorter, not even a consideration.
6 + 1 Glock vs 7 + 1 Shield, laughable really IMO.
The Shield is thinner with a slightly better sight radius among some other differences too small to even consider. Overall, I'd take the Shield over the late to party Glock any day. I like Glock and have owned several, but their new G43 offering just seems to be lacking any real thinking behind it. IMO, the whole pistol should have been built around the 7 + 1 capacity at the very least. It seems Glock thinks it can just put it's name on it and it'll surpass anything in its class, well not in my book. For me the Shield blows it away in every way. Would I buy one, Nope. I think I'd rather pickup another Shield before I buy one just because it's a Glock.
Guys. So we throw out these numbers but at what point are we just being nitpicky. Percentage wise 1oz in 20oz is large but no one can really feel it.
1 extra round, i could see as a dealbreaker for some because they want one extra. But when we talk .26 inches smaller doyou actually feel the difference?
1 extra round, i could see as a dealbreaker for some because they want one extra. But when we talk .26 inches smaller doyou actually feel the difference?
I've always thought the M&Ps are attractive guns. I like the slight angle cut on the back of the slide (in profile)...it nearly matches the grip angle, and gives the gun a sleek and almost forward-leaning appearance. I like the smooth flow to the trigger guard -- squared-off trigger guards break up the lines of a gun to me. I prefer the Shield's lack of an accessory rail -- I don't care for rails myself -- and the full size's rail cut-outs give the otherwise smooth look of the gun a somewhat "jagged" appearance at the front. The scalloped slide serrations look classy and understated.
Basically -- that's how I describe the M&P over all: classy. It has a certain aggression to its look, but it's not an overly-busy or -simple look. Few plastic guns match the M&P's classy appearance, at least to my eyes.
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