ScaryWoody
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With the Rebates the Shields are the best value on the market.
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One of the alltime best firearm values.
wanderson7262
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I just picked up a Shield 45 from Palmetto State Armory for $329, for the past few weeks it was $299.
Several LGS have had Shield 9s for $225 - $240
Several LGS have had Shield 9s for $225 - $240
Just got the Shield 45 PC and I hated the .9mm. The .45 is a dream to shoot. Recoil IMO is much better than my Zev 43 ands the Shield 9mm. The trigger is 10X better. Glad your enjoying. At the end of the day maybe you could have saved $50 or even $75 but if you enjoy it does it matter. I believe as you support local business. I by about 50% local and 50% on the internet. To be honest I'll spend the extra $50 to get the instant gratification and touch, feel the trigger and hold in my hand before I buy.
Just curious about your experience with the recoil on the 45, if you have a minute to expand on that a little. I always thought that 45 recoil in comparable size pistol would tend to be more than a 9mm, but if I read your info correctly, sounds like you are saying the 45 Shield is more comfortable than the 9mm to shoot, am I reading too much into what you said? I am seriously considering the 45 Shield so very much interested in your thoughts. Thanks.
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I was just at my local hardware store yesterday. It has been around forever 
and they always have any odd thing that you can't find at the Box stores.
I thought about grabbing a 45 but I have been sticking with the 9mm since ammo is so cheap. I usually pay around $9-11 per box and that gets expensive if you shoot several times per month with 2 people.
We get one free day per week at the range with our membership. So, I try to make at at least that day. If my wife can't make it, I try to schedule another day. I still get the free time if possible.
What are you guys paying for the 45 ammo?
and they always have any odd thing that you can't find at the Box stores. I thought about grabbing a 45 but I have been sticking with the 9mm since ammo is so cheap. I usually pay around $9-11 per box and that gets expensive if you shoot several times per month with 2 people.
We get one free day per week at the range with our membership. So, I try to make at at least that day. If my wife can't make it, I try to schedule another day. I still get the free time if possible
.What are you guys paying for the 45 ammo?
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I prefer the recoil on the 45 shield to the 9mm shield. The 9 mm jumps with more muzzle flip. The 45 just pushes back "less jumpy". I am able to get back on target faster with the 45 shield. The trigger is smoother in the 45 shield. The slide is smoother on the 45 shield.
If you are considering getting a 45 shield. I say do it!
If you are considering getting a 45 shield. I say do it!
I bought a new Shield 45 and it is in shipping right now. This is the lowest cost handgun I have ever bought with the exception of a FIE Titan 25 auto I bought 30 years ago for $45. The Shield 45 is less than I paid for the Kel Tech 3AT when it first came out.
My costs are $319.99 for the pistol, $9.99 for shipping, $10 for dealer transfer then minus $75 for the rebate. This all comes to a total in hand price of $339.98 before the rebate and $264.98 after the rebate.
They still have some in stock.
Here is the dealer's link sorted for Shields of any caliber:
http://www.gunbroker.com/All/BI.aspx?Keywords=Shield&Sort=4&IncludeSellers=1111136
My costs are $319.99 for the pistol, $9.99 for shipping, $10 for dealer transfer then minus $75 for the rebate. This all comes to a total in hand price of $339.98 before the rebate and $264.98 after the rebate.
They still have some in stock.
Here is the dealer's link sorted for Shields of any caliber:
http://www.gunbroker.com/All/BI.aspx?Keywords=Shield&Sort=4&IncludeSellers=1111136
mac6150
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$425 here
I live in Washington State and they can't keep the .45 shield in stock. So they charge full MSRP for the gun. Its all about supply and demand here. At least there is the 75 dollar rebate, which makes the price lower.
I live in Washington State and they can't keep the .45 shield in stock. So they charge full MSRP for the gun. Its all about supply and demand here. At least there is the 75 dollar rebate, which makes the price lower.
ABPOS
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Every once in a while you can find like AE .45 for nearly what you pay for 9mm. But yeah, it's usually more. Self Defense ammo however, barely a difference.
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There is a special package of the .45 with factory night sights and a third magazine. It's usually priced about $100 more than the base .45. Don't know if this is what the OP got.
I have both the 9 and 45. Like both equally. The 45 tends to shoot nicer groups but that maybe the bigger holes in the paper.
Friend of mine has a 45 and the RSA decided to come apart by it self. No way to put it back together and Smith claims not to have any in stock to send out. He isn't happy.
I was just at my local hardware store yesterday. It has been around forever
I thought about grabbing a 45 but I have been sticking with the 9mm since ammo is so cheap. I usually pay around $9-11 per box and that gets expensive if you shoot several times per month with 2 people.
We get one free day per week at the range with our membership. So, I try to make at at least that day. If my wife can't make it, I try to schedule another day. I still get the free time if possible
What are you guys paying for the 45 ammo?
Last 45 I bought was $9 per 50 for WWB.
But on almost any day you can get it for $12.50 shipped from one place or another online
Dyerbill
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My final cost is $350.....the gun speaks for itself....250rds and I'm very happy. Most transfer fees run about 25 to 50 dollars around here and I will not pay $25 for a two-minute phone call.
I gave up anything over 9mm/38 Special more than a decade ago as too hard on my old joints. I sold my 44 Magnum and 45 Colt revolvers, gave my GI 1911 to my son when he got his Army commission, and haven't fired any caliber that started with a 4 since. But I was so intrigued by how soft shooting the 9mm Shield was when I tried one at a rental range that (a) I bought one, and (b) a couple of weeks later decided to see what a 45 Shield would be like. You know, just as a scientific inquiry. For comparison purposes only. Simply to confirm that I'd made the right decision a decade ago.
Now I find myself fighting off the urge to get a 45 Shield, too. It seemed to have just barely more recoil than the 9mm, certainly much less than I remember my full size 1911 having. It shot just as tiny groups as the 9mm at social distances, and overall was just a hoot to shoot. I do NOT know how they have managed to fiddle with the laws of physics in that little thing, but I can not wait to shoot one again.
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If you decide to purchase, you won't be one bit sorry. Great shooting & carry gun.
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I was surprised on my first range trip that at 7 yards I was shooting groups as good with my .45 Shield as I do with my 9mm Shield.
Hell I shoot the 45 better than the 9 at 5,7,10 or 15 yds. I don't even want to keep my 9 anymore.
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