S&W shield triggers

Just because a customer prefers a fine trigger on their firearms, doesn't necessarily mean that they have insufficient shooting skills. I, fortunately or unfortunately, have been spoiled by owning firearms with fantastic triggers. My gold trigger standard is of course my 1911 firearms. I have never fired a striker firearm that equals the trigger on my 1911 firearms. Yes, I do expect striker firearms to someday equal that of a 1911 single action or come really close. Some of the manufactures understand this and are starting to produce striker firearms with exceptional triggers. Walther is one of those manufacturers. Persons Believing that exceptional triggers do not happen in cheap firearms have not fired a PPQ or PDP. The S&W M&P 2.0 firearms are pretty pricey. With those prices, I expect S&W to make exceptional triggers and so should you.
BTW, not only 1911 firearms have fantastic triggers. I have a CZ TS with a trigger that equals the 1911 trigger.
 
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I don't feel the need to compare the Shield Plus trigger to anything. I just like it.
 
It's a $500, mass market, defensive handgun. In that context, it has a pretty good trigger. I'm not sure what you were expecting. If you want a target trigger, buy an expensive target gun. Otherwise, shoot it a lot. You and the trigger will get better.
 
American Rifleman says the Kimber Mako has, "one of the best factory triggers on any handgun available today." Maybe that's what you want. They also got 3/4" groups at 7 yards out of it.
 
gsparesa said:
Using that mentality, a Hi-Point would be the win. Im looking for S&W to up their game and not just make "good enough".
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It is a win. The Hi-Point is a $200, mass market gun. Of course it's built like a $200 gun, which is to say, low quality. That doesn't make it bad. It makes it cheep. My point is, you can't buy a Hi-Point and expect a Wilson trigger. There's a reason why the Wilson is a couple of grand more. What I do expect from a $500 defense gun is reliability, decent accuracy and some durability. The trigger on the Shield is serviceable for it's intended purpose.
 
Telecaster said:
American Rifleman says the Kimber Mako has, "one of the best factory triggers on any handgun available today." Maybe that's what you want. They also got 3/4" groups at 7 yards out of it.
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Wow, OK. R7 Mako appears to have a constant pull with a clean break. Looks to be just a bit of creep before the break. With 13+1 rounds, I need to try this US made pistol. Thanks.
 
gsparesa said:
Compared to a ppq or pdp?
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Good question. I've never shot a ppq or a pdp, so I can't compare it to those two. Admittedly, my trigger pulls are somewhat limited. The best trigger pull I've experienced is from my Colt Competition 1911, followed by my Springfield Mil-Spec 1911. But 3rd place would go to my new Shield Plus. In my subjective opinion, it beats the triggers in the following handguns I've shot as far as break, crisp reset, and a hard to describe, plain old "feel":

Beretta 92FS
S&W 3913
S&W PPK/S
Bersa Thunder 380cc

As far as trigger pull weight, I have no idea what it is or what the other trigger weights are on the other handguns. It just "feels" better than the others I just listed, with the exception of the 1911's I mentioned. Of course, others might have a different subjective opinion on the Shield Plus's trigger as well as how it compares to triggers on the handguns I listed along with triggers from other comparably sized handguns, like the Sig P365, Springfield Hellcat, etc. I've read opinions from other internet sources claiming preference of trigger pull for the P365 compared to the Shield Plus and those claiming the PPQ of having one of the best triggers. But not having shot those, I can't really compare or give an opinion.
 
The Mk1 Shield I tried years ago had an adequate trigger, but I can say for sure that the trigger in a Walther PPS M2 is vastly superior.

Mind you, the H&K mafia will tell you all Walther triggers are dogs compared to a VP9. I cannot really say because I haven't shot the H&K and only dry fired the Walther. I do own a couple of Canik pistols with very good triggers, certainly better than most striker fired pistols, and darned close to the PPQ.
 
gsparesa said:
Why does S&W place garbage triggers in their shields?
I prefer not purchasing foreign pistols but S&w does does not have the answer for me. Is the problem with their engineers or their bean counters? It's only the old revolvers that S&w has a name. I'm surprised that they are still in business. For the record, I own S&w revolvers and a S&W shield.

Ps. I should not have to rely on a third party to make a marginally better trigger.
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Which Shield are you talking about? 2.0? I just purchased a M&P 45 shield and the trigger breaks at 5 lbs with very little creep. Try the trigger on a new XP then you will have something to really complain about.
 
equin said:
Good question. I've never shot a ppq or a pdp, so I can't compare it to those two. Admittedly, my trigger pulls are somewhat limited. The best trigger pull I've experienced is from my Colt Competition 1911, followed by my Springfield Mil-Spec 1911. But 3rd place would go to my new Shield Plus. In my subjective opinion, it beats the triggers in the following handguns I've shot as far as break, crisp reset, and a hard to describe, plain old "feel":

Beretta 92FS
S&W 3913
S&W PPK/S
Bersa Thunder 380cc

As far as trigger pull weight, I have no idea what it is or what the other trigger weights are on the other handguns. It just "feels" better than the others I just listed, with the exception of the 1911's I mentioned. Of course, others might have a different subjective opinion on the Shield Plus's trigger as well as how it compares to triggers on the handguns I listed along with triggers from other comparably sized handguns, like the Sig P365, Springfield Hellcat, etc. I've read opinions from other internet sources claiming preference of trigger pull for the P365 compared to the Shield Plus and those claiming the PPQ of having one of the best triggers. But not having shot those, I can't really compare or give an opinion.
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Forgot to add my Glock 34 to the list of other handguns I've shot whose trigger doesn't feel as good as my Shield Plus.
 
I like my Shield 1.0, 2.0 9mm's and my .45. I think the triggers are fine and the guns are soft shooting and accurate. I paid $369, $399 and $365 respectively and the .45 came with 2 boxes of premium ammo and a mag loader. I wouldn't mind a Shield Plus, but can't justify it at the moment.
 
If you think the Shield M&P triggers are bad....
try a Massachusetts trigger! 10+ pounds. Horrible,absolutely, dreadful , trigger pull.
 
gsparesa said:
Compared to a ppq or pdp?
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Many aftermarket triggers like Apex had complaints of "Dead triggers" and some who did the 50 cent trigger job on glock triggers ended up with pistols that went full auto

also for a self defense gun, you don' want a trigger to be super light or super heavy. The MP shield is fairly good but more on the excellent especially the plus version

The walther ppq is fantastic but for a carry gun probaby a bit too light
 
Wavygravy said:
Learn to shoot and the search for "perfect" triggers isn't needed. Aftermarket triggers aren't needed on any generation Shield imo. Just learn how to shoot 'em. :)
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This is a good point. I have 2 Sigmas and shoot dead accurate with them. Have had them both for 20+ years and probably shoot them better than some guns with better triggers. I guess it is just practice.

Rosewood
 
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