NEVER thought I would buy a 9mm

[zzclancy]

Tuesday I bought a M&P Shield 2.0 9mm with the integrated Crimson Trace Green Laser.

As a N frame and 1911 guy I'm really impressed. I never understood why they were so popular until I bought this one.

Not a fan of 9mm or polymer pistols but I'm a fan of this one. Not a great photo.

 

[The Mighty S&W]

I’ve got an M2.0 Shield 9mm that came to me with the Streamlight TLR6 light/laser combo. It’s a great little pistol for carry, and to be entirely fair it’s no slouch on the range either. Simple, reliable, and far more accurate than a gun of this size deserves to be. I previously owned an original Shield, and a Shield in .45 ACP. Smith & Wesson definitely hit a homerun with their Shield series of pistols. I e got bigger guns for when I feel the need for greater capacity, and feel that the 7 (or 8) plus one capacity of the Shield is more than plenty for concealed carry. I survived a couple of decades as an LEO with most of that time carrying a SIG P220 .45 that had the same capacity, and that was in a fairly busy metro area agency that saw plenty of action.

Congrats on the new acquisition, and I’m glad to hear that you like it. As you can see for yourself, there are certainly reasons why these little Smith & Wesson pistols are so popular. I see them as the modern day J frame in terms of being great carry guns for the masses. They just hold more rounds, are more powerful (than the old .38’s), are quicker to reload, and they’re more accurate. They’re the snubnose evolved.

 

[jbtrucker]

Good choice with Shield 2.0 have owned my Shield 9mm nine years with no problems .

 

[stanmerrell]

I can relate. If it hadn't been for my boys I never would have made the jump to a wonder nine...the first time my son bought a G17 I thought, wow I'm gonna get one these. I think the 2.0 is a little better than the Glocks now.

 

[hardluk1]

I get it too . Always been a 45acp or 40sw guy . But I picked up a M&P 2.0 4" compact 9mm with thumb safety and it's optic ready now with a holosun 507c gr x2 thats more fun gun for now , but one day , maybe .

My normal CC is ether a lw commander or 4.25 m&p 40 with thumb safety and apex fst curved trigger kit . Both have for 3.5lb + or - an ounce or two for there trigger pull .

 

[sousana]

I too am primarily a 1911 type, however, over the past few years I've explored the 92FS line, I've always loved the BHP but not the hammer bite which is why I have no less than 8 Kareen Mark III's, basically a BHP clone with a built in beavertail.

Recently I came across a whole passle of Shield 40 mags, the 7 rounders along with around 10 of the 6 rounders for a total of around 30 mags. Got the 7 rounders for 10 bucks a pop and the 6 rounders for 7 bucks a pop, got them with the intent to offer them up for sale but when I hit my primary gunshop, he had a Shield 2.0 in 40, 3 mags and I had all those mags at home, marked price was 429 I looked at the guy and said you'd prob not like my offer, he said shoot it at me, I said 350 out the door, he said sold. I'm now the owner of a near mint Shield 2.0 in 40, and it sits next to my 2 Shield 9 2.0 and 2 shield plus's as well as my 4 shield 45's.

My Shield 9 mags all have NDZ performance Red aluminum base plates and the 6 rounders sport red pinky extension, while the Shield 2.0 in 40 all 7rd mags sport NDZ performance aluminum base plates in gold color, while the 6 rounders sport the NDZ aluminum pinky extension.

 

[Sevens]

My formative early years in firearms had me reading every gun magazine that I could get my paws on from cover to cover and then repeat. Jeff Cooper was an early favorite of mine so I feel like I had no choice but to LOATHE the 9mm cartridge. The idea that I’d buy a 9mm handgun was preposterous to me.

That changed in the spring of 1994 with the AWB looming. As it always does, anti-gun legislation forcibly adds millions of gun purchases that might not otherwise happen and I was no different.

I had to go out and buy a hi-cap 9mm, simply because they told me that soon enough I would not be able to do exactly that.

That’s how I got my first 9mm, a Taurus PT-99AF that I still have.

You might say that I have added a “few” since that fateful day in 1994.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Over the years have owned several 9s.
Recently bought a Ruger LCP Max.
Never thought I would buy a 380!

 

[Road Rat]

The world military can’t be wrong!

 

[David Kachel]

I refer to the 9mm as the King of the Mouse Guns... (only half-jokingly)
The only 9mm's I own are as small as J-frames or PPKs, or even smaller. In fact, one is a J-frame, another a Kimber Solo (completely undeserving of its bad reputation), and... Oh, one P365; that's as big a platform as I will use for 9mm. If you view the 9mm as a mouse gun caliber, it makes a great deal more sense. (Begin flaming now...)

 

[gwpercle]

I never thought I would own a 9mm either ... I started shooting and reloading handguns in 1967 and never bought one , or wanted to buy one , untill 2015 ...that's 48 years ... my Daddy a WWII Veteran walks into the kitchen and hands me a Walther P-38 and says "here , you take this I don't need it any more ... " He hands me a Walther P-38 , holster and 4 boxes of German Army surplus ammo ... just out the blue .
Dad was Navy Vet but got the P-38 after WWII , mail ordered from Klien's Sporting Goods out of a magazine about 1961 ... That was his bedside house protection gun ... it lived in his "sock drawer" I remember seeing it in there , when a young boy and wondering what it's history was ...it's dated 1944 and roughly finished ...
Never asked for a 9mm Luger but I enjoy shooting and reloading for it ...still prefer the 45 acp and 38 special / 357 magnum .
Gary

 

[m&p2.0fdethumbsafety]

m&p changed the game for 9mm. the glock for the longest time had been ruining the reputation of the 9mm

 

[biku324]

The single most accurate semi-auto out of the box that I've ever fired was a 5906. But I'm not a 9 fan.

 

[Warren Sear]

Good 9mm hollowpoint ammo is one of the most effective calibers available, like it or not.

 

[biku324]

I'll never know.

 

[Rocty]

Good choice, congrats on your new acquisition.

 

[clang444]

Hey, I never thought I'd buy a .40 S&W, but now I have 3 of them...

 

[CajunBass]

I've got the same gun. What's not to like about it? Good capacity. Good cartridge. Good size. That green dot just jumps out at me. With my 70 year old eyes, I need all the help I can get these days.

Ok...Extra mags are kinda expensive, but really no more than most mags these days. It's not like I throw them away.

Ok. One more thing. It sort of hard for me to rack the slide. So I added a couple of "wings" to the back of the slide as an assist. I forget who makes them (Edited: Recover Tactical) but I found them on Ebay by searching for Slide assist or something like that. About 20 bucks and make a world of difference.

 

[sousana]

My formative early years in firearms had me reading every gun magazine that I could get my paws on from cover to cover and then repeat. Jeff Cooper was an early favorite of mine so I feel like I had no choice but to LOATHE the 9mm cartridge. The idea that I’d buy a 9mm handgun was preposterous to me.

That changed in the spring of 1994 with the AWB looming. As it always does, anti-gun legislation forcibly adds millions of gun purchases that might not otherwise happen and I was no different.

I had to go out and buy a hi-cap 9mm, simply because they told me that soon enough I would not be able to do exactly that.

That’s how I got my first 9mm, a Taurus PT-99AF that I still have.

You might say that I have added a “few” since that fateful day in 1994.

I picked up a PT92 way back in like 1987/88. Since then it's had just shy of 100k rounds through it without an issue until in the late 90's ammo wise the frame cracked. I called Taurus, told em whats up, sent them the gun and a copy of the weapons log, days after they took delivery of mine, my FFL called saying my replacement 92 was in his hands.

years later, the same thing happened with my Taurus mod 66 4" nickel. Got me a new one blue no cost to me.

 

[hardluk1]

Good 9mm hollow point ammo is one of the most effective calibers available, like it or not.

A Good 9mm HP is only affective when compared to a 380 or less . When compared to a 38super or 357sig and larger its nothing more than a choice for those that can't handle the other higher energy cartridges as well . It well not exceed energy or expansion or distance traveled in tissue . Its just a cartridge that when bullets are placed well can get the job done and a cartridge choice easy to shoot as handgun size gets smaller and lighter just like the shooters . Ha