Attention all gun owners!! IMHO it is a great time to take one of your "non-gun" owning friends to the range. Think back to the very first time you ever shot a gun. For most of us, it was love at first recoil! I have a lot of friends that have never really had "access" to firearms as kids...
The TruGlo TFO's are Tritium Fiber Optic sights. Meaning they use a tritium vial to light the sight at night and the fiber optic during the day. They may be the brightest night sights I have ever used. The front is long but it is not noticeable in the sight picture. Looks like three very bright...
I just got my Shield over the weekend and I'm having the same issues you described. I resolved the slide release issue by lightly sanding and polishing the slide release. I also polished the mags to make them nice and shiny! The recoil spring is still an issue but I'm hoping it will fix itself...