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I think single stack autoloaders have been surpassed, but if the price means it's now in your range then go for it. I think double stack 9's loaded with modern non+P hollow points are the best available technology for carry guns.

1500 rounds won't beat up anything, but it's known amongst competitors still dealing with the ghost of Jeff Cooper (Major power factor) that .40 is harder on the gun. If you can't tell the difference in recoil I don't know what to tell you.

I'll dissuade you with ammo costs being twice that of 9mm. Considering that to get good at a gun a thousand rounds is probably a starting point, so that's about an extra $200. .40 beats up guns, but with ammo costs so high I doubt many people shoot it enough to wear our their gun.

I bought a DPMS spring from Optics Planet for my Shield Plus CC about a month ago.

lefties cannot use the slide release on smith pistols. I can reach my 92's with my index finger, but not these.

I highly doubt all the internal metal parts are stainless. A magnet test won't help, the stainless they use for barell & slide is magnetic (assuming it's actually stainless). Same for stainless revolvers, you'll likely find parts inside that aren't. I would think that certain parts, like...

I don't think there is a right/wrong, there is what works for you. My first pistol instruction was from a national champ bullseye competitor, her take was leave the thumb free because it's too easy to push to the side. That said, modern combat tactics are changing and if it works for you then...

it would keep me from buying it, so I'm guessing there are others like me. My thumbs stay off the frame.

it sits fine, I wear it in the car under the seat belt

Tenicor VELO5, great options for placement, cant, and height.

I dont know if or how it works but it's been part of their marketing.

The SP Carry Comp said this, too.

Just showed up on my YouTube Looks like a Shield Plus with redesigned and extended grip so that there is now a 13 and 15 round option only. 3.6" barrel. Plus a rail. https://www.smith-wesson.com/products/shield-x https://www.guns.com/news/2025/07/28/smith-wesson-new-mp-shield-x...

God help your ears shooting that thing inside. My Colt Frontier is my loudest weapon next to my SMLE when it has the magnum cylinder, plus it shoots an impressive fireball out of the barrel.

I carry lefty so I wouldn't have that problem. I have never changed a mag release, I think hitting it not with your thumb is objectively better.

It's striker-fired, it doesn't need a safety unless you carry it bare in your pocket (which you shouln't do anyway). That said, if the safety doesn't function, send it back for re-work. Pretty much every new compact pistol is hard to get the last round in the mag, plus hard to insert such a...

Do you get bad groups off a sandbag? It's likely the gun is more accurate than you are. These things are also easier to diagnose with a dot since it gives you a better idea how much the gun is moving.

I recommend you find the latest Ben Stoeger video on YouTube, it's him & Joel Park. Their basic advice is not to throw parts at a gun until it's solving a problem you have with it and only once you understand the gun enough to be able to tell what it does. Different people want their guns to...

No one has mentioned this yet: A small pistol is harder to shoot than a large pistol. Pistols are flat out hard to shoot accurately under stress. Cops fire off entire mags without hitting anything. Don't think you will be different. Smaller pistols (especially with iron sights) have a...

I guess if their specs are bad they produce bad parts. This bugs the crap out of me as a former manufacturing manager. Sending it to them at least makes them see the problems their bad specs create.