We’ve all heard of buyer’s remorse; I am suffering from buyer’s exuberance! Took my newly purchased Shield to the range with a bag of odds and ends 9mm ammo (leftovers from prior outings) and proceeded to fall in love with this little gun. I can see why the M&P line is so popular. It is of sturdy and high quality construction, has good ergonomics and the kind of reliability we should all demand in a personal/family defense weapon. It will happily take whatever you feed it. Running Federal, Blazer, Winchester and Corbon through the gun over 200 rounds of various bullet weights produced no failures of any kind. I had no problem producing 2-3” groups off hand at 10 yards. The Corbon shot was my personal carry ammo the 115 grain DPX. I’m a revolver lover who frequently carries semi-autos, my “go to” being a well tuned Sig 228. From the standpoint of function, accuracy and reliability, I would feel equally comfortable with the Shield as I do my 228. I was so please with the gun that I am not going to proceed with a contemplated action job. Bone stock she will stay.

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Ed45

I am on other gun boards and everybody is posting glowing reports just like yours. Congrats!

I have not shot my Shield yet, but all of these good reviews are only making me very glad I went ahead and bought it before knowing more about it than I did! I too used to carry a SIG, a 226 in particular, but now even that sounds so unappealing after having carried this little guy!

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Wheelguns 'n 3rd Gens.

I too am hapy beyond all of my initial expectations. Here is a report I put on another board.

I am not usually an impulse kind of a shopper, but as soon as I felt the new S&W Shield in my hand, I knew I had to get one. I have been looking for a subcompact to carry when I 'can't carry a real gun'. My EDC is a Glock 20 SF, so you can see both why I need a small gun and why I was reluctant to step down.

Over the past several months, I have looked at all the small 9mm's, but none came home with me. The Kahr CM9 is the closest thing to the Shield, but the Shield looks to be better made and more comfortable to me. It feels great in the hand.

I bought a Shield in 9mm followed me home yesterday and I got a chance to run about 100 or so rounds through it today. A friend of mine also bought one and ran another 100+ rounds through his today as well.

Neither of us had any malfunctions, and the gun was every bit a comfortable to shoot as a full sized Glock 17 or M&P 9. I shot the following ammo:

CCI Blazer 115gr FMJ
CCI 125gr GDHP
WW 147gr JHP 'USA'
WW 147gr Ranger T
UMC 115gr FMJ
Cor Bon 125gr +P JHP.

All brands of ammo ran fine and hit to roughly the same POI, and even the +P was pleasant to shoot. To me, S&W really nailed this one. It vanishes under a T-shirt and is a 7+1 or 8+1 gun in 9mm (minus one for 40). It is a tight fit in my blue jean pockets, but it is possible. It fits in the pockets of cargo shorts no problem. S&W fixed the spongy break and reset of the M&P trigger to make it more ‘Glock like’, which is a good thing.

For the time being, I will carry it with Ranger T's, although I would love to try some Hornady Critical Duty +P in it. Although it is a step down in capability form a 15+1 10mm, I believe is a big step up in capability from a tiny .380 like the LCP. There is nothing wrong with 7+1 or 8+1 in a 9mm with a good bullet. I say you can buy with confidence.

Good range report, thanks for sharing. Smith & Wesson made an M&P variant that everyone seems to want. As word of mouth and reports like yours come to light it only increases interest in the latest M&P. My dealers anticipated 1'st shipment is already presold. I hope to have mine sometime this week.