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Well I did it. I have been shooting my SD9VE and SD40VE for a long time now and was carrying a snub nose .38 for EDC. I wanted a small semi-auto to carry so I bought me a .40 Shield. I knew that I wanted to stick with S&W and I have looked at the Shield since they came out but never made the move. Academy has them for $389.99 so I couldn't pass it up. I took it to the range yesterday and shot some Federal FMJ and Hornady ammo through it and it worked flawlessly. I was not surprised that it did since even my lower priced SD-VE's have worked flawlessly. S&W really make some awesome products and I am a satisfied customer.
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Congrats on the new Shield .40. Hope it works well for you. Have fun and be safe.
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Thank y'all. I shot it some more and I really love it.
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Congrats!
S&W hit a homerun when they came up with the Shield.
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Well, 5 weeks from the time I contacted S&W about my cracked slide I finally got my Shield back. Not sure what to think about the janky roll marks that look worse than my SD-VEs. Did they use a engraving tool to make these or what? The original slide had a better look but maybe I’m just being picky. Should I be so negative or should I be concerned about how it might affect resale or trade? I’m thinking that if I don’t like it maybe other people won’t either. Don’t get me wrong, S&W customer service is one of the best I’ve ever had to deal with but I don’t know about how this looks.
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Well, 5 weeks from the time I contacted S&W about my cracked slide I finally got my Shield back. Not sure what to think about the janky roll marks that look worse than my SD-VEs. Did they use a engraving tool to make these or what?
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What in the blazes bothers you about the markings on the slide? Yeah, personally, I think you're being unresonably picky but this is all about personal opinions. If it bothers you, your right. Don
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04-27-2018, 12:22 PM
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Looks nice to me, what's the problem
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It doesn’t look as nice as the original slide. If I saw this and another one with the original roll marks at a store I would buy the better looking one. It looks like they used a engraving tool on it. Like I said the marks on a SDVE look better in my opinion. I don’t think it’s unreasonable at all. I spent my money on this pistol so I can be as picky as I want to be I suppose.
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IMHO, I think you're being overly picky. But it obviously bugs the heck out of you so I'd sell it and go to a store that has several in stock and pick one which passes your appearance expectations, that is, if you still want a Shield.
On a side note...how does it shoot?
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Some Shield owners like me paid full MSRP and waited weeks for them to arrive back in 2012 and 2013. My wait was 12 long weeks.
I like my guns to look their best, too, but the Shield was intended to be a holster jockey and not a safe queen.
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Well then, thanks for the insults. This used to be a great forum to come and talk about stuff.
Good day.
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I know it's hard to make what the eyes see appear clearly in photos, but the photos provided do not show the complaint too well.
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Hi Bill-
I see what you are referring to, the S&W logo looks like a light strike or something. I do not think it will hurt resale or trade. Over the years I have noted a huge variation on roll marks, specifically on revolvers. M&Ps are assembly line production guns so as long as the slide is within spec and the inter machining is nice and clean I think you are good to go.
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