Where are the Shield Plus Magazines?

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Purchased a Shield Plus this week and I am very pleased with it. Very accurate right out of the box.

Problem: Magazines are nowhere to be found. I called Smith & Wesson as they do not show any online and you have to call to order anyway and inquired about the availability of magazines for the Plus. Was told it would be late April before they would be available.

Several vendors online show them but all are out of stock and not available for backorder. Sure wish S&W would have built up some inventory of magazines to be available with the release of the Plus.

Other then not being able to find Magazines I really like the New Plus. The trigger is very good and needs to be expanded to the rest of their line. Will be part of my carry rotation as soon as get a few more rounds through it.
 
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Really? In case you missed it we are in the middle of a pandemic and a massive buying frenzy. Nothing is available, let alone accessories for a brand new model that just hit the market. You're lucky they have manufactured the amount of guns they have thus far, let alone spare mags.
 
I will rub salt in the wound. My shield came in yesterday and had 4 magazines with it. 1-11 and 3-13's. But I have to wait to get it out of jail. The state of Washington thinks it may go crazy and go off by itself. Takes 10 business days to convince it that it will be ok here in Washington.
 
S & W has learned the lesson of having product available at its launch, a good thing. It's hard to say about extra magazines; they may have underestimated demand, or in the current buying market they may have ordered all they could but still fell short.
 
murphydog said:
S & W has learned the lesson of having product available at its launch, a good thing. It's hard to say about extra magazines; they may have underestimated demand, or in the current buying market they may have ordered all they could but still fell short.
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No problem finding the gun, it is available at several gun shops in my area but none of them have or got magazines. All magazines are probably being held back by S&W for the guns they are shipping. Hopefully they will catch up soon.
 
uncleted327 said:
Really? In case you missed it we are in the middle of a pandemic and a massive buying frenzy. Nothing is available, let alone accessories for a brand new model that just hit the market. You're lucky they have manufactured the amount of guns they have thus far, let alone spare mags.
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This is a horrible and not valid excuse. I too purchased a Shield Plus this week and found the same lack of magazines for purchase. S&W doesn’t even have the mag on their site.

The country is open. Companies are producing products, and competitors have no issues selling mags. Especially with Congress or the old guy in the WH threatening to not allow us to buy 13 round mags, we need to be able to purchase them, as mag capacity is the key value of this pistol.
 
neil0311 said:
This is a horrible and not valid excuse. I too purchased a Shield Plus this week and found the same lack of magazines for purchase. S&W doesn’t even have the mag on their site.

The country is open. Companies are producing products, and competitors have no issues selling mags. Especially with Congress or the old guy in the WH threatening to not allow us to buy 13 round mags, we need to be able to purchase them, as mag capacity is the key value of this pistol.
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I agree getting tired of companies using COVID as an excuse.


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this is VERY common for a new pistol entering the marketplace, especially S&W... Mecgar (or whoever is making the OEM magazines) are probably working overtime just to supply the amount of new guns going out with magazines and don't have much leftover to send out for spares.

when things quiet down (even if a pandemic is going on) you'll start seeing them hit the market again. Happens every time a new gun is introduced
 
curlysir said:
Problem: Magazines are nowhere to be found. I called Smith & Wesson as they do not show any online and you have to call to order anyway and inquired about the availability of magazines for the Plus. Was told it would be late April before they would be available.
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I take it that you've never bought a 'New Platform' pistol before.
One of the Drawbacks to being the 1st kid on the block to get a new product is finding extra mags for them, regardless of brand (except for, maybe Glock);). It's nothing new. It's been that way with new platform pistols for over 15 Yrs. When the Shield 1st appeared in March of 2012, extra mags didn't show up until June or July. When they did start showing up, they were sold out within a day or two of arrival.

I would not be a bit surprised if it takes 2-4 Months for a decent number of mags to start showing up, since Everyone who bought a Shield Plus will be looking for them.
 
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For every "new to market" gun I've bought, I had problems finding spare mags. That was compounded by "current events" (generally political) that resulted in shortages even for "oldies".

My Shield 1.0 was one of them. My PPQ, VP9, even my M&P9C (1.0). The only "new to me" guns I didn't have much trouble with were 1911s and my 92FS.
 
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For every "new to market" gun I've bought, I had problems finding spare mags. That was compounded by "current events" (generally political) that resulted in shortages even for "oldies".
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I don’t disagree, but in this climate, where politicians are threatening to ban access to large capacity magazines like the new 13 Plus mags, we need to be able to purchase them.
 
When did S&W start shipping guns with four magazines?

Everyone I have ever seen come with two.

Mec-Gar will be really busy for a while, They make magazines for many other manufacturers & are in Italy IIRC.. Think Beretta..
If you do see a separate magazine available they will be $50+ea because they can get it = Supply & Demand..
Look around & you will see 7-8 Round M&P Shield Magazines running like $40+ea IF you can find them that is..
I scored an extra 1.0 8 round for Our Shield 2.0 a while back for $20 & keep thinking about the other one I left behind..
Must get back over there FAST to see that empty peg.
You know someone else beat me too it.

Good Luck finding those magazines in these Crazy Times..
 
curlysir said:
Purchased a Shield Plus this week and I am very pleased with it. Very accurate right out of the box.

Problem: Magazines are nowhere to be found. I called Smith & Wesson as they do not show any online and you have to call to order anyway and inquired about the availability of magazines for the Plus. Was told it would be late April before they would be available.

Several vendors online show them but all are out of stock and not available for backorder. Sure wish S&W would have built up some inventory of magazines to be available with the release of the Plus.

Other then not being able to find Magazines I really like the New Plus. The trigger is very good and needs to be expanded to the rest of their line. Will be part of my carry rotation as soon as get a few more rounds through it.
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I too bought my Shield Plus and waiting to receive it from my FFL. I've been looking for 13 mags and has several have found out, nothing is site. FYI. Someone is selling one on one of the bidding gunsites, and the bid is up to $87 the last time I looked. That's for one! Regular price is $30-40 whenever S&W gets them out, which may be in 4-6 months.
 
Back in the early 90's I bought HK's newly released P7M10 for my duty pistol and needed a minimum of 3 mags... none were to be found...I think I waited for over 6 months for 1 mag. I came real close to the Chief making me carry the departments newly purchased Glock 23!
 
Since those magazines are double stack, do the standard M&P, say, M&P 2.0 9 magazines fit? I have two M&PS, and was thinking of a Shield as a thinner lighter companion for more comfortable IWB carry. Then I'd have backup magazines.
 
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