Nonetheless, many of us would get rid of our Shields if we had to suffer with the crappy factory trigger. My Shield benefitted greatly from an Apex kit and a bunch of polishing.
I admit to knowing nothing about the Shield, but I do know a little about Colts, Brownings, and Rugers.
I can't understand this mindset of spending x-hundreds of dollars on a Shield, them almost immediately have to begin modifying it so it'll "work right" or to bring it up to the buyer's expectations.
Especially the buyer's expections for a Smith & Wesson product.
I think I've mentioned before that I expect a lot out of a handgun. One of those expectations is that it work the way it's supposed to work right out of the box. Seriously, is that too much to ask?
I'm beginning to believe that S&W makes some of its products that they
know are slightly inferior, but they know people will buy them simply because they're a Smith.
I guess I'm Old School. I just don't think you ought to buy a pistol or revolver and immediately have to start spending money on it to bring it up to specs. Your first major expense on a handgun should be ammo, or perhaps a good carry rig. I love my Smiths, but I'll never buy a Shield.
Oh, and let's don't even
talk about the Exploding Shield Syndrome, okay?
Here's sort of a
non sequitur funny story. A friend of mine and I went to the range yesterday. He has one of those Springfield XD-something-or-others in 9mm. I think it's a compact model. Basically brand new. He asked me if I wanted to run a mag through it. I said sure. So I sight in on the target and begin squeezing the trigger. And I kept squeezing it. I've never experienced that much trigger creep in my life. When the gun finally
did go off, it startled me so bad the shot didn't even go into the black. Would I spend money on it to elimate the creep? No,
absolutely not. I'd sell it at a loss if I had to, but I'd ditch that gun in a heartbeat.
