Calling all honest Shield owners
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gkitch
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Two cop friends bought SHields and I went to the range with them to try them out. We all think that this is the best gun S&W has introduced in quite some time. It is a great gun at a great price that demonstates superior performance from a small package. WINNER.
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Wrong! Some of us have weak fingers and a trigger lighter than 8# is necessary.
ps .. I have never owned a 1911
Robbie62
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I received my Shield .40 on Monday and took it to the range yesterday (Tuesday). I had 4 failures to fire out of 75 rounds i fired. Primers were barely touched on all 4, which occured in the last 25 rounds. I was using hand loads, so there may have been some problems with the ammo, but I'm thinking striker problem. I took it home cleaned it well and disassembled the slide and did a good cleaning of the striker tube, it had a little oil in it that had collected some powder residue. I'm hoping that took care of it. I'm taking it back to the range this afternoon with with some good factory ammo. I will reserve my rating until after. But I will say, other that the ftf issue, it's all I expected and more...trigger, action, feel and dead on accurate.
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Kris, everybody needs at least one
They are a fine handgun, John Moses Browning did conceive one of the best handgun platforms in the 1911. Now I admit I'm not that hip on carrying cocked & locked, but that's the nature of the beast, however my Para with the LDA trigger is sweet, and of course is different, I love the LDA trigger. Try one if you haven't sometime.
vigil617
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I voted...still at 7.1...so head on over and cast your vote.
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BTW, I have over 500 rounds through my 40 Shield now, with not a single FTF or any other problem. Love shooting this little gem!
For it's design spacifc perpose of easy CC, over all fit and finish, accuracy, trigger, and value for it's price I would vote it a 9 because the Shield is IMHO EVERY single inch equal to and again IMHO superior to the top of the line Kahrs and they cost almost DBL the Shield. I feel this way because FOR ME, I simply could not worm up to the Kahrs triggers, waaaay to long and vauge, and I tried well over a dozen total of the CW and the CMs combined at three different LGS including BP and Cabelas. I did not give it a 10 because for me the safety requiers more effort than I like to engage, but it disengages very easly.
This is coming from a Sield owner who looked at EVERY LAST semi-auto in 9mm/40S&W under 20oz unloaded & W/O a clip I could get my hands on.
Including Kahrs, Rugers, Berrettas, Walthers, Taurus, all VG CC guns, but I simply did not like any of their long vauge Lawyer triggers.
The selling points for me on the Shield were two: #1-The trigger gave me all the FB I could want was smooth and broke the same every time for me. #2-It was USA made & a superb value for the level of quality I was getting.
Having said all that, there is still a strong possability for true ultra light weight pocket carry in all weather, I strongly suspect a Kel-Tec PF-9 will end up in my possesion sooner than lator.
Arthur.
Oh, and BTW the Sield is DEFINATELY pocket carriable. At this time because I have not yet found a IWB holster to my liking, I have exclisivly carried mine in my front RT pocket contained and hidden in a Desantis "Superfly" pocket holster. It works very well and while holsterd in the Superfly my Shild simply apears to be a nondiscriped flat object in my pocket. There is no "Printing" or otherwise tell tail indicator that there is actually a gun in my pocket.
And I could not have said it better myself, in that ANY review that places a Hipoint above a Shield is obviously written by a author who is blaintantly biased against S&W firearms and making no effort to conceil it from anyone, or is simply talking BS in hopes to strir up a sh!t storm of I/net confrontation.
Is the Shield the best CC semi-auto out there? no, but FOR THE SAME COST I chalange anyone to find its superior while having the same level of quality, weight/deminsion, shootablility and conceilability.
This is coming from a Sield owner who looked at EVERY LAST semi-auto in 9mm/40S&W under 20oz unloaded & W/O a clip I could get my hands on.
Including Kahrs, Rugers, Berrettas, Walthers, Taurus, all VG CC guns, but I simply did not like any of their long vauge Lawyer triggers.
The selling points for me on the Shield were two: #1-The trigger gave me all the FB I could want was smooth and broke the same every time for me. #2-It was USA made & a superb value for the level of quality I was getting.
Having said all that, there is still a strong possability for true ultra light weight pocket carry in all weather, I strongly suspect a Kel-Tec PF-9 will end up in my possesion sooner than lator.
Arthur.
Oh, and BTW the Sield is DEFINATELY pocket carriable. At this time because I have not yet found a IWB holster to my liking, I have exclisivly carried mine in my front RT pocket contained and hidden in a Desantis "Superfly" pocket holster. It works very well and while holsterd in the Superfly my Shild simply apears to be a nondiscriped flat object in my pocket. There is no "Printing" or otherwise tell tail indicator that there is actually a gun in my pocket.
And I could not have said it better myself, in that ANY review that places a Hipoint above a Shield is obviously written by a author who is blaintantly biased against S&W firearms and making no effort to conceil it from anyone, or is simply talking BS in hopes to strir up a sh!t storm of I/net confrontation.
Is the Shield the best CC semi-auto out there? no, but FOR THE SAME COST I chalange anyone to find its superior while having the same level of quality, weight/deminsion, shootablility and conceilability.
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I gave it a 10 cause there is no reason not to. I've never had a failure with it of any kind. The stock trigger is great, much better than the stock trigger I had on the M&P 9C I had. This is a great compact pistol and easy to carry, weight and size wise.
I originally wanted a XDS but they are still not available here so beginning of May I bought the Shield and so glad I did. Don't think I'll get the XDS now, have a 1911 in 45 and the Shield is my carry.
I originally wanted a XDS but they are still not available here so beginning of May I bought the Shield and so glad I did. Don't think I'll get the XDS now, have a 1911 in 45 and the Shield is my carry.
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Still at 7.2...
mlapaglia
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Voted today. we are at 7.3 stars now.
Maddmax
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I agree. All my M&P's have stock triggers and all shoot just as good if not better than my friends and their added mods.
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7.5 -- Gentlemen, there are clearly many "dumping" on an exceptionally well-crafted pistol to be able to counterbalance the many great reviews by owners and shooters who have been overwhelmingly positive in their response.
Dirty work at the crossroads, indeed!
Dirty work at the crossroads, indeed!
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Agreed! Let the Good Prevail
Robbie62
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I ended up giving a 9. After cleaning striker tube and running 150 rounds of factory ammo, it was flawless. The only thing that kept me from giving a 10 was that the mag release sticks out just a little more than I am used to and is pretty sensitive. My solution was to put a little piece of grip about a half inch above the release to help me keep my thumb higher above the release and avoid an accidental mag release while shooting.
GnarlyTwoTrack
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Crazy if you look at all the other brand ratings though. Seems like Smith products all have good scores.
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