Made the leap and grabbed a shield today

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I love my FS .40 M&P but it's tough to conceal
So I ran up to 4 seasons and decided to grab that M&P shield I was holding off on.
$3XX.00 out the door? Sweet! :) Kind of wish it came with a real case and not a cardboard box but for $3XX.00
I guess I can't complain too much
grabbed a few boxes of 9mm,.40C and some hollow points for my JFrame and was on my Merry way.
In and out in 50 minutes! Sweet :) the cases in the shop were pretty empty, inventory is way down.
I have a Smart carry for this and with the short mag it completely disappears under jeans.
I have a Stealthgear onyx on it's way for the IWB carry days with the longer mag :)
this will be making it's way down to Greg Derr shortly .
can't wait to get to the range with this thing
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just ordered Talon rubberized grips for it too (I see a lot of people are using these with this handgun)
It's like X-mas all over again
 
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kmanick said:
just ordered Talon rubberized grips for it too (I see a lot of people are using these with this handgun)
It's like X-mas all over again
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I just put some on mine yesterday. It made a big difference in the feel.
 
kmanick said:
I love my FS .40 M&P but it's tough to conceal
So I ran up to 4 seasons and decided to grab that M&P shield I was holding off on.
$3XX.00 out the door? Sweet! :) Kind of wish it came with a real case and not a cardboard box but for $3XX.00
I guess I can't complain too much
grabbed a few boxes of 9mm,.40C and some hollow points for my JFrame and was on my Merry way.
In and out in 50 minutes! Sweet :) the cases in the shop were pretty empty, inventory is way down.
I have a Smart carry for this and with the short mag it completely disappears under jeans.
I have a Stealthgear onyx on it's way for the IWB carry days with the longer mag :)
this will be making it's way down to Greg Derr shortly .
can't wait to get to the range with this thing
IMG_1220_zpsldtu8uqo.jpg
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Did it come with a spent shell from the factory test fire? I bought one last week with the date on the box from mid Dec. 2015 with no spent brass. Are they not test firing them.
 
Just finished cleaning and oiling her up all set for the range on Saturday.
No spent shell in the box with mine either.
Date on mine is 11-30-15
 
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Nice! Congrats on the purchase. I actually picked one up yesterday after debating it for months. Had a Bodyguard which I figured would be so easy to carry, and it is, but it felt like a toy and I wasn't very accurate with it. Besides, I already have other 9mm so one less caliber of ammo to lug around. So I finally took the plunge and picked up the Shield. Haven't taken it to the range yet but I am already in love. Any advice for an IWB holster? I was looking at the Elite by Multi on Amazon.
 
Congrats! I'm sure we will both love them
Holsters?
#1 Smart carry. I have one and it works great
#2 N82 tactical pro. I use this with my FS and I love it
#3 Stealthgear onyx . I have one coming in for the Shield.
A friend of mine has one of these for his .40 Compact and I really liked it.
 
Mine (Purchased yesterday) did come with a spent shell from the factory. The gentleman that sold it to me told me after scanning it: "Oh cool, you got lucky. This one came straight from the factory and not a distributor." Not sure if that makes a difference. Apparently that also made it $30 cheaper, so can't be mad at that.
 
kmanick said:
Congrats! I'm sure we will both love them
Holsters?
#1 Smart carry. I have one and it works great
#2 N82 tactical pro. I use this with my FS and I love it
#3 Stealthgear onyx . I have one coming in for the Shield.
A friend of mine has one of these for his .40 Compact and I really liked it.
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Thanks. I really liked the StealthGear appendix carry holster. So many options!
 
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Did it come with a spent shell from the factory test fire? I bought one last week with the date on the box from mid Dec. 2015 with no spent brass. Are they not test firing them.
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kmanick said:
Just finished cleaning and oiling her up all set for the range on Saturday.
No spent shell in the box with mine either.
Date on mine is 11-30-15
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10/21/2015 build date on my Shield 9 and spent brass was included.
 
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kmanick said:
Congrats! I'm sure we will both love them
Holsters?
#1 Smart carry. I have one and it works great
#2 N82 tactical pro. I use this with my FS and I love it
#3 Stealthgear onyx . I have one coming in for the Shield.
A friend of mine has one of these for his .40 Compact and I really liked it.
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Loved my N82. It's a bit thicker than others but crazy comfortable and I like the added security of the twist lock
 
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