No to Nano

[eagle359]

I left the house headed to my local dealer yesterday with the full intent of getting a Beretta Nano in 9mm. They had them in stock at a fair price. In passing the guy says "Have you looked at the Shield"? I wanted a Nano so I told him "No need". He put it on the counter anyway. I picked it up. Most shops do not like you to dry-fire their guns, this guy says "Try the triggers". Now he asks which had the lower bore axis and which one felt better in the hand. Like I said I had intended to buy the Nano. He kept the Nano. He, Ryan, said that this was the third Shield that he had sold that morning and it was not noon yet.

 

[BigCityChief]

^No surprise there - good choice.^ And I also love my Berettas, but you picked the better pistol.


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[capsfan]

I did the same thing with a xds. Went to the local gun show looking for an xds tried on a Shield and was now at a loss and decided to walk around and think about it and ran into a dealer that was selling Shield 9 for $350 out the door so I grabbed it up and have not regretted in the least.


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[dixie_boysles]

There is just something about putting an m&p in your hand lol....

 

[shawn mccarver]

I have little experience with the Nano, but the Shield is one fine pistol. I especially like the 9mm, and I think with proper ammo, it gives you everything you need in a pistol for defense.

 

[jagular]

I have a shield but have also shot a nano. Shield > Nano in every way. Tr only cool thing about the nano is the ability to swap the lower.

 

[CatSnipah]

Good move. ANYTHING BUT THE NANO would have been the right choice. excellent, excellent choice on the Shield!

 

[jimmib]

that is what happened when I bought my FS40...I looked at 3 other brands and when I picked up the 40 it fit my hand so well that I was done looking

 

[eagle359]

I wanted a small 9mm. But the Nano was "too small". Hard thing to explain, the Shield "felt" better. Lets not even talk about the trigger.

 

[RobzGuns]

If just handling the two at the counter wasn't enough to sway your decision, Firing both, side-by-side, would have definitely been a deciding factor. To ME... The Shield's recoil is as nice as a G26's, where I feel that the Nano's recoil felt as harsh (if not harsher) than my PF-9's.

If you'd have gone with the Nano, I feel you may have ended up with Buyer's remorse (or rationalizing the Nano to friends ).
Nice Choice!

 

[InitialD93]

I had walked into shop to buy a XDS and the guy said he had just sold last one he had but "here hold the shield, its $100 cheeper" i was like nah, i dont like S&W triggers, he said "trust me its not a Sigma", i held it, pulled the trigger and was instantly in love, especially since i didnt have to deal with grip safety.... After 30 seconds the deal was done and i was in the shield club

 

[randyr5]

I own both, like both. The Nano's trigger can be improved with a little fluff and buff, just like the Shield. Nano is actually a bit smaller. Both excellent carry guns.

 

[Arik]

I left the house headed to my local dealer yesterday with the full intent of getting a Beretta Nano in 9mm. They had them in stock at a fair price. In passing the guy says "Have you looked at the Shield"? I wanted a Nano so I told him "No need". He put it on the counter anyway. I picked it up. Most shops do not like you to dry-fire their guns, this guy says "Try the triggers". Now he asks which had the lower bore axis and which one felt better in the hand. Like I said I had intended to buy the Nano. He kept the Nano. He, Ryan, said that this was the third Shield that he had sold that morning and it was not noon yet.

I have yet to hear of a shop that doesn't allow me to dry fire their guns. I wouldn't buy anything. Today I dry fired the ever loving ***** out a Sig P6, a RPK, Mosin Nagant, and a S&W 66. I bought the 66

Congrats on your purchase

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[GrimeTime]

I rented both at the local range. No comparison in my opinion. Shield all the way. I was trying to be very scientific by shooting the same number of rounds thru each pistol at the same distances, etc.

I couldn't even finish shooting the Nano thru the paces. I gave up and marked a big sharpie line thru it. Never even made it to being a maybe for EDC.

 

[MBATF]

I owned a Nano 9mm for about 3 weeks... Now I have the Shield.

Nano was awkward for me to shoot and it was top heavy...

 

[AFrost20]

I owned a Nano for about a month. Just like the OP, I didn't like the trigger at all, but was willing to deal with it because I really liked the feel, ergonomics and accuracy of the pistol. My big problem was I couldn't get the Nano to get through a single full magazine with out at least one FTE, stovepipe, double feed, you name it. This was with blazer brass 9mm. It would run premium stuff like Critical Duty hollow points without issue.....but you can imagine how expensive practice sessions would get if that is all it would run reliably!! After some research, that was a wide spread issue with the nanos (not sure if it still is or not). I picked up a Shield shortly after and never looked back. Great decision on the OP's part!