Picked up an M&P Shield, my initial review (LOTS of pics)

TeaQue said:
Look up Hickok45's Shield review on youtube. He was nailing a gong at 50+yds :D
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Not saying it's not capable, but not designed to be shot for "groups" at 20 yds. Not to mention Hickock45 is a great pistol shooter!
 
xICEMANx said:
Not saying it's not capable, but not designed to be shot for "groups" at 20 yds. Not to mention Hickock45 is a great pistol shooter!
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Oh I agree.

Man I'd love to have a range like that in my back yard!
 
xICEMANx said:
Your not going to find many pistols this small that CAN group good at 20 yds. They are simply not ment to be accurate at that distant. The Shield is a defensive pistol meant to be shot 10yds or less. I practice at 7 yds since that is where most encounters would happen. Anything past that and you probably shouldn't be shooting at someone.
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I never said I expected it to. I was just reporting my experience. I would never expect a pistol with a 3" barrel to be exceptionally accurate beyond 10 yards.
 
Thanks for all the pics, I am jealous cannot find a shield anywhere locally! I was at a 1200 table gun show Saturday and nobody had them there either. Finally just put a deposit down at the LGS to get in line.
 
Purchased my Shield last week ($419) and put 200 rounds through it. GREAT little M&P. Fits and finish is perfect. Left a few shoots try it out yesturday at the range, they all loved it too.... Trigger really nice right out of the box. Unmodified (yet!) it replaces my M&P 9 for every day carry.
 
xICEMANx said:
Your not going to find many pistols this small that CAN group good at 20 yds. They are simply not ment to be accurate at that distant. The Shield is a defensive pistol meant to be shot 10yds or less. I practice at 7 yds since that is where most encounters would happen. Anything past that and you probably shouldn't be shooting at someone.
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With the Shield .. wanna bet ;) ?? The Shield is surprisingly accurate at 35 yds.
 
Not sure if this carries over to the Shield, but on 3rd. Gen. pistols, the mag has to push up the mag safety lever and mag expulsion spring in the slide.
When the slide is back and locked, the lever and spring don't activate.
 
TeaQue said:
My wife hasn't shot it yet but shes handled it plenty and I'm confident she will enjoy shooting it.
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TeaQue

You have some of the highest quality pictures I have seen. You should consider contracting for gun magazines.

Getting back to the Shield for the wife I agree the gun is ideal for a woman. The recoil is soft and the slide isn't too difficult to rack. The only concern I would have is loading the last round in the magazine and seating it with one in the chamber.

On a personal note my wife is a south paw so the current Shield design is out.

Russ
 
I did a comparison in size of the Shield to the XDS at a LGS and the Shield is a bit smaller. Barrel is 3.1 on the Shield and 3.3 on the XDS. Shield just felt better in my hand. I purchased a Shield to and love it. Very good carry pistol and it will conceal in a front jean pocket or in my motorcycle inside vest pocket.
I have serval hundred rounds through it now without any failures. I practice at 10-15 yards and grouping is very well all in the 9 and 10 ring. can't ask for better than that.
 
Does anyone know where any M&P Shield's are available? I live here in West Virginia, and have been calling my local Cabelas every week to see if they got any more in stock, but they said they have no idea when they will be getting more. Looked all over the web too...
 
I guess I shoulda picked one up when they came out in Apr. I seen a pic online when they came out, & thought to myself "That's just an M&P9C, with another 1/2" chopped off the barrel" So, started thinking about buying an LC9 since I was looking for something with a slim profile. Wasn't till a few weeks ago I found out that the Shield was thin, now I can't find 1 anywhere...
 
rambles said:
I guess I shoulda picked one up when they came out in Apr. I seen a pic online when they came out, & thought to myself "That's just an M&P9C, with another 1/2" chopped off the barrel" So, started thinking about buying an LC9 since I was looking for something with a slim profile. Wasn't till a few weeks ago I found out that the Shield was thin, now I can't find 1 anywhere...
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I thought the same thing when I first heard about them. Then when in a the LGS they had the XDS on loan for display and a 9mm Shield for sale. The trigger pull on the Sield was significantly better than the M&P9C I used to have. Glad I bought it that day as been very happy with it.
 
TeaQue said:
My wife hasn't shot it yet but shes handled it plenty and I'm confident she will enjoy shooting it.
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I bought a Shield 9mm. for my wife and she likes shooting it. She uses it for an EDC. She started with a LCP, then a LCR in .38spl. She didn't like shooting the LCR and I didn't care all that much for shooting it either. The Shield is great to shoot and that makes practicing so much better.:D
 
Good review! I recently picked up and shot my 9mm Shield and I was originally going to do a review with pictures but, I think there is more than enough out there already like the excellent one here. :)
 
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