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Yours truly: The Choir
Yours truly: The Choir
SD40 VE is a very good pistol......(from a longtime 1911 guy)
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adams484
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The best thing to break in a new gun is to simply go to Walmart or some other store and buy a couple of hundred rounds of ammo. Then go to the range or shooting area and run them through it. Said done and over with. If you want to make a ritual out of it then bring a bore brush and some Gunzilla, CLP or other gun cleaner and lube and after each fifty rounds give the bore a quick range cleaning. Don't get all scientific just knock out any lead or copper fouling.
Besides this way you even get to practice hitting things with the gun.
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I agree sending rounds down range is optimal but dry fire serves a good purpose. Particularly when getting used to a new trigger. I struggled with the trigger on my SD40VE when I first got it. Dry fire helped immensely. Not all semi's require that you rack the slide to reset the trigger. My MIL's BG380 doesn't. You can pull the trigger over and over w/o racking which is what I thought BKohl was asking.
kakarote9130
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The SD40VE and SD9VE will fit M&P, Glock 30 holsters.
I have a Forbus OWB that is labeled M&P40/9.
HICKOK45 on youtube, used a Glock 30 holster in his SD9VE review.
I've shot about 300 rounds in my SD9VE and I love this gun.
Sure the trigger is a little heavy, just remember that it's a self defense weapon, not a precision shooting gun. Although, at 25 yrds with my limited experience I can shoot a 5" group.
I have a Forbus OWB that is labeled M&P40/9.
HICKOK45 on youtube, used a Glock 30 holster in his SD9VE review.
I've shot about 300 rounds in my SD9VE and I love this gun.
Sure the trigger is a little heavy, just remember that it's a self defense weapon, not a precision shooting gun. Although, at 25 yrds with my limited experience I can shoot a 5" group.
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bigsteve113
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I have the .40 and I love it, especially the trigger. It reminds me of the DA revolver triggers I was raised on.
martybee
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And these SD40's will eat anything you feed it! Excellent piece!
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About dry firing . . . The S&W FAQ says it's no problem for these models. I think it says OK for all their center fire models. I had the same concern from my .22 days.
I learned how to move the block back on my Remington Fieldmaster to unload the trigger. I sold it a while back before learning it was a collectors item. My grandparents had a .22 with an octagon barrel and the breach was trashed from dry firing.
I learned how to move the block back on my Remington Fieldmaster to unload the trigger. I sold it a while back before learning it was a collectors item. My grandparents had a .22 with an octagon barrel and the breach was trashed from dry firing.
