Shield 9mm Conversion...

[Whitwabit]

Of all the various things to fret over about your day in court, like using your handloads for carry ammo, having trigger mods, etc, running a barrel not made for the gun is higher on the list of legitimate concerns than the others, imo.
So they pull a 9mm slug out of the bad guy, they're looking for a 9mm weapon, they see you were using a Shield 40. Sounds crazier to a gun illiterate jury peer than a trigger kit or some such.

Everyone I know (4 people and myself) that has a model of the 40 S&W and also has a 9mm barrel or 9mm conversion barrel use the 9mm barrel for practice but always carry the 40S&W barrel when carrying .. so really don't think your comment has any bearing on how we carry .. or at least the people I know ..

 

[McE]

It was a response to those who say they have the extra barrel to be prepared for ammo shortages- always shoot 9mm but have the option to shoot 40 because they remember so darn succinctly that during the last shortage all they saw was 40 on the shelves.
Guess I still haven't understood why you'd carry 40 when the real, tangible benefits of 9 outweigh believed benefits of 40. All of this aside from 'practice what you carry' which doesn't seem to be valued here.
Buy a Shield 40, drop additional money on a barrel and mag to shoot 9 (not your carry caliber) at the range, saving you a nickel a shot, break even after 2500 rounds or so for the cost of the conversion, when that could've instead been 5000 rounds of actual practice on an actual carry caliber instead if you went with a Shield 9, which if you carry, you get faster followup shots and more rounds in the mag over that 40? I don't get it.

 

[Smitty357]

It was a response to those who say they have the extra barrel to be prepared for ammo shortages- always shoot 9mm but have the option to shoot 40 because they remember so darn succinctly that during the last shortage all they saw was 40 on the shelves.
Guess I still haven't understood why you'd carry 40 when the real, tangible benefits of 9 outweigh believed benefits of 40. All of this aside from 'practice what you carry' which doesn't seem to be valued here.
Buy a Shield 40, drop additional money on a barrel and mag to shoot 9 (not your carry caliber) at the range, saving you a nickel a shot, break even after 2500 rounds or so for the cost of the conversion, when that could've instead been 5000 rounds of actual practice on an actual carry caliber instead if you went with a Shield 9, which if you carry, you get faster followup shots and more rounds in the mag over that 40? I don't get it.

Actually i get faster follow ups and more accuracy with my Shield .40. And even better with my xds .45.

Then again, ive shot .45 and .40 all my life. The 9mm is new to me because I never seen the need to carry one. During ammo shortages it was nice to have the .40 and the .45. As the 9mm seemed to disappear at a rapid pace.

Also lets remember, when those of us bought the factory 9mm barrel for our Shields. The price of Shields was through the roof. It was way cheaper to buy an extra barrel versus buying a whole new weapon in a different caliber.

 

[McE]

I'll just say, unless you use carry ammo as target ammo, then ammo shortages aren't really a concern in regards to what you carry.

I have a few boxes of my chosen carry ammo, and even though I shoot a mag of it through every once in awhile, I will always have enough carry rounds to carry. FMJ ammo shortage on the store shelves only affects range time, not carry. And if you don't have enough carry ammo now to last all the bad guys you'll encounter in your lifetime, then you should stock up.

 

[Smitty357]

I'll just say, unless you use carry ammo as target ammo, then ammo shortages aren't really a concern in regards to what you carry.

I have a few boxes of my chosen carry ammo, and even though I shoot a mag of it through every once in awhile, I will always have enough carry rounds to carry. FMJ ammo shortage on the store shelves only affects range time, not carry. And if you don't have enough carry ammo now to last all the bad guys you'll encounter in your lifetime, then you should stock up.

Any time i use my carry weapons for practice. I always use my carry ammo. Why would i use ball ammo? I'm trying to prepare myself for what to do in a SD situation. And in that case, i want to know exactly what to expect from my weapon. And yes it gets expensive, but it is what I do.

9mm is for ball ammo. Having fun with family and friends.

 

[McE]

I think there's enough leeway to shoot a same weight bullet without having to pay for the bullet shape.
Carry 124gr jhp, shoot 124gr fmj. My times are no different on the clock. POI between the two are identical.