Shield a +1 gun?

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question about the shield, everything I have read so far makes not mention about this,but is it a +1 gun?

In fact the fact sheet on the website even makes no mention of the fact either
 
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Carnage_7 said:
What is a +1 gun?
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Full mag plus one in the chamber.

The Shield should be a +1 gun like every other gun made today.

ETA: I just noticed the full size and Compact guns say "17+1" & "12+1" Interesting that it's absent on the Shield description.

ETA#2: On hold with S&W now.
 
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Do you mean +1 as in 7 +1 or 8 +1. The +1 refers to one round loaded in the chamber.

Sorry Nakanokalronin, you beat me to it.
 
Yes I was talking about having one in chamber with the full 7 or 8 mag.

I haven't personally tested this at the range yet, should go some time next week. Just wondering if anyone knew before I go
 
And why would you wonder if it was a plus 1 gun? Insert the mag, rack the slide, remove mag and insert a bullet and place mag back in pistol. Of course it's a +1 gun-I don't see any need to specify it! YMMV
 
Hruk said:
Yes I was talking about having one in chamber with the full 7 or 8 mag.

I haven't personally tested this at the range yet, should go some time next week. Just wondering if anyone knew before I go
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On hold with S&W now. I'll reply when I get an answer. ;)
 
Carnage_7 said:
And why would you wonder if it was a plus 1 gun? Insert the mag, rack the slide, remove mag and insert a bullet and place mag back in pistol. Of course it's a +1 gun-I don't see any need to specify it! YMMV
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Well they specify the other guns as +1 but not the Shield. I'd rather get an answer from the horses mouth, post it on here and kill this thread early. ;)
 
I'm next in line with S&W, but I just had a thought. It may be because it comes with 2 different capacity size magazines unlike the other models.

ETA: On hold for 54min now. :rolleyes: I was first at position 9 but I wonder if anyone is even there now.

ETA#2: Obviously they cut out early since I called before they closed. I'll try again tomorrow morning and update in this thread.
 
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This is too freaking funny - For all you folks with inquiring minds, READ page 17 & especially page 18 of your manual. It describes how to safely load your Shield to a "+1" capacity.
 
OpsMgr said:
This is too freaking funny - For all you folks with inquiring minds, READ page 17 & especially page 18 of your manual. It describes how to safely load your Shield to a "+1" capacity.
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Yup .. but really, you don't have to read the manual to figure that out. It's a semi auto and a given.
 
kris7047th said:
Yup .. but really, you don't have to read the manual to figure that out. It's a semi auto and a given.
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Agreed, AND too many folks are taught WHAT to think these days and not HOW to think, hence my reference to the manual!
 
I always read my manuals from cover to cover even though I have been shooting for 25 years.
 
Storm40 said:
I always read my manuals from cover to cover even though I have been shooting for 25 years.
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So do I. I keep all of my manuals together and handy. I write purchase dates, from where purchased, SN's on them. If I buy a gun that a manual did not come with the gun, I will contact the maker and order one.
 
OpsMgr said:
This is too freaking funny - For all you folks with inquiring minds, READ page 17 & especially page 18 of your manual. It describes how to safely load your Shield to a "+1" capacity.
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I don't have the manual or a Shield in hand yet or I defiantly would of checked that first. I figured it was +1 like every other semi-auto but I didn't want this to turn into another "out of battery" thread by getting a direct answer from S&W that I could type out here.
 
Horace & Daniel said:
Why the hell would you NOT have +1? This thread is retarded.
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Seems a lot of assumptions are coming up as of late. There are also people that won't top off magazines to avoid any potential issues in many different firearms, including rifles. With so many different opinions and traditions out there, it's hard to make everyone understand reason unless they hear it from the head himself which in this case, is S&W.

Retarded, sure but I like to see threads like this go away or at least be around for anyone else with a similar question.
 
Really, I mean REALLY!!!! Can't believe someone even posted this thread to ask this question. "Common Sense" is not very "Common" in this case. Wish I had the three minutes back of my life that it took me to read this and post a reply!
 
IS the OP serious about this question?

i also have a question...could the 9mm rounds the Shield shoots be used for putting holes in paper as well as humans? S&W said this is a self defense pistol and therefore made to shoot people. the manual never mentions shooting paper targets....think it will be ok?
 
I shot my Shield for the first time today. I fully intend to carry mine 7+1 so when I was at the range I shot it just that way. That 7 round magazine is tight fitting fully loaded. I wanted to make sure a round was stripped from a fully loaded mag after the first shot was fired. The gun had no issues loading JHP when starting out 7+1. This isn't a double stacked M&P FS or compact. You are sacrificing rounds with a Shield in exchange for a smaller package. I suggest you get as many rounds loaded as the pistol will allow.
 
SoleShtr said:
I shot my Shield for the first time today. I fully intend to carry mine 7+1 so when I was at the range I shot it just that way. That 7 round magazine is tight fitting fully loaded. I wanted to make sure a round was stripped from a fully loaded mag after the first shot was fired. The gun had no issues loading JHP when starting out 7+1. This isn't a double stacked M&P FS or compact. You are sacrificing rounds with a Shield in exchange for a smaller package. I suggest you get as many rounds loaded as the pistol will allow.
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This is what I was looking for, being new I didnt know that every semi-auto is a +1 either
 
Nakanokalronin said:
I'm next in line with S&W, but I just had a thought. It may be because it comes with 2 different capacity size magazines unlike the other models.

ETA: On hold for 54min now. :rolleyes: I was first at position 9 but I wonder if anyone is even there now.

ETA#2: Obviously they cut out early since I called before they closed. I'll try again tomorrow morning and update in this thread.
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I sincerely hope you are totally joking....

Oh, I just looked at the manual... If you load the magazine backwards, it's a +2 gun. :D
 
Hruk said:
This is what I was looking for, being new I didnt know that every semi-auto is a +1 either
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It's always what the magazine holds which varies with every type/make of magazines, and the +1 is the round in the chamber (if you carry one chambered like most of us do)

I am guessing that you are pretty new to firearms? If so .. good to know. How else are you going to learn if ya don't ask? Anyways, some of us here reeeaaally needed the comical relief, and you were IT :o
 
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You guys better be careful now, you don't want some over zealous prosecuter to send you to prison for life because you carried +1. Just back down the capacity by one and you can't be prosecuted for carrying too many rounds in the gun at one time. It's true, I read it in an email from an internet lawyer.
 
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