I just checked back with Kittery and the Shield I ordered, last Friday, shipped today and will be at my LGS, tomorrow! Yeah!
By the way, the folks at Kittery Trading Post are wonderful to deal with, they said, once the news hit the S&W Forum that they had Shields, they were inundated with calls, they even ran out of shipping boxes for pistols, but they were happy they could oblige and ship these pistols out to all of us out here, searching hi and lo.
Anyway, thanks to this great forum, I'll have a M&P Shield 9mm, tomorrow.
To late to Kittery... Hoping for a 9mm to be in stock somewhere soon! Keep us updated!
-Glock Owner looking to go S&W- = )
Just thought I would post up that my Shield did not arrive today as planned. I called Kittery and they said they were a day or two out with shipping, no big deal to me. But, the guy also said they sold 500 Shields in 3 1/2 days!![]()
Does anyone here have industry insight? Between S&W and the LGS or online retailer, how many middle men are there? Is it only S&W --> distributor --> retailer, or can there be multiple distributors? How is alotment determined? It gets old reading where these online places sell 100, 200, or 500, yet a LGS can only get 1-2 per week.![]()
When I ordered mine, I was 6th-7th in line. Two weeks later, I was #3 in line. Nice progress! Two weeks later, #2 in line. Slowin' down! Now I can't get any update at all. I've been #2 in line for 3 weeks now. If I had it to do over again, I'd bitten the Apprehension Bullet and ordered online for the first time. Regardless, it seems LGS's are getting a raw deal.
They charged me $449 plus shipping for the M&P shield 9 mm. They sent it fast. It was 2 night air FedEx. Hope it helps.
Hey guys,
Just checked Shoot Straight Lakeland's Facebook page and it stated they have shields in 9 and 40. I bought a 9mm shield a little over two weeks ago and they were great to deal with. They ship to your FFL. I hope this helps someone.