Sorta happy new shield owner

[drewm@p40]

So I finally added a shield 40 to my small family of m@ps it joins it's big brother the full size 40 picked it up Thursday after work unfortunately was to late at that point to get to the range but I was able to get there today. Super impressed with how manageable the felt recoil is in such a compact little gun however I only put 25 rounds down range before packing it up with a soar wrist and soar trigger finger. I'm hoping I can blame it on my ridiculous mass compliant trigger which measures an ungodly 11.5# on my way home made a left turn instead of a right and stopped off at the local shop and now there is an apex package sitting on top of the safe waiting for tomorrow's install hopefully I'll be a fully happy shield owner after tomorrow or Sundays trip to the range

 

[DJDave]

I Bought a Early Shield in 40. and the trigger was gritty, creepy and heavy.

The apex kit did the trick, and it's a joy to shoot now.

My girlfriend bought one late last year (Also a 40.)and the trigger was great out of the box. Not quite the apex good, but close enough to not bother changing it.

 

[CaptRon956]

congrats on your purchase of probably the best CC pistol on the market!

I have a lot of faith in the stopping power of the .40s&w as a defensive round. Thats why I went out & picked up a Shield 40 to add to my growing M&P collection. I ran 200 flawless rounds thru it before loading it up with Federal 180 gr. HST's and now it's my EDC.

 

[rwsmith]

Wow. I'm sure.....

I'm sure that's going to help. Even I'd go for an Apex for that one.

 

[PirateJim]

Welcome to the Shield owners family! Best full power concealable on the market today IMHO.

Thankfully, I live in Florida and out of the box my Shield 40 has the best "striker gun" trigger I have ever owned after about 500 rounds break in, and that includes my Pro 40L with the Apex duty/carry kit and polymer trigger. And that is not to say I am unhappy with the Pro's trigger now at all!

 

[Smith Wesson]

quick question.... if its mass compliant at 11.5#.. and you change this .. could this be used against you in a court of law... i mean why have a 11.5 law.. if it could be changed after market without penalty ... does this law only apply to manufacture or also to the customer.. this question also applies to removal of loaded chamber indicators i read guys talking about doing this all the time ?????? is there a problem with doing his??? if i lived in mass

 

[Grey.Ghost]

^^^ good question. I'd like to know as well.

 

[drewm@p40]

I'm not 100% sure on how that works but I do know that another local gun shop had a used shield for sale that already had the apex trigger installed and also came with a crossbreed holster and the only reason I chose not to purchase that particular firearm was they were actually asking 75$ more and it was a left handed holster so it did me no good