Wanted To Compare Shield and Glock/ Wow!

[Horn]

I had an issue earlier with extraction on my shield 9. Sent it back and seems fixed. Fired 50 rnds__no issues. Thought I'd compare the Shield 9 with the Glock 26 Gen4. The Glock arrived yesterday and I picked it up this morning. I've followed the field stripping directions perfectly. (Seemingly) Its the afternoon now and I haven't been able to press those two levers down on the side of the frame with the slide slightly back! My finger and thumb is sore.
(Wore thin gloves too) I'm sure eventually I'll manage it__I think.
S&W wins the take down method hands down.
Boy! The guys on the videos really make it look like you lower those levers effortlessly.
Boomers building here in southern Arizona. Monsoon season isn't over yet.

 

[Arik]

EDIT: Nvm I reread and you already did that. Not sure what to tell you

All my Glocks that I've ever owned have taken 3 seconds to strip the slide from the frame.

 

[Rustyt1953]

EDIT: Nvm I reread and you already did that. Not sure what to tell you

All my Glocks that I've ever owned have taken 3 seconds to strip the slide from the frame.

What he said!

 

[Arik]

Stupid question but is the mag out?

 

[Horn]

Mag is out

Yes and Slide racked and trigger pulled ( Yeek! Can't get over that one) and I push the slide a little back. Those two levers just seem
tight. I'll keep working on it__after resting my thumb and finger, eh"
I've tried pulling the slide back different distances but__no difference.
Thanks for the replies.
The one____3 seconds? I'd settle for 5 seconds.

 

[uncleted327]

I'm not sure how to try and help really, fieldstripping a Glock is the easiest I've ever done. It sounds like you are trying too hard, or over thinking it, no offense meant.

 

[JeffShrugged]

Yeah what the heck happened... My Glock strips so much easier than my Shield. Actually the Shield is sort of a pain in the back side to field strip, and to put back together.

 

[RobzGuns]

The 'trick' of holding the glock properly takes some practice.
I found that (after dropping the mag & double checking that it's empty) dry firing the G26 before working the takedown tabs and releasing the slide works better (for me). Others show racking the slide, slightly pulling the slide while working the tabs, then dry firing to release the slide.

Once you do get them both to the range, you'll probably find that the Shield's recoil is just as smooth and soft as the 26. When I 1st rented the Shield, I was expecting the harsh recoil of those other 3" Single-Stack Subcompacts and was very pleasantly surprised.

 

[dullh]

Take your right hand and get an overhand grip on the rear of the slide (fingers point left).

Use the thumb of that hand to push into the grip tang (the curved part where your thumb's "snuff pouch" meets the grip) this will let your grip pull the slide back just out of battery. This will hold the slide back, out of battery easily, all day long.

Take thumb and pointer of your left hand, come up under the gun and use thumb and pointer to grab takedown lever and pull straight down. Push slide off with right hand.

Done in 3 seconds or less.

 

[Hunter5]

Check out the Brass Stacker Trapezoid Grip slick lock takedown lever, bought one for my Glock 23 for $12 from Amazon and it makes all the difference in the world.

 

[Horn]

That's What I'm Doing

Yep, that's what I'm doing. The lever on the left side stays down
but I haven't been able to pull 'em both down together, I guess.
That "3 seconds" sounds good.
I'll keep trying__my way.
Thanks for the advise. I'm surely not the only one in creation that
has found the Glock's two levers stiff.
Thanks again.

 

[9mmjld]

Or try this. STUL Glock Slide Removal Tool

 

[uncleted327]

They are spring loaded and won't stay down on their own when depressed together. It's also easy to pull the slide back too far, you only need to just barely move it backwards before you pull the tabs and push the slide off.

 

[mltndw3]

I love my Shield 9, but it was much harder to field strip when it was new than my Glock 19 ever was. I can't comment on the 26 but most Glocks are very easy. You do have to pull the trigger after clearing the chamber and dropping the magazine as stated, but it has always been very easy for me once I got that down. The Shield was very difficult to rack and lock back as stated by many of this forum's members for the last year or so. My wife couldn't do it at all for the first 1K rounds, but has no problems now. Good luck.

 

[Horn]

Checked It

Check out the Brass Stacker Trapezoid Grip slick lock takedown lever, bought one for my Glock 23 for $12 from Amazon and it makes all the difference in the world.

I checked some web sites and found how to install the Trapezoid Grip take down lever. Looks simple enough and the video made it appear a vast improvement for gripping those levers. $12 from the Bras Tacker web site. (Amazon has been charging sales tax latey)
I've decided since I'm the only one having this problem___those levers shouldn't be difficult to pull down___My gunsmith lives fifteen minutes away and before I left him this morning after picking it up__I asked him if he was familiar with Glocks (thinking about a Big Dot Sight) and he is. So__I'm going to take it down to him and watch him take the gun down. If he struggles I'll know those levers on mine are too tight. There's likely a work around.
Thanks for the information. Before I spend $12 I'll check it out.
Those do look like a good idea! Thanks. (May do it anyway)

 

[highaltitude]

My Glock 19 is much easier to strip than my Shield 9.

 

[Wishoot]

Very strange problem with a Glock. Like other's have said, it's just about the easiest gun to break down.

 

[ejeli]

Not everybody's fingers are shaped the same. For some of us years of battering have taken the sensitivity out of the fingertips. Several companies make the extended slide release because there is a need. They are 3mm longer and the difference is night and day. For me both my 34Gen 4 and 17L Gen 1 are next to impossible for me to grab before installing the extended release, after that it is really the easiest gun to strip bar none.
I probably strip mine a bit different then most because it works for me. Grab the gun in a normal shooting grip, press the barrel straight down on a firm surface, from the top push down on the release levers and slip the slide off the front. If the trigger is reset you will have to pull the trigger to remove the slide but it works either way.
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[ScrapmasterFlex]

Now I assumed I would agree with you, with a few carefully-constructed caveats, but I am thinking I will need some detailed explanations.

First off- I concur with my esteemed colleagues and I guess have to beg to differ, my Glocks and experience is that Glock is basically the easiest gun in the gun-verse to take down , at the very least vastly the easiest I have ever come across. That's basically breaking down to being so quick, click clack clang its done. My Shield , is actually a pain so far to take down - I assume it's because of the guide rod assembly / recoil spring is so tough to deal with (Necessarily so because this smaller gun needs the stiff spring for operation and reliability.)

now I am a big-time Glock fan, and my roots go back to my Dad who was one of the first dept's to go to Glock in the late 80s. I learned on his just as he was learning, and have been a Glock guy growing up until I bought my own very first gun, a Glock 23. Love it and still do... and assumed I would CCW it. But it's a little bigger than is completely concealable for my person (I'm not a big guy, and it prints quite a bit, especially in Florida heat clothing.)...plus I hate to admit it but it was a bit heavy. Not HEAVY, but when you have shorts and a T-shirt on, you have other stuff in your shorts, plus the G23, and especially with you have 2 loaded 15-rd mags to back it up, the weight was noticeable. Not UNMANAGEABLE but certainly a little bit uncomfortable.

I chose the Shield over a G27 or even 26 because the Shield to me is a perfect CCW gun. I decided to go 9mm over my normal 40 but still didn't really want the G26. The Shield checks so many boxes on "the list" of things you'd want or need or a dedicated every-day-carry gun - which is what I wanted. I'm sure if I bought a subcompact Glock, 9 or 40, I'd be happy with it, but I LOVE having the Shield.

Back to takedown- just today I had a major issue in re-assembly.. and the Guide Rod Assembly is damaged. I actually had to call in to S&W and they're sending me another. Now my gun is not "out-of-commission" but I wouldn't tempt taking it down again for no good reason... and it's only 6 weeks old, this was like the 3rd time I broke it down. First time was fresh out of the box, which I guess went okay. Second time was after shooting to clean it , and I had a problem with the rod and getting the slide properly installed again... but it went on. This 3rd time, it was obvious the guide rod assembly was pretty bent up/rough on the end (which butts up on the barrel lug area.). . My Glock never had a second though in reassembly , and while I replaced the guide rod assembly after 4 years of owning, it was strictly preventative and because it was cheap.


I love Glocks, but i LOVE my M&P Shield for EDC/CCW. I might have a Glock in my hand come SHTF, but I'll have the Shield IWB...

 

[KEN L]

Pull down on both levers, then draw the slide back slightly. I think you're drawing back on the slide and then trying to pull the levers down. Works for me EVERY time. But then, I'm one of those who has no problem whatsoever reassembling a Ruger MkI or later .22 pistol!