M&P Shield 9mm range report

[Links2k]

I can say that I'm very delighted with the Shield. The little M&P performed flawlessly with 250 rounds of Federal ammo and 50 rounds of Hornady Critical Defense ammo.

The trigger was everything that it was advertised to be. The trigger had a good clean break and a nice reset. The slim grip felt almost like a 1911. The recoil was very light and the pistol offered very good accuracy. I plan to let my wife shoot it. If she likes it I will have to purchase another.

My daily carry has been the G30, but I can see the Shield working its way into the rotation over the G26 when I want to go small and light.

[Guest NashvegasMatt]

i have yet to see one in a shop.

[Links2k]

I placed a deposit and did some waiting when I first heard that they were coming out. The pistol arrived friday before last. The hard part is waiting for additional mags to become available.

[Guest motonut]

Thanks for the info. Very interested to see/feel one of these.

[Guest No Ammo]

My 40 Shield came in 3 weeks ago or so, Sold my PF9, no comparison, first 100 rounds , no problems, Recoil is light for a very small gun, this is a keeper

[Guest twpayne75]

I bought one a couple months or so ago. I like it alright, but had my wife not "claimed" it I probably would have moved it along.

We try to go to Knoxville and shoot atleast once a month. Next time I'm going I will post up in case someone wants to come try it out.

[jon29253]

My wife and I both like the soft recoil. Not a huge difference from my Glock 26, but feels difference. Soft is all I can describe. Mine is 9mm.

[Guest joshmanning]

there is one in a pawn shop in chattanooga here

[decotriumph]

Chi-Rho Firearms in Tullahoma has a 9mm Shield in stock.

[Wyldk2]

They had one in stock. Cause i called about it saturday and they said it was sold.

Seems everytime i go to Gander Mountain in Huntsville, they are sold out as well. I just want to see one in person before i would buy one. I need a "summer" gun to conceal. My glock is nice and all but almost too big to carry in the summer.

Good to hear the reviews about this gun. I'm still looking.

[graycrait]

I've seen five, one 40 and 4 9s. My favorite gunshop hasn't had one in a good while though. I did get to handle the new Sig 938 yesterday, pretty nice, but for the price and the plain fact I like the Shield better I'll wait a year or so and get a Shield - hopefully by then they will be a regular shelf item. Hard to argue against a Ruger LC9 if you get the Galloway Precision trigger. However, because I do get to handle most of these guns I'm going to wait for a Shield.

[tercel89]

I fiddled with one for 2 weeks. It shot great but when I would do a "press check" the slide would stay out of battery. I posted this on another forum and lots of people say that most of their pistols will do the same. I guess they were trying to defend the Shield. But the one I was shooting did it with and without a magazine in it. I tried this on my other pistols and they wont do it . All of my pistols will preform a press check and return to battery just like normal. This is the only thing I didnt like about the Shield 9mm. But again I say that it did shoot great and function fine . Just seems like the recoil spring was a little too weak to move the slide forward when it was slightly retracted. If this gets fixed or remedied , then I will definitely buy one for a back-up gun to take to work as a companion to my G22 . Right now I use a G27 so the thinness will be welcomed !