M&P 9mm Shield

[S&WGirl06]

Added a new addition to the family. I am so excited! I have been wanting this for a while now. Stopped by my LGS and they had a great deal I couldn't pass it up....by the way per the rules that is my foot in the picture, but that is my husband ugly hand. hehe

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[protegeV]

Holy crazy title batman

I just traded my shield last weekend. Then I bought a shield performance center last night. That was the plan

 

[S&WGirl06]

Title should say M&P 9mm Shield. stupid autocorrect.

 

[brownspotz]

very nice. I do like that yours doesn't have the thumb lever safety at rear of slide.

 

[S&WGirl06]

Holy crazy title batman

I just traded my shield last weekend. Then I bought a shield performance center last night. That was the plan

Yeah, damn auto correct. it is ridiculous sometimes... o wow, what is the difference between the two?

 

[protegeV]

Yeah, damn auto correct. it is ridiculous sometimes... o wow, what is the difference between the two?

Performance center has a ported barrel and slide as well as an upgraded trigger and fiber optic sights. I got the version with tritium night sights though.

 

[montoya32]

Performance center has a ported barrel and slide as well as an upgraded trigger and fiber optic sights. I got the version with tritium night sights though.

Go handle the 45. Trigger is awesome and so it the texture of the grip.

 

[protegeV]

Go handle the 45. Trigger is awesome and so it the texture of the grip.

I might check it out if I see one, but no real interest in buying one. Not a fan of 45. All my handguns are 9mm. Except for that one 10mm

 

[S&WGirl06]

Performance center has a ported barrel and slide as well as an upgraded trigger and fiber optic sights. I got the version with tritium night sights though.

That looks pretty sweet! you will need to let me know how it shoots.

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[montoya32]

I might check it out if I see one, but no real interest in buying one. Not a fan of 45. All my handguns are 9mm. Except for that one 10mm

Just test the trigger and take notice of the new texturing on the grip. Much nicer.

 

[S&WGirl06]

Go handle the 45. Trigger is awesome and so it the texture of the grip.

Yeah, the textured grip is awesome. they are gonna put the textured grip on the 9mm in 2017 but I couldn't wait. the grip on 45 is nice though

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[Stoveman]

Performance center has a ported barrel and slide as well as an upgraded trigger and fiber optic sights. I got the version with tritium night sights though.

Mrs. Stove's carry gun.

 

[motorcoachdoug]

hmmm how much?????just curious....

 

[Shoobedoo]

Go handle the 45. Trigger is awesome and so it the texture of the grip.

Define "awesome" for me if you would please...??

I'm not trolling here, I'm serious, I own half a dozen M&P pistols including a Shield 9, and the out of the box triggers on all of them were uniformly terrible IMHO. Now, to be fair, "terrible" can mean different things to different people, but to sum it up, the factory trigger pull on all my guns was in the 7 lb. range, that's way too heavy for my tastes, and I prefer something more like 5 lbs.

Yes, that can be fairly easily rectified with the installation of an Apex Tactical AEK, which I've already done on all my M&P's, but Apex doesn't have the Shield .45 kit ready yet, it's still in the prototype stages and won't be available for some time.

 

[protegeV]

Define "awesome" for me if you would please...??

I'm not trolling here, I'm serious, I own half a dozen M&P pistols including a Shield 9, and the out of the box triggers on all of them were uniformly terrible IMHO. Now, to be fair, "terrible" can mean different things to different people, but to sum it up, the factory trigger pull on all my guns was in the 7 lb. range, that's way too heavy for my tastes, and I prefer something more like 5 lbs.

Yes, that can be fairly easily rectified with the installation of an Apex Tactical AEK, which I've already done on all my M&P's, but Apex doesn't have the Shield .45 kit ready yet, it's still in the prototype stages and won't be available for some time.

The shield is purpose built as a defensive ccw pistol. Most of the reviews you'll read call the slightly heavy trigger pull "perfect" for this category.

 

[AssMan]

The shield is purpose built as a defensive ccw pistol. Most of the reviews you'll read call the slightly heavy trigger pull "perfect" for this category.

This. I don't want a 3lb trigger in my pocket or pointed at my jewels. I think the shield trigger is pretty good myself.

 

[Shoobedoo]

The shield is purpose built as a defensive ccw pistol. Most of the reviews you'll read call the slightly heavy trigger pull "perfect" for this category.

I'm aware of that, and so far as the Shield goes it's probably fine for most people as it is right out of the box. That being said, some of us like to tweak the trigger pull, yes even on purpose designed carry guns like the Shield, to suit our own specific needs and abilities, etc. The Apex kit brought the Shield 9mm factory pull down to just a hair over 5 lbs. which is perfect for me, it also smoothed the pull up considerably, but I'm not advocating a kit like this for every shield owner, I'm only relating what I prefer and what works for me.

That's why I was curious about what "awesome trigger" means with regard to the .45 Shield. Perhaps Montoya will read this and I'll be able to get his thoughts on this.

 

[protegeV]

I'm aware of that, and so far as the Shield goes it's probably fine for most people as it is right out of the box. That being said, some of us like to tweak the trigger pull, yes even on purpose designed carry guns like the Shield, to suit our own specific needs and abilities, etc.

That's why I was curious about what "awesome trigger" means with regard to the .45 Shield. Perhaps Montoya will read this and I'll be able to get his thoughts on this.

That's cool. To each his own and to be honest carrying was never an option til I moved away from MD so I wouldn't have given the trigger pull any consideration.

 

[Shoobedoo]

This. I don't want a 3lb trigger in my pocket or pointed at my jewels. I think the shield trigger is pretty good myself.

Your Shield probably woudn't even function reliably with a 3 lb trigger, you'd have severe light strike problems.

 

[AssMan]

Your Shield probably woudn't even function reliably with a 3 lb trigger, you'd have severe light strike problems.

OK, yet another good reason it's not 3lbs. To answer your original question, the trigger feels very linear, isn't overly gritty and has a clean break. Reset is reasonably short. I personally don't care much about grit or break on a carry gun, but hate stacking and long resets.