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by Mike S
Tue Jun 28, 2016 11:05 am
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: S&W Shield 9mm question
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Re: S&W Shield 9mm question

rotor wrote:
AndyC wrote:I have shot ported handguns fairly extensively, and the only word of caution I would give you is be very wary of shooting them from the retention position ie. down at waist level. The ports throw a LOT of debris upwards at high velocity - I had to have my eyes washed out the first time I tried that.
They warn about this in the manual that comes with the gun. They have a whole page of ported barrel warnings. They also have a million pages (it seems) of other warnings. Takes forever to find out how to field strip it.
Also be aware that certain brands of popular target ammo (Blazer Brass comes to mind) have a warning on the box to 'Not Use in Ported Firearms'. They use a copper plating process for the jacketing that can separate from the lead & cause injury.

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