Range Report, new (?) M&P Shield 9mm

[LAYGO]

The XDS comes in 9mm......just sayin'

It wouldn't go with my M&P45c/M&P40m/M&P knives (3)!

Well that's just racism.

My XDS-45 goes just fine with my XDM-45 Compact 3.8 AND my Full-Sized M&P45 and my CRKT and Kershaw Tanto Blur knives. WE celebrate diversity in our gunsafe.

:) I prefer US Made. Patriotism.

Where was your cellphone, car stereo, tablet, watch made? Ever fire any foreign made ammo (Prvi Partisan, Mondarch [made by Prvi Partisan], Sellier & Bellot, Winchester White Box [some of which is manufactured by Sellier & Bellot], Tula, Wolf, Israeli or Australian made 5.56 NATO, etc., etc., etc.)? Even if you drive an American car, is the engine management system, the sparkplug brand, the tires even American made?

I applaud the patriotism, but the reality is just that we all buy foreign goods sometimes without even thinking about it.

Ya ya semantics. ;)

FYI: my new pistol arrives next week. Per the dealer, her gunsmith, a certified S&W Armorer has inspected it & it "passed".

[LAYGO]

I got the new Shield a couple of days ago. I broke it down & cleaned it up. The wear is less significant IMO & it came drenched in oil. On this one, you can tell the the wear was "fresh". It has the same born on date as the previous pistol & the serial numbers are only 21 apart.

Now with better pictures! ;)








Sho' is purty!



Comparing my 45c with like 1300 rounds through it:








And here's the whole family:

[Teamless]

is this new Shield in the Recall batch?

[LAYGO]

is this new Shield in the Recall batch?

I don't think so. The trigger functions as designed.

[Teamless]

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The recall says all Shields made before August 19, 2013, but then do you know when yours was made?

check out the link above, be sure you are safe!

[LAYGO]

http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/wcs/ ... 7978_image
The recall says all Shields made before August 19, 2013, but then do you know when yours was made?

check out the link above, be sure you are safe!

Thanks, but I'm aware of the issue, know how to diagnose it, have tested my pistol for the issue while sitting at the FFL when it arrived. My pistol was born on 07.19.2013.

Was supposed to go to the range today , but will try again tomorrow.

[LAYGO]

Pistol performed flawlessly at the range today, nary a malfunction.

My 40 with 9 barrel also performed flawlessly. When I actually focused on my front sight, I was drilling the same hole. Yet another thing I need to work on . . .