Yeah they take considerable effort to manipulate and aren't very easy to get your thumb on. Had one several years ago and my choice was to disengage it and forget about it. As long as you carry in a good holster and keep your finger off the trigger it should be completely safe.
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The safety on mine stays off all the time. I've never had it accidentally engage "safe".
I would like to remove it though as it's an unnecessary failure point.
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Removing the Shield safety isn't as easy as removing it from a standard M&P - but it's still not too terribly difficult if you dare.
Echoing what others have said - mine just stays "off" since there's no way I could actually use it.
I was actually looking for a no safety Shield 45. However, the one i bought with a safety that i never use was $50 cheaper at the time than the no safety version. So I bought it and I love it.
So they make a no safety version? I wasn't aware. I bought mine from palmetto state armory last year when they were clearing them out for the 2.0s. I bought it for $250, they have them now at $380. They must be raking it in on the pandemic panic.
anyone know of any aftermarket safeties for the S&W Shield? The stock safety is so slim fit to the gun I have troubles finding it with my thumb sometimes.
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I'll go along with this ^^^.All depends on hand size, but I find using the middle joint on my thumb, rather than the end of my thumb works much better.