Smith & Wesson New Shield Plus

[gregkl]

Greg, awaiting your review, a die hard Glock guy I am, but I am willing to see what you think?
We have three Shields, My wifes, and two earmarked for a couple grandkids, I would have no hesitation carrying one.

I will be most happy to post something. This is way out of character of me to jump so soon, but I have owned two Shields and have been really happy with them.

If all goes well, I'll be at the range Saturday morning and will be running my usual drills. I will run three guns this weekend though for comparison purposes; both Shields and my 2.0 Compact.

 

[Route 45]

Email today

 

[gregkl]

Email today

Well, there's my first $20 I'm out of.

 

[snorko]

Are they all shipping with 1-10 & 2-13 round mags? My night sight model should be here tomorrow and comes with three. Nice of S&W to do that.

 

[gregkl]

Are they all shipping with 1-10 & 2-13 round mags? My night sight model should be here tomorrow and comes with three. Nice of S&W to do that.

The night sight model comes with two 13 rounders. The white sight models have just one.

 

[88E30M50]

Buds was showing these with the safety in stock at the same price. My finger was hovering over the buy button way too long.

 

[NHT3]

Point Blank Greenwood had all 3 models in stock today.. Standard, Performance center W optic and Performance center ported W optic.. They are proud of those PC guns, the ported W optic was over $900

 

[gregkl]

Buds was showing these with the safety in stock at the same price. My finger was hovering over the buy button way too long.

I checked with them for the non-safety model. They must not have had them in stock long at all. Northwest Armory had them for $515 shipped but were out of stock when I tried to order.

I'm sure they will come down in price...depending on what happens in legislation. That really is what pushed me to get it now.

I bought my last Shield for under $300. Don't know if these will get there, but they should come down some.

This may be the first time I will be upside down on a firearm. Hopefully I like it, lol.

 

[88E30M50]

Ouch, the PC one is spendy. I realized that I don’t have a decent summer gun now that I went and sold the G27. I sold the P10S last spring to boot. I still have the Sig P938 but that’s the pocket gun and I’d like to pick something up that is smaller and thinner than my normal edc but with a reasonable capacity. The Shield + has me interested as does the P365 and G43X.

 

[98cirrus]

I'm guessing it's going to be about the size of my CZ, Rami.?

 

[Dean C.]

I'm guessing it's going to be about the size of my CZ, Rami.?

Significantly thinner , RAMI's are chunky to say the least

 

[KG1]

Ouch, the PC one is spendy. I realized that I don’t have a decent summer gun now that I went and sold the G27. I sold the P10S last spring to boot. I still have the Sig P938 but that’s the pocket gun and I’d like to pick something up that is smaller and thinner than my normal edc but with a reasonable capacity. The Shield + has me interested as does the P365 and G43X.

If I didn't already have an investment in my 43x such as night sights, trigger, magazines and holsters I probably would have already pulled the trigger on one. I almost came close to doing it though. I had one in the cart but I came to my senses before I hit the order button.

I was tempted. This is one of the few times that I haven't given in (yet)

 

[gregkl]

If I didn't already have an investment in my 43x such as night sights, trigger, magazines and holsters I probably would have already pulled the trigger on one. I almost came close to doing it though. I had one in the cart but I came to my senses before I hit the order button.

I was tempted. This is one of the few times that I haven't given in (yet)

It is always tempting to jump on the latest new-fangled widgit. But there will always be something new coming out. If you have the funds and like to try the latest greatest, then that becomes your hobby so to speak. Nothing wrong with that.

For me, I am okay with sticking with something that I know works for me vs looking over the horizon at things that could work.

I'm taking a bit of a chance that I will like the Shield Plus but I like my current Shield so much and after handling the Hellcat and P365, I still prefer the Shield. I am hoping this new one fixes the very minor issues I have with the Shield.

One of my goals in life is to use a firearm so much that it shows significant finish wear. I have yet to achieve that.

 

[88E30M50]

I'm trying to figure out if I need a summer gun or if thecP10C fits that role. Or, a DW CCO might. Then again, if I wait too long, I may not have that choice to make

 

[gregkl]

I'm trying to figure out if I need a summer gun or if thecP10C fits that role. Or, a DW CCO might. Then again, if I wait too long, I may not have that choice to make

DW CCO sounds nice.

 

[gregkl]

BTW, I didn't get my pistol today. It was delivered this morning to the gun shop but when I went to pick it up, they were closed. When I called, the answering service said that "something came up" and they had to close the store and the earliest I could get it is Monday.

 

[mcapo]

BTW, I didn't get my pistol today. It was delivered this morning to the gun shop but when I went to pick it up, they were closed. When I called, the answering service said that "something came up" and they had to close the store and the earliest I could get it is Monday.

I am (almost) as disappointed as you. I saw your post and was hoping for an unboxing review....

 

[gregkl]

I am (almost) as disappointed as you. I saw your post and was hoping for an unboxing review....

Yeah, I probably should post something in the thread about how much should you support your local gun shop, lol.

I was going to do more than unbox it. I was going to get a couple hundred rounds downrange. AARGHH!!!!! First world problems.

The bummer was that I was thinking about doing that carry match in Riley next weekend, but I wanted to at least test fire it before I went. Of course, that is just an excuse to not go. My current Shield is perfectly capable.

 

[snorko]

Picked mine up from Top Shot in Evansville. He had a gen 1 Shield in the case. From 5' away they are about identical. The higher capacity is voodoo. Hoping for some range time Saturday but work is shaking its head at me. My boss sucks eggs.

 

[98cirrus]

Significantly thinner , RAMI's are chunky to say the least

Hope you are correct.