KarateHottie93
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- Oct 24, 2017
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I just picked mine up earlier and it's a 40 Shield M2.0. It's used but not well used. I got it next to my only other polymer striker fired at the moment, the XD-S 45. Well actually it's on top of it because I was amused by how well the sights fit together on these two guns...like a little puzzle.
Me being a dumbass out the way though, it just feels cheap compared to the XD-S. Trigger is bad (at least to me) and pulling the slide back feels clunky when you get to the last bit of travel. The plastic itself looks and feels to be of a lower quality. Even the slide stop is incredibly stiff, due to the actual slide stop being a ways out from the super tiny button itself. I've shot both of these models of firearms quite a bit. I bought the XD-S 45 because I've wanted one ever since falling in love with shooting someone else's. I saw this one go up for auction on a local FFL's website and I had to pay over $100 extra out the door vs what a brand new one would've cost when it was still being made. I bought the 40 Shield because I needed a small 40 S&W and I won it on the same website for $276 out the door. These guns had a similar MSRP at launch.
I like S&W. I think their revolvers in general are the overall best of the mass produced ones. These M&P's feel overrated though. I'm not saying they're bad guns or that they're unreliable. I just don't get how they sale so well when the MSRP isn't far off from other guns I think look, feel, and shoot way nicer. Plus the used market is so flooded with them that you can find all but the latest and greatest (which changes quite often with these guys) for next to nothing quite often.
Me being a dumbass out the way though, it just feels cheap compared to the XD-S. Trigger is bad (at least to me) and pulling the slide back feels clunky when you get to the last bit of travel. The plastic itself looks and feels to be of a lower quality. Even the slide stop is incredibly stiff, due to the actual slide stop being a ways out from the super tiny button itself. I've shot both of these models of firearms quite a bit. I bought the XD-S 45 because I've wanted one ever since falling in love with shooting someone else's. I saw this one go up for auction on a local FFL's website and I had to pay over $100 extra out the door vs what a brand new one would've cost when it was still being made. I bought the 40 Shield because I needed a small 40 S&W and I won it on the same website for $276 out the door. These guns had a similar MSRP at launch.
I like S&W. I think their revolvers in general are the overall best of the mass produced ones. These M&P's feel overrated though. I'm not saying they're bad guns or that they're unreliable. I just don't get how they sale so well when the MSRP isn't far off from other guns I think look, feel, and shoot way nicer. Plus the used market is so flooded with them that you can find all but the latest and greatest (which changes quite often with these guys) for next to nothing quite often.