Grunt
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A few days ago, I traded off a .40 S&W Chiefs Special for a Glock 21. I guess I didn't really think it was as compact as it could have been and that the bore axis was pretty high as well leading to a lot of muzzle flip when it was fired. Another gripe I had was that the slide stop was in front of a piece of spring steel that the plunger rode against to keep it down until the last round was fired. Seems like every time I tried to release the slide with my strong thumb, I would never hit the slide stop but instead rake my thumb across that piece of metal. All-in-all, I wasn't too impressed with it. However, today thumbing through the Shotgun News, I see that J&G sales are selling a lot of S&W autos (police trade-ins I'd suspect) and the 4516 sort of caught my eye. Not really thinking of buying one (saving my money for an HK P-2000 sub-compact when they come out) but it does make me wonder what opinions others have about S&W autos?