socalbeachbum
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I handled one at a show yesterday, the SD9 VE looks well made, trigger felt just like my Glock.
It this a good model? It certainly is priced right.
It this a good model? It certainly is priced right.
It would surprise me if the SD pistols fit any well made M&P holsters. The M&P is a 4.25" barreled gun with a tapered slide. The SD is a 4" gun with a square slide.From what I know the SD models fit most S&W military and police holsters, but keep in mind, gun manufacturers often tweek or modify frames-weapons so don't assume a SD pistol fits every M&P holster on the market.
The SD series pistols are the new budget line for S&W. They replaced the previous P.O.S. line called the SW series. The worst one they made was the SW380. You had to pinch the sides of the magazine to release. The SD series guns work fine for what they are and will serve the occasional shooter well. By occasional I mean you wouldn't want to use it for high round count competition. I don't expect it to hold up to 10K+ rounds like a higher dollar pistol would. It does have S&W's warranty service though and that goes a long way.
Some of the areas where they saved money are as follows:
Polymer rear sight, no interchangeable back straps, two magazines rather than three, a cardboard box rather than a hard sided carry case, stamped sheet metal slide release, and plastic guide rod.
The sights are interchangeable with M&P sights. The gun takes down like a Glock. For the money it is not a bad gun. They don't hold their value like the more expensive guns when trading in at a retail shop but they cost less to have a decent working pistol too. Ergonomically S&W did their homework. I think it fits the hand very well. I have medium size hands. Overall, I can't say it has very many negatives unless you have a high-end expectation on options, fit, and finish. Hope that helps.
*Side note* The 9mm version is more desirable on the used market for trade in as compared to the .40 S&W.
I would bet dollars to donuts it would stand up just fine to 10k rounds. That's just broke in for a modern handgun.
It isn't a bulls eye pistol by any means, but they are easy enough to shoot, sure a little long and heavier in the trigger, but it isn't that bad.
So I got to shoot my buddies SD9ve. Handles nice, but shoots LOW. Like at 7 yards, two or three inches lower than POA.Buddy has one. I've handled it and it felt nice. I'll get to shoot it on Tuesday when I finally make it to the range.
Personally, I'd opt for the M&P-9, but the SD9VE is still a good gun that's going to do pretty much everything you want tit to do and do it well.