Lefty, you tried the PPS and found it had more muzzle flip than shield 9? So compared side by side with WW white box 115 grain 9mm, today after 150 rounds the shield has more muzzle flip than the smaller G43! The accuracy is about the same. So I wanted something that would fill in between the G43 and a G19. To me the Shield is not that product. That the PPS has more flip than the shield is not good.