I wasn’t planning to buy any new handguns this year, but the new S&W Shield .380 EZ has me intrigued as a possible gun to recommend to all the people who can’t rack a semi-auto slide and who don’t like the size, trigger reach, trigger pull and/or recoil of .38 Special revolvers. I figure that the longer .380 barrel, when loaded with the right ammo (Hornady with XTP or Federal reduced recoil), would provide equal or better ballistics than a J frame. The grip safety seems like a good idea. I probably would buy the version without the manual thumb safety. (This is one gun where I think I would actually like a magazine disconnect safety, but it is not offered with one.)
Has anyone played with one? Sportsman’s Warehouse is now showing them online at $369 in either version.
Thanks.
