Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Handguns Recommend a SW Shield caliber

I have a 9 and 45. I prefer the 45.

I have not shot the 40, as I don't own any 40's I doubt I will.

I'm actually switching over to S&W from Glock.

I like the MP compact 40, but it is as thick as a M29 glock.

I just ordered the shield 9 from Palmetto State too. Great Deal!!

I bought the 9mm Shield and the 45 shield .....I gave the 9 to my Brother and Kept the 45!!!!! The 45 is a Sweet Shooter and Very Accurate for me...I could not shoot the 9 very good for some reason.....The 45 Trigger seams much better than the 9 to me..

Get the .45

It's slightly larger than the 9mm or the S&W .40, and with 3" barrels I try to maximize bullet size, or in other words, I've had a few compacts over the years and if they were available in .45 that's what I shot in them. Soon, I'm probably going to get a .45 Shield from the S&W custom shop. It will come the trigger already tuned and night sights.

yes, I shoot the 45 better than the 9 for some reason as well, not going to get rid of the 9 because it serves its purpose as well. If the custom shop gun has a compensated barrel I don't know about that, not sure I am fond of ported guns.

40 S&W is my first choice in the Shield

I bought a .40 and I like it so much I just ordered a 9. The sights were dead on and it shoots nice groups. The slide is a little tight, but I expect that to get looser. The trigger is acceptable, but I think I'll put an Apex Kit on them.

I looked at the video to install an Apex kit, and it looked a bit tricky. I can see parts flying, but naturally the first time is intimidating. Having the video is super helpful.

I carried the 9mm on vacation in Gettysburg over the holiday. It was really comfortable and easy to conceal OWB under a polo shirt.

They have a compensated barrel on the .45, so I guess they could compensate the 9 & .40. I don't want a ported 3" barrel...it needs ALL the gas in that 3" acting on it for the entire length of the rifling to get a modest velocity out of the bullet.

Yep, and I looked hard at both the ported and the non ported 40SW shield before buying a G27 recently, I spent more money on a used G27 and did not get the nice rebate! Plus its not as easy to IWB carry for me. I am not recoil shy at all, but the 40 in the same size gun as the 9, I don't know, the glock looked like it might be a better platform in the 40sw.

9mm

^^^^THIS^^^^

Never mind, I see he made his choice 14 posts in.
Half the guys on here can't buy anything unless it's approved by committee, and they sure like beating a dead horse.

LOL.....Agreed^^^

I got the 9 with an alien IWB. Really wanted the 40 but wanted something my wife might enjoy shooting and I figured the 40 might be a little too snappy. She likes to shoot it but still has trouble with the slide after several hundred rounds through it. I think for the money it is a nice carry gun, has operated flawlessly and might pick up a 40 just for me.

I don't agree.

Let's put it to a vote.




Dave