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#1
09-18-2016, 09:30 PM
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Performance Center M&P 9 Shield
I bought this one a few weeks ago, and wanted to give my latest range report, after shooting BUG with it recently.
The pistol shot flawlessly, and was very easy to keep on target, including steel at 10, 20, and 30+ yards. My only shots of the day out of all five stages that weren't "zero down" were on a swinger. The Performance Center Shield (with the Apex Tactical striker block installed) has just taken over the title of "best shooting little gun" that I own, from my Kahr CM9. The PC Shield, in addition to the barrel porting and slide lightening cuts, comes with a performance center sear, and a fairly light (compared to a standard Shield) trigger pull. For whatever reason, this PC Shield had a much grittier takeup than that on my standard Shield; which is why I installed the Apex striker block. Anyway, of extreme interest to me was today's stage of six shots fired from the retention position. As some may know; many shooters (including me previously) feel that having a ported carry pistol is a mistake, and consequently, have little use for one. "Conventional wisdom" is that it'll blow fouling and hot gasses up into the shooter's face when fired from close in such as the one handed low retention position. I shot the six shots from retention in 1.72 seconds "zero down," and had no discomfort from fouling, hot gasses or anything else. As a matter of fact; there was no fouling, soot, or anything else to be found anywhere on the white shirt that I was wearing. So, another "everyone knows" is put to rest. Apparently, Smith and Wesson know a little bit about building guns after all.
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"Sights are for the unenlightened." Rick IDPA/NRA Certified Safety Officer/Range S.O. Last edited by Rick McC.; 09-19-2016 at 10:08 AM. 
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#2
09-18-2016, 09:35 PM
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Thanks Rick I've thought about the Shield 45
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#3
09-18-2016, 10:01 PM
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Thanks Rick! Great post.
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canis fidelis cave canem, vereor non magnus nocens lupus In hoc signo vinces If you can list them, you ain't got enough!!! Life Member NRA, SCI, ATA, NSCA COTEP 414
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09-18-2016, 10:12 PM
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Thanks, Y'all!
Pig: I picked up a 45 Shield about a week ago, and just finished posting about it.
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"Sights are for the unenlightened." Rick IDPA/NRA Certified Safety Officer/Range S.O.
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09-19-2016, 02:51 PM
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Pictures?
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COTEP: CBOB578 DW CCO SIG GSR 1911 SA Micro Compact and a spectacular cast of others! "You have never lived, until you have almost died. And for those who fight for it, life has a flavor that the protected will never know." Guy de Maupassant, 1893. Anonymously, penned on a sign at a command post at Khe Sanh, RVN.
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09-19-2016, 11:28 PM
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Quote:
 
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"Sights are for the unenlightened." Rick IDPA/NRA Certified Safety Officer/Range S.O. Last edited by Rick McC.; 09-19-2016 at 11:33 PM.
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