Shield without safety coming soon

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keithdog

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Just came from the S&W website, and it's official. On August 1st or before, a new Shield will be released without and manual safety. While this does not really concern me as I love my Shield and have no issue at all with the thumb safety, I know there are many in here who dislike a thumb safety on their guns. Glock fans for example. ;) So now, you have a new option. :D
 

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Oruglock

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I like thumb safeties. I wish my fullsize M&P had one. You can order them with one, I just didn't know that when I bought mine.
 
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keithdog

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I like thumb safeties too Oruglock, especially the Shields which is rather inconspicuous, and easy to switch off. But for those who don't, this is good news.
 
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gc70

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keithdog said:
Just came from the S&W website, and it's official.
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Really? Please post a link.

It is certainly strange that the product has a 5-digit SKU when all other S&W firearms have a 6-digit SKU.
 
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JERRYS.

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I don't want a thumb safety on such a gun as this, but what impresses me is that we will have a CHOICE!

I might be in the market soon for another smallish 9mm, the PPS, Shield, and Nano are on my list. I like the Shield because its smaller and less expensive than the PPS, but has a thumb safety. this might be the game changer I was looking for.

my ccw guns are as simple and as similar as possible, as "revolverish" if you will; point and pull the trigger, no gizmos....
 
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Wishoot

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I have no problem with safeties.

If you don't like it, don't engage it. The safety on my Shield is always off.
 
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Uncle Malice

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I didn't have an issue with the safety as it was, but this will be even better, since I wouldn't use it anyways.

That's about the only thing I ever heard people whining about on the Shield anyways.

"I really like the gun but I REFUSE to carry a gun with a safety... *sneer*"

Well there you go.

Actually, I'll definitely be picking one of these up, myself. :)
 
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wnycollector

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It looks like I will be picking up a Shield now. I fall into the camp that prefers no safeties on CCW's. I blame all those years of carrying a J frame revolver for souring me on safeties.
 
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TunnelRat

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"I really like the gun but I REFUSE to carry a gun with a safety... *sneer*"
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Yup, I'm one of those guys. I don't want to use a manual safety and if I'm not incorporating it into my practices I don't want to carry a firearm where there's even the slightest chance it could engage.
 
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Uncle Malice

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Yup, I'm one of those guys. I don't want to use a manual safety and if I'm not incorporating it into my practices I don't want to carry a firearm where there's even the slightest chance it could engage.
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Don't you have and occasionally carry the HK 45C? Did you convert it to decock only or something?
 
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TunnelRat

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Don't you have and occasionally carry the HK 45C? Did you convert it to decock only or something?
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Yup, bought the detent plate to convert it for exactly that reason.

I like the Shield I owned with the exception that mine actually did have the recall problem. Other than that I like it better than the XDs and the PPS I tried. I'm starting to consider re-acquiring an M&P 9c and a Shield. I think of the striker pistols the M&P line is my preference and it'd be nice to have examples of the type.
 
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