Here goes...
Got one at Fuqua Guns and Gold. Apparently they sold all they had yesterday, but a competition buddy that has shot IDPA with me many times when I ran a Shield in competition put one up for me before I asked.
But i have to have 2...1 for carry, and 1 for competition. So I drove to Ed's... [because I'm not right...obviously], and grabbed another.
If you think the Shield is too small for your hands...check out the plus; the grip is larger now, and it feels better in my opinion. I liked the aggressive grip of the Shield 2.0, The Plus is dialed back a bit. Its still good, and far superior than the Shield 1.0. There's really only a little bit of a difference. You'd need a new plus and 2.0 side by side to tell the difference.
The slide from the 1.0, 2.0, and plus is the same. I switched the slide on the 2.0 and plus. They both fit, and fire fine. Below is a pic of both guns with the slides switched.
The Plus fits in all my Shield leather and Kydex holsters perfect..
The trigger is better than the 2.0 version. The pull weight is slightly better, and the reset is basically the same. I'm not sure if this is just because the shoe alters the pull or not.
Every Shield and M&P I buy gets the Apex kit. The hinged trigger shoe on the Shield has been fine for me, so I mainly get just the Apex duty kit. If you hate the hinged M&P shoe, you'll like this semi flat shoe much better. I believe once properly broke in, the new trigger is good enough that you can skip the Apex kit altogether.
I'm still getting the Apex kit though.
Its quite stiff brand new, but it felt much better after 200 rounds.
Editing to add
Just discovered something. The mag release is different on the Shield plus than the previous Shields.
With the gun fully loaded 13+1 the mag release is hard to push to drop the magazine. Download it one round, and it goes away. Works just fine in all other cases. This gun is still not broke in though.
2nd edit to add
What I learned from all the Shields I've owned, is true for the plus. They have a crazy stiff recoil spring that will choke on underpowered ammo. 125 power factor through a Glock 34 will not be 125 through a Shield.
I've found that the Shield will eat any ammo that chrono's 130 through a G34 or CZ Shadow 2, with zero problems.
More pics below.
Got one at Fuqua Guns and Gold. Apparently they sold all they had yesterday, but a competition buddy that has shot IDPA with me many times when I ran a Shield in competition put one up for me before I asked.
But i have to have 2...1 for carry, and 1 for competition. So I drove to Ed's... [because I'm not right...obviously], and grabbed another.
If you think the Shield is too small for your hands...check out the plus; the grip is larger now, and it feels better in my opinion. I liked the aggressive grip of the Shield 2.0, The Plus is dialed back a bit. Its still good, and far superior than the Shield 1.0. There's really only a little bit of a difference. You'd need a new plus and 2.0 side by side to tell the difference.
The slide from the 1.0, 2.0, and plus is the same. I switched the slide on the 2.0 and plus. They both fit, and fire fine. Below is a pic of both guns with the slides switched.
The Plus fits in all my Shield leather and Kydex holsters perfect..
The trigger is better than the 2.0 version. The pull weight is slightly better, and the reset is basically the same. I'm not sure if this is just because the shoe alters the pull or not.
Every Shield and M&P I buy gets the Apex kit. The hinged trigger shoe on the Shield has been fine for me, so I mainly get just the Apex duty kit. If you hate the hinged M&P shoe, you'll like this semi flat shoe much better. I believe once properly broke in, the new trigger is good enough that you can skip the Apex kit altogether.
I'm still getting the Apex kit though.
Its quite stiff brand new, but it felt much better after 200 rounds.
Editing to add
Just discovered something. The mag release is different on the Shield plus than the previous Shields.
With the gun fully loaded 13+1 the mag release is hard to push to drop the magazine. Download it one round, and it goes away. Works just fine in all other cases. This gun is still not broke in though.
2nd edit to add
What I learned from all the Shields I've owned, is true for the plus. They have a crazy stiff recoil spring that will choke on underpowered ammo. 125 power factor through a Glock 34 will not be 125 through a Shield.
I've found that the Shield will eat any ammo that chrono's 130 through a G34 or CZ Shadow 2, with zero problems.
More pics below.
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