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M&P Shield: The Magazine

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One of the more interesting aspects of the single stack M&P Shield, is that it isn’t a single stack… but it isn’t quite a double stack either.  It is about a 1.4 stack? The M&P magazine slightly staggers the rounds to increase

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A few rambling thoughts

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Over the past few months I have been trying to convince myself to love the M&P and that desire got stronger with the launch of the M&Pshield. Really what I think I want is to see if there is something

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M&P Shield: Magazine Release

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As I have been familiarizing myself with the M&P Shield I have on loan, I have noticed a small issue with the magazine release. Just like the larger M&P, and unlike my G19, I can easily reach the magazine release

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Answer to a Twitter Question

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Yesterday, I asked for feedback and questions regarding the M&P Shield and @Keith1911 asked about the trigger and its size when compared to a CW9. The size portion of the question is easy… they are just about identical in every

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M&P Shield: Thumb Safety

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I have been pretty outspoken about not liking thumb safeties on carry guns…  I am standing by that.  I also think the trigger on the M&P Shield is heavy enough that there is no need for one on this gun,

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I just received some Kool-aid from Smith & Wesson

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This weekend I was notified that 2 news guns from Smith & Wesson had arrived at my local gun store for testing and evaluation. Historically I have carry a RTF2 Glock 19 or a Kahr PM9. The Glock is the

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The Smith & Wesson Shield (by the numbers)

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Smith & Wesson unveiled the Shield yesterday and there has been a lot written about it already.  Including a review and a video by Caleb at gunnuts.net WTBGU! is not yet privileged enough to be able to get pre-release access to firearms

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