Something on which to keep an eye on. May turn out to be a really popular handgun.
“It’s like Smith & Wesson actually talked to firearms salespeople and instructors before designing this piece – revolutionary!”
Or asking the consumer what they want, that would REALLY be revolutionary.
Pictinny Rail,,,Yes!
“I’ll be back tomorrow to get one,” she said breathlessly. “I’m so excited to find something I can shoot!”
Hah. “Breathlessly”. I love this lady. Wish she’d talk to my wife...won’t touch a gun, darnit.
It looks huge for a .380. I have a Sig 365 on backorder since June. 10+1 9mm smaller than the EZ. I understand how this large (for a .380) would be popular with some as there is likely almost no recoil.
For me, a mag has to hold at least 10 rounds for a semi to be worth the trade off of the superior reliability of a snub nose revolver.
It looks nice and there is nothing wrong with the .380.
I noticed long ago that beginners do much better with good quality hearing protection. It is mostly the roar which makes them flinch.
Recoil is something you can get used to but the noise, not so much.
I had a S&W Body Guard 380, this is just a friendlier version, maybe without the 12-pound trigger pull? Went through 3-4 guns since looking for a small concealable handgun. At the beginning of the year Sig Sauer came out with the P365, which is practically the same size as the Body Guard 380, Kimber Micro, and Glock 42/43, but barely fatter and is 12+1 using 9mm. Not sure why, but even with 9mm, it is the easiest of all to shoot. Skip the S&W BG 380 EZ and get a Sig. Maybe a few more dollars but 100% more gun. And 9mm 12+1, not 380 8+1. Big difference
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Glock 26: 9mm, Capacity: 10 + 1, Length (Overall) 6.42 inch, Weight without magazine 550 g | 19.40 oz
Why go .380, when you can get 9mm in a smaller package?
“The name Shield tells us the size and proportions of this pistol. Our measurements put the M&P 380 Shield a little larger with an overall length of 6.64 inches and 4.98 inches in height, with a width of 1.43 inches. It would measure 1.15 inches if you omitted the width added by the ambidextrous manual safety levers.
By comparison, the last M&P9 Shield M2.0 with a thumb safety that Guns & Ammo had on hand for testing measured 6.1 inches in overall length, was 4.6 inches tall and was only 1.03 inches wide.”
Read more: http://www.gunsandammo.com/first-look/first-look-easy-to-rack-sw-mp-380-shield/#ixzz5QKU7pVq4
Easy to build an easy recoiling gun. Make a big gun and shoot a small bullet. That gun might conceal well in a purse, but it isn’t remotely a good concealed weapon. Not when you can have a 9mm Shield that is SMALLER.
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The market is being absolutely flooded by new, unnecessary and ugly plastic guns. This can’t be good in the long-run.
Basicly I got one for my wife because of the extremely easy slide pull back! I have never handled a gun with this easy a slide pull!
love S&W and have several, but if i'm gonna carry a .308 that size, i'll stick wi my BDA... 13+1, double/single, over thirty years and never a failure 