Probably the best concealed carry firearm you can buy for the money.
The number one selling concealed carry gun in the country
is the Smith & Wesson shield.
But is it really that great?
We're gonna find out and we're starting right now.
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Ryan here with Tampa Carry.
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Now, the Smith & Wesson shield is such a high quality firearm.
And what's really shocking about it,
its how inexpensive this gun is.
You can buy a Smith & Wesson shield
for as low as $299,
which is epically badass.
On average, I see them for sale for about 350
and a high side is about 400 bucks.
I mean, for a fighter on that cost
$300, you really can't beat it.
I mean, it's super sexy. Very good-looking.
It's made by Smith & Wesson.
So, you know
it's going to be a super high quality gun.
And they make this firearm with a manual thumb safety and also without.
Honestly, if I was buying this gun for myself,
I would prefer to have one without a manual thumb safety.
You can notice that the thumb safety is very flat,
Which I really don't like.
It's a little bit hard. This one's actually not too bad.
But many are the ones that I've played with is really difficult to operate that safety with one hand
And it just really drives me nuts.
Same thing kind of with the slide release.
People really struggle with operating that slide release and
Unfortunately, nobody has made an extended slide release like what's available for a Glock.
But all-in-all,
Super high quality gun and it just work whenever you need it to work.
Nice.
Alright, so one thing about the shield that
Drives some people crazy -- Is this little half horseshoe safety.
So, it kind of operates as a trigger safety.
So if you were to put try to pull the trigger at the top,
the trigger just does not work at all.
Now, what that means is --
if you're used to gripping the top of the trigger,
you're gonna have a hard time.
So it's not gonna work.
Your finger really has to be at the bottom
and you see how it kind of moves that little pin out of the way?
So that's the safety mechanism
and if you pull it at the bottom,
then it's gonna work.
Not that big of a deal,
but it does cause an issue for some people.
So, let's see if with this bigger gun I could actually get some shots on target on that very far target.
The recoil is very light and honestly,
I did a test not too long ago where I went back and forth
with a Smith & Wesson shield and the Glock 43
to see which one had more recoil.
Believe it or not, the Glock actually had a
substantial more recoil than
the shield does, which is really interesting.
So, if you haven't seen that video,
I'll put a card up right here, so you can watch my review of the Glock 43.
So I had my kids, I literally have
massive ammo cans full of ammunition in my garage.
And a couple nights ago,
I dumped out all the ammo onto the ground
and I had my kids
Try to sort and sift through the bullets
and I mean, I've probably got 5,000 rounds or so in
ten different ammo cans.
So,
They did a good job.
I'm proud of 'em but man, there's 45 rounds in 380.
And they're all mixed together, it's a mess.
Now, with the shield,
this is the original version of the shield which they make it in 9 40 and 45
But they recently came out with the shield 2.0,
And the grip is a little bit different.
I think it's got some serrations on the slide that are just a tad different
but relative almost the exact same gun.
It's kind of like iPhone.
They come out with a new one every year with very minor differences.
Come on.
Now, I think the reason that I missed so many times that time
was because Isaac, my cameraman,
I think he was breathing on me and
the breath, you know, cause it's a curve an angle a little bit.
So, that's my story.
All right, look at that.
All right, so this is Isaac.
Isaac's an electrical engineering rockstar.
Him and I are gonna hack the CIA together.
Step out a little bit.
Nice.
What do you think about that gun, Isaac?
Pretty easy to use, not heavy, and very accurate.
Very accurate, like it? Nice.
Cool.
All at all. I really like the Smith and Wesson M&P shield.
It's super inexpensive.
It's really, really high quality
and it's made by Smith & Wesson,
Which most of the gun Smith makes are really good guns.
I really love it.
It's a gun that I really believe is gonna work
when I need it to work in a self-defense moment
and it is the perfect
Concealed carry gun.
So if you're looking for a good gun,
you don't want to spend a ton of money,
300 bucks and you got yourself the best gun in the country.
If you've ever used this shield, if you own a shield,
Or if you know the difference between the shield one and the shield two,
leave a comment below because I need some education.
Until next time, stay safe.
