New Gun:S&W M&P Performance Center Shield 4" Barrel
Posted: Thu May 02, 2019 11:12 am
Picked up the new S&W M&P Performance Center Shield 4" Barrel.
https://www.smith-wesson.com/firearms/p ... 0-4-barrel
Took it to the range and ran about 150 rounds of various 9mm ball ammo as well as a magazine of my preferred carry ammo (Federal HST 124gr +P). Ran flawlessly through all of them.
As expected, the Performance Center trigger is smooth with a nice reset. The fit of the slide is excellent, all of the parts are tight and move well. The standard non-night fiber optic sights will need to be replaced with TruGlo TFX Pro Fiber/Night sights like I have on my other PC Shield and my Full Size.
I haven't been to the range much recently, and it shows. The gun is obviously more capable of tight groups, however my lack of practice recently is evident beyond 7 yards. Much more range time and attention to fundamentals is needed.
Here's a few pictures I took of the new gun and with the 2.0 Compact 4" to show the size difference. The Compact is slightly wider to accommodate the double stack magazine. Otherwise they are pretty close to the same.
(Sorry for the quality...first time using imgur to post and edit pics)
The Shield PC 4" Barrel
Comparison: Shield 4" on top, Shield 3.1" on bottom
Comparison: Compact 4" on top, Shield 4" on bottom
Comparison: Shield 4" laying on top of Compact 4"
Comparison: Compact 4" on left, Shield 4" on Right
https://www.smith-wesson.com/firearms/p ... 0-4-barrel
Took it to the range and ran about 150 rounds of various 9mm ball ammo as well as a magazine of my preferred carry ammo (Federal HST 124gr +P). Ran flawlessly through all of them.
As expected, the Performance Center trigger is smooth with a nice reset. The fit of the slide is excellent, all of the parts are tight and move well. The standard non-night fiber optic sights will need to be replaced with TruGlo TFX Pro Fiber/Night sights like I have on my other PC Shield and my Full Size.
I haven't been to the range much recently, and it shows. The gun is obviously more capable of tight groups, however my lack of practice recently is evident beyond 7 yards. Much more range time and attention to fundamentals is needed.
Here's a few pictures I took of the new gun and with the 2.0 Compact 4" to show the size difference. The Compact is slightly wider to accommodate the double stack magazine. Otherwise they are pretty close to the same.
(Sorry for the quality...first time using imgur to post and edit pics)
The Shield PC 4" Barrel
Comparison: Shield 4" on top, Shield 3.1" on bottom
Comparison: Compact 4" on top, Shield 4" on bottom
Comparison: Shield 4" laying on top of Compact 4"
Comparison: Compact 4" on left, Shield 4" on Right