M&P Performance Center Shield 9mm Ported
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In this video we take a new Performance Center Shield out for a test drive. This so far has been a great carry piece, accurate, dependable and a smooth shooter with the ported barrel feature of this particular model. We took a little time in this video to compare it to the Glock 43, however we will be revisiting that concept in the future after both guns come back from Robar.
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The M&P Shield has been on my to buy list for while... I like the performance center.
Great review! I've got this exact gun and it is my primary cc. I absolutely love it! Ported barrel definitely seems to reduce the muzzle rise which makes for faster follow up shots. I've never had and issue with the ported barrel as far as residue spraying out the side and potentially getting on you. I have never noticed more flash even shooting indoors. The trigger definitely seems like an upgrade on the performance center model. Just my opinion, I would definitely recommend this pistol!
Sammi Grunow just bought it and will now be my cc
I love mine too, so you guys run the fiberoptics that came with it? I swapped it for Truglo’s but I’m prolly gonna switch back to the fiberoptics now that I’m running a flashlight on it, im not as concerned about having night sights. If you guys haven’t found it by now, crimson trace makes a light/ laser combo called laser gaurd pro, it activates on the grip the same way a lot of their lasers do but it’s also got a 200 lumen light with strobe. Also it’s got the green laser which is nice to have but probably not to rely on
I have this pistol, and used it to qualify for ccw, and carrying it as well for 6 months it is comfortable and easy to draw.
I purchased an M&P 9 mm PC Shield from our local police supply store a few weeks ago and was shocked how well the gun performed. I think I shoot better with it then my full size M&P. No recoil at all in my opinion, sights never left the target. Good video!
I really enjoy the layout of the show. each of you doing their own segment. you guys seem like really humble folks
Been carrying mine for about a month. Added granulate Talon grips. Absolutely love mine.
I recently purchased both 9mm and .40 PC Shield at Cabela's sale $399 plus additional $25 off coupon with rebate for two mags two boxes ammo and mag speed loader. A steal of a deal. Love them both
Glad I’m not the only one who giggles while shooting
With the normal Shield being about $270 right now, throw on the Apex trigger, HD Night Sights, and some Hyve mag extenders and you've got a near perfect conceal carry for under $500
i bought my performance center shield for under $400 on sale. all the shield are on sale constantly, you just gotta look around.
I put magguts in my Shield magazines giving me an extra round in each mag, brings me a lot closer to the capacity of a G26 without the weight or thickness :)
I put hyve mag extensions on my to give me 2 more rds on the 8 rd and 1 more on the 7rd
I just bought this gun for my concealed carry! I just got my carry permit and I’m super happy with my gun choice!!
Great video, I have the regular m&p shield with no manual safety and I love it, but that Performance shield is pretty nice!
I love my shield 9mm had mine for 4 years and never had 1 issue! Carry on!
You still have it if so how is it
Have one and love it. I replaced the sights with trijicon HD sights with yellow /green front sight. Awesome carry gun.
Just found one of these in my local gun store. Original PC Shield model and I snagged it for $319. Been carrying a standard Shield for about 4 years and will carry this one now. Awesome guns.
ive had this shield for about 7 months. runs good. sights and trigger nice.
I just bought the Performance Center Shield 2.0 Friday to use as my carry. I am also dumping 120 into my appendix holster. I am normally a what will get the job done cheapest kind of guy, but with all the violence anymore I am getting good stuff for my ccw, and building a better AR than my standard M4 that I have that is like the one I had in the Army. Got a 18" heavy barrel upper with 16" MLoc hand guards.
Well worth the extra price from the standard shield!!! Good pick for a video buddy!!!
Heat causes things to expand. Losing the fiber in the sight was more likely caused by the metal holder expanding and loosening its grip on the fiber.
Good vid!
I carry this gun every day with an iwb sticky holster and I love it. I got mama dukes a g42 and absolutely love the feel and almost weightlessness of that piece it's almost unsurpassed, but I love my shield and will always keep it close.
This might be my next pickup.
The fiber optic fell out of the front sight on mine as well. Smith sent me a new front sight within a few days. Other than that it's been a great gun.
Still hate that warning plastered on the side of it....
It's there because the California compliant model can not fire without the magazine in the mag well. But don't complain about that slight lettering... Our California compliant model has a huge idiot indicator mentioning it's loaded. I started calling mine a middle sight.
+That_Guy 1: If it's California compliant, it should have the letting on it saying "Will not fire without magazine". If not, it shouldn't have a billboard saying so.
2: I own a few pistols that don't have to plaster all these ugly warnings all over them. I like them that way.
3: I like a loaded chamber indicator... unless it has writing on it. Ruger does not help my lettering OCD in these cases, with their giant "LOADED WHEN UP" engravings.
It felt awesome when I first handled their lightweight commander 1911 and it didn't have stupid warnings and lettering plastered all over it. Made me love it even more.
+BrassBashers A loaded indicator on most guns could really help a lot of people in emergencies
I hate the side label too. I guess it can be bead blasted or duracoated but I've learned to live with it.
+BrassBashers my Shield doesn't have the lettering. but the load indicator does have big engraved writing saying, "LOADED WHEN UP" with white filling of the lettering, on the black huge load indicator. And the walls of the load indicator are red. I don't mind the load indicators on some pistols, but this one is a little too much. Try searching for an image online.
I love mine. I've got a Glock 19 and the recoil is virtually the same even though the m&p is smaller. Great carry gun.
I found the shield was more accurate than the g43. I've had both but the shield produced surprise accuracy at 25 yards in hostage drills. Before anyone gets all uptight about practicing hostage shots with a sub compact, just chill. I'm a FCLEO and would hopefully never actually try that shot, with either gun. However if I did have to, the shield would be my go to. Great vid IV8888. Lookin to come to you all shop one day.
I got a Smith & Wesson M&P 45 caliber Friday my firsr handgun. Can't wait to take it out to the range.
BigLou BL I love it. I shot the 9mm version as well before I got the 45 caliber. I tried 5 different handguns and ended up liking the Smith & Wesson M&P
I generally touch the tip of a fiber optic insert with super glue and slide it into place. I have yet to find one missing.
Great video! I just bought one of these for my wife. She's wanted one ever since she saw Julie Golob shoot it!
I generally love S&W M&P pistols. I had a Shield 40 and if was a very nice carry pistol with good groupings and a smooth trigger out of the box. When my daughter got her carry permit, I gave her the pistol because I wanted her to have a quality made, reliable firearm I could trust if she needed to use it. To replace it, I bought the S&W Shield Performance Center 40. I bought it for the optic sights and the supposedly better trigger and that these were suppose to be hand built and checked. It turned out to be one of the worse pistols I have ever bought. The trigger was rough and often hung up in the gun. The sights were off center, while on a short barrel gun might not make much difference, it is a problem if aiming for distance. The porting looks tacticool, but really does little for grouping or accuracy and can be an issue if shooting at night. I sent the gun back to Smith and Wesson and it was more or less repaired and corrected, but the trigger is still is not as smooth shooting as the standard Shield 40 I gave to my daughter. Bottom line is; buy the standard version and if you want the optic sights add them afterward. I did not feel the performance center model was worth the additional $120 cost.
I got one and Love it!! Great review and Shooting. Thanks!!
I carry the shield as my edc gun. Love it! I use to be a G19 guy until I shot this gun just once and switched and have never looked back.
Such a sweet PC gun! Those sights look like they must pick up really well. Thanks for sharing!
bought the ported shield for my 21st birthday as my first pistol and carry gun. Awesome little gun!
Man this has came to be one of my top RUclips channels, great review and as always very informative
You guys seem like you're lots of fun. Thanks!
I'm finally taking a ccw class next Saturday and I'm buying this gun right after its over.
The shield was my first pistol. I bought it just before my ccw class and shot it for the first time there. I did a lot of research on various different handguns and found that the shield had the best reviews. Since then, I've shot a 43, a XDS and some other common handguns people use for concealed carry. I would still choose the shield over all of them.
+Jacob Fowler I have both these pistols and the shield is better in so many ways. more rounds, more controllable, better trigger, and cheaper too. The shield is the best single stack in my opinion.
I'm sorry,i have the standard shield
+Widow Du Fabricant I'm using a canik 55
@@OzarkW1 don't be sorry I have one too awesome gun they shot the same never getting rid of my 1.0 shield
Erik.. I for one believe that Smith & Wesson is the best "Mass produced" Handgun Company in the world. Their Pistol's are Made with Top craftsmanship, elegant in aesthetics, World Renown accuracy, Engineered Right seized "gun smith able" parts and Dynamic handling Quality,,, that Is the reason All the Top shooters that make a living competing use them. Now Glock is a good Pistol, But they only make one Pistol. Their Auto Pistols. The only thing I wish that Smith & Wesson would do is go Back and Make their Revolvers like the design before the Key lock trigger device. Good shooting to you Guys and God Bless.. Thorsaxe777
Agreed. Korth may "debatably" make a better revolver. But they run 3+ grand and they really don't seem to be all that much better than a smith. Smith makes the best all around revolvers and excellent quality semi auto pistols.
You should look into the M&P R8 it's a performance center revolver that has a standard cylinder that holds 8 rounds of .357 magnum. Smith & Wesson is my favorite American gun manufacturer. All time favorite gun manufacturer is Heckler & Koch.
Evan Daire Agreed on Korth. Fine craftsmanship, However Hand Made and like you stated (Offer nothing over a Smith).
Jesse Simmons H&K has been around for a long time, and I agree, Innovative in design. However made in a simple way and user friendly, Typical Northern European quality and well engineered for durability and Maintenance. Engineered to go the 300.000 mile run, Just like their Automobiles.
I have a lot or respect for Erik and Shon, They have a enormous amount of Subscribers. I have a small You Tube channel and Just thinking of projects, budgets and time just to shoot, edit and upload is something you need to plan and execute. I just do it for fun to pass on my Opinions, experience and Maybe help someone out there that is having a hard time getting into shooting without wasting a lot of Money. If you guys or anyone want's to stop by and watch my channel feel free and subscribe if you like it.. Thorsaxe777
Chad is a Shield guy already, he just doesn't know it!
I'm saving up for one of these for my very first CCW. Times are rough but I'm hoping I can save up for it by the end of the year =)
The Shield 9mm was my first. It is my EDC, and it is pretty fun to shoot on the range. And call it the craziest of luck, but as a joke, I tried and actually hit a few clays in flight. 3 out of 20. But I hit them!
I digress, the Shield 9mm is a nice cup of tea. It may not be everyone's, but it is nice.
Stumbled across your channel and I must say Im impressed. Great job!
I just purchased one, Thanks for posting video , and thank you for your service :)
Promag makes 10 rounders for this which makes plinking a lot more enjoyable. They're also way easier to load. I wouldn't carry with them though, the spring isn't as strong so occasionally you get a round that nosedives, but for practice they're awesome for not having to reload as often.
chads been putting on weight .. good too see him lay off the hard stuff.
I fired a Performance Center Shield and it shot fantastic. Accuracy was like a full size pistol. I've got a night sighted Shield that shoots good also, but the PC model was much easier to hit with at speed. The porting didn't bother me.
Well here I am late to the table again, I always enjoy watching you and Chad having fun. I wish I had access to a range like yours. I am a Glock Fan, but the PC Shield in .45acp has my eye. I open Carry a Glock 21 in Oklahoma and I have had no
trouble with Law Enforcement or anyone else for that matter. I am however considering a concealable weapon other than my Bersa Thunder .380acp. Thanks so much for taking the time to produces videos that are entertaining as well as being informative.
From experience, I can say I LOVE this gun!
they have a performance center shield chambered in .40 S&W without a safety in a local shop round here.
I love this lil gun,.. I sometimes get pretty sweaty and have yet to see any rust starting to form..and Ive carried it for about three years now.
It's coated stainless. I don't think your going see rust.
7:04 I'm just not a ported-defensive-gun guy anymore. I love them for what they do, but 9 times out of 10 I will not have eye protection on if a defensive situation arises. To me it isn't about the flash it could produce as much as the un-burnt propellant, and other debris (could be minor bullet casing shavings, etc.) that then become eye hazards. At the 7:04 mark you see some debris in the slow-motion, and that amount of debris varies with each shot and with each brand's loads. I'm sure they shoot nice, but I'd rather have a Performance Center shield without the porting (and a lower bore axis for all Shields). Not sure what it is about bore axes (plural) where so many manufacturers still want to sell us high ones, but S&W isn't one known to move tha bar easily. It took a company like Glock to get Smith to wake the hell up years ago (and by 'wake up,' that was only in directly copying Glock and getting sued over it).
You could just get the regular shield.
Alright - you set yourself up for this one: Really?! Wow, I never thought that was an option. Thank you, Mr. Insightful! What would we do without you? ("Here's your sign"). Actually, I may talk to S&W about the trigger job and other things they do to the Performance Center shield.
As far as I know, the Performance Center Shield is Only Available With the Manual Safety.
When I bought my Standard 9mm Shield, it wasn't available without a safety, and I bought it when it first came out !!! So, I've been Carrying it Everyday for 2 1/2 years, 8+1 here in South Florida in a N82 holster !!
I took the "grit" out of the trigger by smoothing the trigger bar with a stone !!! No Complaints !!!!
Fiber optic inserts get soft when the gun warms up, stretch with use, and then "battering ram" themselves to death once they can move around in the sight. Fortunately, the replacement fiber optic sections are cheap and super easy to install. Best to keep replacement sections on hand.
Nice Firearms!! But in my honest opinion the G42 with its caliber and size combo trump both the shield and the G43. Due to the low recoil of the 9mm browning (.380acp) and the low speed of the typical 9mm browning, allows the G42 to be a super awesome supressor host when or if they make the threaded barrel for it. and with the ghost M.E.D. (mag extention device) and magguts mag followers you can make the G42 a sweet hi cap single stack with 8rd capacity even on the reload! magguts on the flushy and M.E.D.'s for the reload mags you'll have so much fun shooting a G42 because its so accurate for the gun that it is. :)
nice lil pistol.... I like the hickok45 feel to this video. lol thanks for the review Eric
Emanuel Safety? I have all of his albums.
very cool. currently the wife and I are running xds 9mm , but I have to say the shield is a really great gun.
miss miss miss getting a little better
Just got this for my wife and I can honestly say I think it is as good as HK's VP9 (which I never woulda thought) and ALMOST as good as my HK P30 SK V3 ;) (Im a DA/SA man so I'm biased) as a single stack striker fired pistol I cannot be more impressed, I plan on carrying it as backup sometimes for me SIG P220 when the HK P30 SK is too much for me hips.
I have several ported handguns and yes you can see the flash in darker conditions but I have to say if flash messes with a persons night vision then they have superhuman ability to see in extreme slow motion. The flash only lasts milliseconds and the flash myth has been dispelled many, many times.
Your videos rock Chad and Eric!
salute from stockton Cali"🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
if you have a shield, get the grip extension for the mag's. Amazon has them for $8. night and day difference
I had my fiber optic insert fall out on my pellet rifle so i used green glow in the dark fishing paint to paint the part that holds the insert n inserted a new hi viz insert upfront
I am wearing the same shirt right now!
Cool! Now if I can only keep from getting bit by own dog I'll be good! 🤔
Great video. Thank you, and thank you for serving.
I have a standard M&P shield 9mm with rust issues from both sights as well as a spot on the top of the slide about an inch back from the front sight, it's currently getting new sights and cerakoted to remedy this issue.
There's nothing quite like an Apex trigger :)
I have the standards shield 9 love this gun....
They are great guns
+1 May have to buy another now.
+gone rydin if would keep the one u got..watch Hickok 45 video he said it not much different to buy another one and I believe James Yeager said the same thing
Did I say I was getting rid of the one I have? I watch all the same videos you do. Unless you have something pertinent to add, keep it to yourself.
+gone rydin damn calm down, no need to throw the sass lol
just bought this and I might say it was better then expected
shot the best out of three guns
it doesn't look like you guys have taken the Walther ccp out for a video... I would love to see how you guys stack it up against these other two pistols... seems like a neat unique kind of design...
Best 4” concealed gun out there.
Im glad you said it, it does take a while to get used to. First few times out i was struggling with it. But after about 300 rounds it just seemed to lock in for me, what sucks is i dont really know what i changed to tighten up my groups. I think it comes down to 6 pound trigger on a 1.5 pound gun.
I carry this weapon everyday, I love it, but as you said about the safety, it's good trigger control, always use that index finger, it's your 1st safety
That's some smoky ammo!
The Shield is a great carry gun. 'Nuff said.
I have the same gun ... love it .. ( no ported barrel ) and I use Tru Glow sights not those..
Great shooting. g43+ 3.5lb trigger connector + Pearce+1 plates=Win
I like the compact better. I have the 9mm C. Without safety,12 shot. Packs a good Everyday carry for me. Great range or leave at home defense gun during the winter. Perfect first gun imo. And the shield is smaller and thinner ,better for the summer. Using a black point IWB
awesome awesome review Eric and Chad the best on youtube good job!!!
Performance trigger isn't near as crisp as an Apex, but it still is a lot better than the regular factory trigger. What deterred me from getting the PC for my wife is the ports at the muzzle. Didn't want to risk a big flash on a personal defense gun.
Awesome video! Thanks for educating us about this awesome firearm!
This is a very nice gun. I edc swap every week this performance center with my hellcat. 👍🏼
I love my Smith and Western shield plus performance and I love some other question
I carried the shield in an iwb holster
Lots of sweat caused rusting on slide and mag release . But nonetheless a great carry gun
This pistol is a SWAG piece n a fun gun.Its a carry gun but its also kind of customized like competition gun.
This is the exact video I was looking for. I have the G43 but was interested in checking out the S&W M&P Shield Performance Center. Thanks
i dont know guys, videos about shooting targets just isnt doing it anymore. im finding it hard to watch all the way through without skipping to the talking parts. Not trying to rag on the videos i Love iraqvet 8888 and keep them up! . anyone else having this problem?
If you like the 45 compact you should definitely check out the new Shield in 45acp that was announced at the NRA Annual Meeting and was just recently released.
whats the velocity coming out of these new shields vs the old one being ported and all? did you guys shoot both through chrono?
Your reviews are "a cut above." ---thank you.
Can't wait to start my own business machining and gunsmithing custom guns for people.
What did you do last night?
I linked ammo while watching Eric and Chad beat steel
Eric do you loose any round velocity with a ported barrel?
I was looking at this until the LGS had a sale on basic shields for $349. I'm getting magazines with the money saved. The PC shield in sweet though.
Great video. Peaked my interest in optics difference for the shields.
The first time I used a Shield I really didn't like it. I have massive hands so a pocket gun doesn't fit comfortably even with the 8rd mag. The trigger is also too squishy for my liking. I haven't tried the apex drop in trigger but it's definitely something I'm considering if I ever get a shield of my own. As for the grip if I wrap my pinky under the floorplate of an 8rd mag the grip feels a lot better. I've also seen some after market 9rd mags that look interesting.
How about a side by side shoot with your favorite revolver, semi auto, and shotgun. 3 of the most common home defensive responsive weapons. Be nice to see you both shooting and discussing likes dislikes. handiness of each for home defense. The types of ammo safest for home use.
I seem to find that most of these shield shot a fuzz to the left,i moved my sights just a hair to compensate for this.they are pretty accurate for a small pistol.they seem to shot best with 124gr also.
Wondered about the ported barrel. Wife's Shield 9mm will throw fireballs using Blazer plinkers, haven't seen with the Critical Defense yet, but that's going to be switched out soon anyway.
I wish smith would chamber this in something like 5.7x28. You would get a great capacity increase in a smaller and cheaper package than five sevens.