Shield buyers and sellers

[csmith]

You guys are getting ripped off. I bought my new 40 shield for less than $400 OTD from my LGS.

 

[DocHoliday]

Shield is a classic example of what can happen when the price is right. The price at 399 was a heck of a deal on a gun that small with great feel. Now if you're paying close to 500, you are getting out of the whole bang for your buck. I rather have a gen3 Glock for that price.

 

[HICKMAN]

Shield is a classic example of what can happen when the price is right. The price at 399 was a heck of a deal on a gun that small with great feel. Now if you're paying close to 500, you are getting out of the whole bang for your buck. I rather have a gen3 Glock for that price.

Yup, got mine at the low price before everything went crazy.

 

[shooter521]

Shield is a classic example of what can happen when the price is right. The price at 399 was a heck of a deal on a gun that small with great feel. Now if you're paying close to 500, you are getting out of the whole bang for your buck. I rather have a gen3 Glock for that price.

Yep, the Shield was intended to compete with other guns in that size/weight/caliber profile – the Kel-Tec PF9, Ruger LC9, Beretta Nano and Kahr CW9/40. At the ~$400 price, it can do that well. At ~$500-600, not so much.

 

[WILSON]

I am looking for one in 40 but I just cant see getting robbed over it. I know this is a great gun but if I am paying 600 I will buy another XDS and some ammo.

kenton1979@yahoo.com

Did you read the post above yours?

 

[ZombieApocolypse]

I still don't see the big deal, I'll take an XDs over them any day of the week, much better gun as far as I'm concerned

On a side note, ill take the M&P over the XD 10 times outa ten. Much better gun as far as I'm concerned. Seewutididthur?

 

[irishfan]

So have you guys been getting them in fairly regular at Bradis or any other Indy shops? I have been on a wait list and supposed to be #1 for a good bit now on a 9mm at a shop. Starting to think I would be better pulling my money to something else as it seems a lot of shops keep getting them in but no luck for me yet.

 

[seedubs1]

Yup. In my opinion, the m&p shield and xds are 100% comparable. The xds isn't a better gun and isn't going to be more reliable, feed better, etc... It's just personal preference.

The difference is that the xds is about $150 more expensive, and you don't really get anything for the extra $$$.

That's why the shield has been such a hit. It's an awesome gun, and it's super affordable. That's why it's sold out everywhere.

If Springfield would get it together and get the price down to a competitive level, the xds would be just as popular in my opinion.

 

[shooter521]

So have you guys been getting them in fairly regular at Bradis or any other Indy shops?

No. Up until we got this shipment in for Customer Appreciation Days (we had to pull some strings with our S&W rep to get it done), we hadn't seen a 9mm Shield in a couple months. The .40s had been trickling in, but only enough to keep the waiting list fairly short.

In the last few days, I've been offered a couple 9mms and .40s from other distributors, but I don't see that as an indicator of anything other than S&W has recently released a batch of them into the distribution chain.