skosh69
07-29-2012, 11:28 AM
Was with the wife at Wally World yesterday and got bored....you can only look at so many funny dressed, in-breds in one day. Yes, the Wally Worlds in California are no different than anywhere else in the USA.
Anyway, we were planning to hit the LGS after we left WW, but she said why don't you go now while I'm still shopping...big mistake!
So I go to the LGS and I"m browsing the cases for compact 9's. I'd been picking Ed's ( USPSA Shooter ) brain about S/A XD's and S&W M&P's lately and then I saw the new S&W M&P 9mm Shield. I had been planning on getting the DW Guardian 9mm, but came to my senses and couldn't justify the nearly $1700 to bring one into Cali, so a "plastic gun" became the substitute!
As soon as I picked it up, I couldn't put it down, literally I held it for almost 10 minutes-racking it, dry firing it, etc. and I knew I had to have it. It just felt right and the trigger pull feels lighter than the 6.5" advertised on the S&W website.
Best part, when I go back to WW to pick up my wife, she ask's me "what'd you buy?", all I could do is smile. She asked again and again all I could do is smile...so she said ok and left it alone. We got out to the car and she's looking around to see what I bought, so then I said look in the glove box ( receipt ) and she's like you did what? Her next words were, "well good for you, you've been working so hard lately and you deserve it!". Man I love my wife! I told her it wasn't just for me, but for her also...what a suck asssss!
So in 10 days, the wifey will have another pistola....hahahaha My logic is if this one is for her, I can still buy another later!
Here's a stock photo for now....
http://i1122.photobucket.com/albums/l538/skosh1/mpshield.jpg
Anyway, we were planning to hit the LGS after we left WW, but she said why don't you go now while I'm still shopping...big mistake!
So I go to the LGS and I"m browsing the cases for compact 9's. I'd been picking Ed's ( USPSA Shooter ) brain about S/A XD's and S&W M&P's lately and then I saw the new S&W M&P 9mm Shield. I had been planning on getting the DW Guardian 9mm, but came to my senses and couldn't justify the nearly $1700 to bring one into Cali, so a "plastic gun" became the substitute!
As soon as I picked it up, I couldn't put it down, literally I held it for almost 10 minutes-racking it, dry firing it, etc. and I knew I had to have it. It just felt right and the trigger pull feels lighter than the 6.5" advertised on the S&W website.
Best part, when I go back to WW to pick up my wife, she ask's me "what'd you buy?", all I could do is smile. She asked again and again all I could do is smile...so she said ok and left it alone. We got out to the car and she's looking around to see what I bought, so then I said look in the glove box ( receipt ) and she's like you did what? Her next words were, "well good for you, you've been working so hard lately and you deserve it!". Man I love my wife! I told her it wasn't just for me, but for her also...what a suck asssss!
So in 10 days, the wifey will have another pistola....hahahaha My logic is if this one is for her, I can still buy another later!
Here's a stock photo for now....
http://i1122.photobucket.com/albums/l538/skosh1/mpshield.jpg