'Merica!
Hey guys, it's Mister Guns.
We are checking out the new Smith M&P Shield
2.0.
As we know, this time of year a lot of times,
there's not a lot of stuff being released.
But Smith has chosen here in the last few
weeks to release both the M&P 2.0 Compact
and the shield 2.0.
So, we are going to check out the shield 2.0.
The shield in the past for us has probably
been one of the most popular handgun that
we have.
We sell tons of them and I think that's probably
across the board.
They seem to be a lot more popular than say
the Glock 42 or 43.
The 43 is the 9mm model.
They seem to be more popular than any of the
other single stacks like the Khar guns and
that kind of stuff.
So we were excited to see the new shields
come out, just to kind of see what was different.
So that's what this video is gonna be about;
how do they shoot and what's the difference
and that sort of thing.
So let's move into looking at what's in the
box and what the difference is between the
guns.
So again, we're just gonna work off of my
tailgate like we do in some of the videos
here.
Here is the box.
So it comes with your standard sort of cardboard
box.
There's not much exciting.
You know, it's a pretty low priced handgun
so they don't include a lot of extras like
hard cases and that kind of stuff.
Most of the Smith stuff, you don't start seeing
the hard cases until you move up into the
more expensive ones like the M&P 2.0 and the
larger guns or of course any of the performance
center guns or the revolvers, that kind of
thing.
So they do come in the plastic cases.
So here is what is in the box.
It has the gun of course.
It comes with the slightly longer magazine
that is good for the, it kind of gives you
this little pinky extension down on the bottom
to make it a little more comfortable.
Under this piece here, it comes with the shorter
magazine, that might be good for concealment
or something like that to keep the longer
one from digging into your side.
It comes with the Hillary commie lock that
comes in all of the other guns.
This was actually in the breech or in the
chamber whenever we took the gun out of the
box.
Chamber flag I guess is the word for that.
And then it's got its manuals and warranty
information and all that kind of thing.
So let's take a look at what is different.
So here are the two guns against a white background.
This is the 2.0.
This is the older shield.
Notice that they are open and safe because
everyone is so hateful in the comments, we
decided to make sure that all safety rules
are adhered to since everyone is a safety
expert.
Everything is clear, everything is safe.
So this is the older one as we said.
So really the only differences we can see
much of are, there's a, down here if you can
see it in the bottom, there is a little trigger
stop down here.
You can kind of see it, it may be a little
hard to see.
It's right in front of my trigger, or in front
of my finger.
It pokes out there in the bottom.
So that is the trigger stop.
They have moved that.
Now it is up here, see it poking out right
there.
So the question is, Mister Guns, why do I
care about a trigger stop?
Well, the reason is, because Apex and the
other guys out there that make replacement
triggers for these guns, I can't think of
other brands, I'm sure there's others.
Apex is the first one that comes to mind.
Their trigger has a big fat piece in the back.
So I don't know if that was intentional with
Smith to try and make it difficult for aftermarket
triggers to go in there, but none the less,
that is what they have done.
Also, with this gun, there is this more aggressive
stipple pattern here.
And I don't know, again, our theory is that
maybe they're kind of going after the after
market a little bit with that stipple pattern
on the handgun since everybody seems to want
to take their guns and stipple it.
That looks like it is terribly out of focus,
but that is the deal there.
That is the stippled grip.
It is essentially the difference.
You look at the old one, it's a lot smoother
and you know, it's just a much simpler pattern.
On top of that, the new gun does have a little
bit of scalloping here in the front.
It just went into focus, that's awesome.
It has some scalloping here in the front that
does not exist on the older gun.
The older gun was smooth.
Now just in case we were horribly out of focus
which I think we might have been, I am going
to show the grips one more time.
This is the older M&P Shield, this is the
newer M&P Shield with the stippled grip.
So that is really all there is with the guns.
The grips, the scalloping, and that trigger
stop that is in the back that I am going to
show you one more time.
So there is the other trigger stop.
1.0, 2.0.
The magazines, we have verified, do fit either
gun.
Again, this one, like the grip, is stippled
and rough on the bottom.
The old ones are not.
So that is what you are gaining there as well
with these new magazines.
This is an 8 round magazine, the short magazine
is a 7 round magazine, and that is what comes
in the box with it.
Both of these guns come with these same magazines.
Currently, this shield is a little more expensive
than this shield.
I suspect that this will be a wholesale replacement
for the older model and that the prices will
balance out and basically be the same.
So that is the situation with those two guns,
now we're gonna shoot them.
All right, so we are going to run the original
shield now.
Believe it or not, even after owning a gun
shop, I've never run a shield.
Almost everybody I know has one.
I don't.
But I'm gonna go ahead and run it.
We're running just cheap, 115 grain PMC full
metal jacket ammo.
So I'm gonna shoot it and we're gonna see
how it turns out.
Oh, wow, ok.
Looks good.
So this looks pretty good, I was pulling right,
I know this is me.
But once I kinda settled down, and started
shooting a little better, I pulled them in
a little tighter.
These two are stacked right on top of eachother.
So this gun really shoots as well as its bigger
brother that mid sized, what they're calling
the compact M&P 2.0.
A couple things that we forgot to talk about
earlier.
Supposedly, they replaced the trigger.
We put a pull gauge on this gun and the old
shield, they both weighed exactly 6 pounds.
So I don't know what they changed.
They feel the same to your finger.
I can't tell any difference.
Another thing that we failed to mention earlier
is that these guns come with safety or without
safety just like the whole Smith line.
All the 2.0s and their compact series, the
full size, the original, the 1.0 Smith guns.
All those come with or without safety.
So the M&P series does.
So that's kind of what we failed to mention
earlier whenever we were doing the tailgate
shot.
But I'm going to go ahead and shoot this one
now and we'll see how it goes.
There we go.
So you see it groups really well.
We put a few dead center, touching each other.
Then there's a couple that you know, I'm sure
that's me pulling.
But you know, for a gun that has a little
bitty short barrel like this, I think this
barrel is probably maybe 3 inches.
For a gun with a barrel that short, this is
about 7 yards is how far we've been shooting.
But for a gun with a barrel that short, that's
a really accurate little gun.
I can't complain.
And like I said, this is my first time to
shoot this.
I was very surprised at how well it shot.
I was super impressed with the M&P 2.0 shield.
I'm really happy with this little gun.
You know, before to long we're going to make
a video series about the guns that everybody
should own, and I think that this may end
up on my list.
It's thin, it's light, it's easy to carry,
and it's really accurate like you can see
there.
So it's a great little gun.
If you don't have one, as cheap as it is,
I would suggest running down to your local
gun shop or of course coming to MisterGuns.com
and picking up one for yourself.
You guys have a good one!
So we're gonna do something that I don't normally
do.
We had such a good time shooting this gun
in the video that whenever we went of camera,
I said I'm going to shoot this gun some more.
So off camera, I stepped back and I shot a
little bit more and this is what we ended
up with.
As you can see, I kind of pulled a couple
here.
But these are stacking right on top of eachother.
I have to say man, I am super impressed with
the accuracy of this little gun.
So anyway, thanks for being with us.
Y'all have a good one.
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