Larry Vickers: Glock 43 and the M&P Shield

[lovemachine]

https://www.full30.com/video/f0302c2098b935966a064917d37e5ea5

 

[straight-shooter]

I admittedly leaned towards the G43 but decided to keep the Shield with no manual safety as my EDC. Not regretting the decision although the G43 is a nice piece. Nothing wrong with either one IMO.

 

[Expat]

I so love the comments on that page. He does a comparison between the G43 and the Shield and the Glock loses. So the Glock fanbois swarm in to talk about how superior the G17 and G19 are... lol.

 

[hpclayto]

I'll admit I'm a big glock fanboy, but I sold my 43 for a shield. The 43 ate up my trigger finger and I just didn't shoot it well. The shield with the apex kit in it is fantastic.

 

[Woobie]

Guns and Ammo compared a bunch of single stack polymer 9mm's, because the G43 had just come out. They had to love on the Glock, because ad money, but the real winner on accuracy, and tied for first with the G43 and the Taurus for reliability was the Walther PPS. It didn't make the cover of the issue or the first page of the article, but the Glock fanboys and the ad sales department wouldn't have been happy. But between the two Vickers compares here, I have to agree, with a caveat. I would like to know why the Shield malfunctioned in the G&A test, and if that was just a lemon they got for the test.

 

[joe138]

I had both for several months. My Shield perfectly and I shot it well. The G43 also shoots perfectly and I shoot it equally well. The difference for me was the size. I could carry the G26 as easily as the Shield, so I found myself not carrying the Shield at all. The G43 is enough smaller than the Shield that it carries well for me. I did not feel like I gave up anything moving from the Shield to the G43. But I had no complaints with the Shield.

 

[phylodog]

One of these days people are going to figure out that carry pistols are extremely subjective. When that happens I think there will be a 10% reduction in worldwide bandwidth usage and everyone's Netflix will speed up.

I've shot several hundred rounds through the shield, nice gun. I've shot around 400 through my G43. I prefer the G43 because I do.

 

[venenoindy]

I shot side by side a lot of the single stack handguns and did not like either, the one I really like was the SA XDS.

 

[Woobie]

One of these days people are going to figure out that carry pistols are extremely subjective. When that happens I think there will be a 10% reduction in worldwide bandwidth usage and everyone's Netflix will speed up.

I've shot several hundred rounds through the shield, nice gun. I've shot around 400 through my G43. I prefer the G43 because I do.

You, sir, will never get a job with gun media with that attitude!

 

[lovemachine]

I so love the comments on that page. He does a comparison between the G43 and the Shield and the Glock loses. So the Glock fanbois swarm in to talk about how superior the G17 and G19 are... lol.

Glock fan bois make me laugh.

 

[RND]

The G43 was my choice of all the subcompact 9mm because I would not lower myself to having a clinton&wesson in my home. SA and its frame safety was a distant runner up also.

 

[Lil Bob]

I bought the shield over the Glock. The shield does have a light recoil and is quite controllable. This is the one gun my wife likes to shoot.

 

[vitamink]

One of these days people are going to figure out that carry pistols are extremely subjective. When that happens I think there will be a 10% reduction in worldwide bandwidth usage and everyone's Netflix will speed up.

I've shot several hundred rounds through the shield, nice gun. I've shot around 400 through my G43. I prefer the G43 because I do.

What's it like to be wrong? And also, why is House of Cards always buffering or pixelated?