Academy sale-smith&wesson

Go with the Glock or a higher end S&W

go buy it, i'll give you $75 for it afterwards.

I owned one. The only way to make it sort of serviceable is to remove one of the springs from the trigger. Which by the way, is never a good idea. It's just not a good pistol. I never had trouble out of mine but it shoots like shite and is generally not well liked. And the trigger is horrendous. I sold it because I was going to all 9mm anyway and mine was a .40

I sold my S&W SD40VE and bought a S&W Shield .40 and I have been very please with my decision.

Shield has been through the ringer and still runs like a top. Damn thing got stolen, was on the streets for a week, and then sat in the evidence locker for 8 months and came out just fine.

It's a cheap shitty pistol. It's the only gun I've ever owned that I sold. Spend the extra money on a glock and you'll never regret your decision.

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What about the glock 9mm or .40.

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Honestly you don't have to limit yourself to only Glock to get a good gun. People here are just saying the SD is a particularly bad pistol.

Smith and Wesson, Ruger, Glock, Walther, HK, FN, etc. all make good guns. Avoid any gun that's selling below $350, in general.

9mm and 40 do pretty much the same thing but 9mm is easier to shoot and gives you a larger capacity magazine. Not to mention 9mm target ammo is much cheaper...

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Are there any real pros/cons of the two different calibers? Also what about the compact vs subcompact.

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If you don't plan on carrying the gun, the full sized offering is preferred almost 100% of the time. Find one with a grip that fits your hand and there ya go.

The only reason the compact and subcompact pistol market exists is for concealed carry. A larger gun will almost always be easier to shoot.

I have one and never had any issues with mine. I did take out one of the springs which dropped the trigger pull from close to 9 lbs to about 4.4 lbs. With the lighter pull it has proved to be much more accurate. When I bought mine 8 years ago, it was on sale at academy for $249 with a $50 mail in rebate and 2 extra clips. That promotion lasted for a few months then they changed it to $50 mail in rebate or 2 clips. For what I paid, the gun has served me well for what I do with it. Now my next will be the compact m&P or shield in 9mm as a CC pistol.

What are all these clips everyone is talking about, need to get me one or two sounds like.

Haha excuse me. Magazines. I have four 16rd magazines for my assault pistol