( 5 out of 5) First with 9mm

by Don from Tucson, AZ on November 13, 2013

I compared the xd9 sub compact with the S&W shield. I bought a box of 50 9mm,emtied the box sharing ammo with both pistols.Both pistols were fun to shoot and both did what they were to suppose to do, pop off each round without problem.At the display case holding each gun at that time it was hard to pick which one to buy.Time to try em both.The shield was alittle harder to align those 3 dots up since the gun is so narrow,I liked the XD9 better since the spread of its 3 dot where wider apart so the target was easier to see when aligning with the site. Since I have a large hand the xd felt more at home then the shield. Let me mention something about the shields trigger guard texture at the bottom,about a quarter of an inch aft as it sloaps torward the butt of the gun,it started to wear away my skin after about 20 shots it left a skin chaff on the top of my middle finger due to the underside of its trigger guard having a ruff texture on it like the texture thats around the butt of the gun.