Your worried about it bumping off or bumping on???

 

If not wanting one, not using one and not training for activating/deactivating one ... yes, I worry about flicking it on/off and rendering my sidearm inoperative. Of course, my background is almost exclusively with DA/DA (or striker-fired) pistols without manual safeties.

I, too, would seriously consider the S&W Shield if they offered it without the manual thumb safety. Many folks seem to just ignore the safety on it, wishing it didn't exist as well.

 

My buddy carries a Shield and found his had engaged at the range. He doesn't use it but somehow got activated without his knowing. It slowed his first shot response. I do think one should train to swipe it off just to make sure. Not sure about gluing it. I would think that not an optimal solution.

 

Plus 1 on just train to swipe it off. Ive used both over the years with externals and without. Once you get used to manual safeties it becomes automatic to swipe it off as you draw and does not affect your draw and first shot speed. Even using pistols with no external safety the safety off swipe on the draw is a non thought of action for me personally.

 

The Sheild is the only gun I carry (so far). I have never ever had the safety engage going from holster to hand on the draw. If you use a quality holster, I see no reason to fret over an accidental safety activation. Might as well worry about an accidental discharge while holstered.

Much ado about nothing if you ask me.

 

I train swiping mine off all the time...at the range and at home. It is second nature to me now. It has to be as it's my EDC.

 

If you're worried about the safety, why would you buy a handgun with one?
Or maybe you bought it and you just did not realize that you did not like safety.

All of my carry pistols have a safety and is always on.
I practice flipping it off on the draw.
Now the home defense do not have safeties.
But, that is my personal preference and how I want to carry.

Be careful when you start messing with adhesives, any of it gets into the wrong area it will mess up your gun.

 

If you're worried about the safety, why would you buy a handgun with one?
. . .
All of my carry pistols have a safety and is always on.
I practice flipping it off on the draw.

This is exactly the problem. The Shield is $100-200 cheaper than most other quality single-stacks. I'm going to get a Walther P.P.S. when I return to the United States, for which I have to sacrifice one round magazine capacity and an additional $150 (granted, I'm also paying for the ergonomics and trigger of the Walther). I don't want to mess with a manual safety: I'd only carry a pistol with one if it had every other advantage.

Hear that faint whisper in your ear Buy a glock

Glock doesn't make a single-stack 9mm or .40.

 

I'd buy one if it didn't have a manual safety..

 

Hear that faint whisper in your ear Buy a glock

 

Hear that faint whisper in your ear practice/train

 

The one thing I hate about it is the safety

This doesn't seem to be a problem. At least, not with any of the semi-autos that I own. The safety switches on my guns are firm, requiring a deliberate movement with a "click" from one position to the other. It isn't the case that they would move from one state to the other accidentally. Certainly not from drawing. So if you want to carry your Shield with the switch in the "fire" position, then carry it that way. Or carry it the other way. You have this choice.

 

When you can't get the gun apart to clean it, remember who introduced the loctite to the innards.

Learning to flick off the thumb safety is not rocket science.... for most folks....

As posted by others, personal preference, training, proficiency.... all prerequisites for carrying a firearm.

 

Well, I have one and it has a safety so I use it.

There is never a question whether it is on or not when it comes out of the holster.

 

Im buying one and if it didn't have the safety I wouldn't be buying it.

 

I'm not 100% on the shield, since i use a standard M&P. However, removing the safety all together is a simple process.

 

Most ramblings on the interweb say to dremel the lip off the piece that contacts the shear.

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If it weren't small enough for pocket carry, it probably wouldn't have a safety........

 

I, my wife, has carried a Shield for over a year. I, and she, have never used the safety and don't pay any attention to it.

Here comes the bus....

 

I flip the safety on mine whenever its out of a holster not being used... I flip the safety off when its in the holster ready for a draw.

I've shot thousands of rounds through the gun... The safety is still stiff and has never engaged or disengaged accidentally. I'm sure if you want to disable the safety it should be easy enough.

 

I carry a Ruger SR40C (known for their safeties). The holster I use

protects the trigger exceptionally well, but the safety is exposed. I EDC at AIWB (1:30). When we go to restaurants (Especially in tight booths) I rub up against the table (I am not a small person) and many times i will find my safety left on hot. (I can feel it through my clothes , so it's not really a big deal. I set back on)

 

Personally, I'd worry about the Shield's safety getting loose in future about is much as I worry about the safety on a 1911 gun getting loose and that is no worry at all.

 

I don't see the thumb safety as an issue or problem. I carry a M&P 9c with the thumb safety and practice flipping it down on the draw all the time. I too am one of the few who prefer a thumb safety on my carry gun. Practice, practice, practice until it is second nature.

 

I have carried my shield daily for almost a year. I have never used the safety, and I dont intend to start. The safety, IMO, was poorly designed, almost as an afterthought. The actual surface of the safety is so small, it is difficult to manipulate, and more so under duress. Since I dont like it I just leave it off...AKA glock mode. I have never had a it inadvertently be put on by a holster. As far as gluing goes, I would not do it. Just leave it off, or look for another gun if you are not comfortable with that.

 

I've carried the Shield practically every day for a year and never once did the safety button move. A non issue IMO.

 

I carry my shield with the safety off. In my mind, the chances of it engaging on and then needing it for self defense are less than being struck by a meteorite.

But its your decision, and there's nothing wrong in selling/trading a gun you don't feel confident in.

 

The Gun Zone RKBA -- Jeff Snyder On S&W/HUD

Why don't we just get rid of Smith & Wesson instead?

 

You must be living in the 1980s. That article is as outdated as Bill Clinton hooking up with Monica Lewinsky.


I have one of the earliest S&W Shields. I have run it through at least a half-dozen defensive shooting courses and two dozen range qualifications, not to mention hours and hours of practice presenting from the holster, make changes, tactical reloads, function drills, etc. The safety lever is just as stiff now as it was the day I bought it and it has never once accidentally engaged. In fact I spent some time at the range trying to intentionally get it to engage and couldn't without applying thumb pressure. I understand the allure of having one without a safety lever at all, but on this particular gun I think it's a nonissue.

 

You must be living in the 1980s. That article is as outdated as Bill Clinton hooking up with Monica Lewinsky.
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Since when did the disgrace that comes with selling out get a time limit? Buy their guns if that's what you can afford but admit that you sold out yourself as well. I would never buy a S&W product.