how's it going guys welcome back to the pilot Patriot channel in this video we're going
to be taking a look at the m p Shield Plus [Music] all right guys now I have been carrying
the original shield for about six years now this has been my daily carry on most days
and I have really enjoyed it but now I have upgraded to the shield plus because who doesn't
want more ammo so you're about to see my very first shots with this pistol and then we'll
get over to the table top and talk about it but first guys if you haven't done it yet
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very nice and I'm loving the night sights on this I'll give you a closer look at that
in just a minute now let's go over to the tabletop and we'll talk about the features
of this thing and compare it to the old Shield all right guys now let's talk a little bit
about the shield plus now like I mentioned before I've carried the original shield for
a long time now and without a doubt the plus is a major major upgrade let's start by talking
about the biggest difference right off the bat the shield plus allows you a 13 plus one
capacity the original shield and the shield 2.0 after it gave you a capacity of seven
plus one with their flush magazine and eight plus one with the extended magazine with the
shield plus you get a capacity of ten plus one with the flush magazine and 13 plus one
with the extended magazine and they do all of that with a gun that is basically the exact
same size now over the last few years we've had a lot of innovation in the sub compact
concealed carry pistol Market starting with the Sig p365 they gave you a double stack
magazine in a frame that's basically the same size as a single stack now right after that
a bunch of companies started coming out with the same thing and Smith and Wesson was no
different now me already being a fan of the Smith and Wesson and the m p Line This was
a no-brainer for me this specific one I have here is the Optics ready version so you'll
see it has the Optics cut out on the top if you want to add an RMR type Red Dot it also
has the Trijicon night sights so we have the orange fiber optic up front and the tritium
night sights in there as well another major upgrade was to the trigger now traditionally
MMP has had a hinge style trigger safety and a lot of people have hated on that over the
years now I never really had a big problem with it and when Smith Wesson came out with
their 2.0 line they did make some minor improvements to that trigger but the shield plus has a
different trigger design all together it has more of a traditional trigger safety and we
will weigh the trigger pull but in my opinion that trigger pull is much much better but
it's not perfect and I will we'll talk a little bit about that when we get in for the close-up
now let's get in here and take a closer look and talk about the specs of this The Shield
plus has a weight of 20.2 ounces with an overall length of 6.1 inches your barrel length on
the shield plus is going to be 3.125 inches the width comes in at 1.1 inches which is
really impressive considering this is a double stack gun now if we compare that here to the
old single Stacks MMP you can tell There is almost no difference now the plus is just
slightly wider but really when you pick these up and put them in your hand you really can't
even tell the difference taking a look at the trigger here I think this is another major
upgrade you have kind of a wide flat face trigger that feels really good to the hand
and they ended up with going with more of a traditional trigger safety versus the old
hinge trigger that they used to have now the old trigger even though I didn't have a big
problem with it was notoriously kind of mushy on the pull you're not going to have that
problem with the plus it is a really nice crisp clean break now the reset is another
story now I am not a big fan of the reset on this trigger so let's check that out real
quick so again you have just a little bit of travel there and then a really nice clean
break now for the reset
it's very long it is audible you can hear
it
but you really can't feel that reset as much as I would like in fact when I was shooting
earlier there was a couple times that the trigger failed to reset because I just didn't
let my finger travel far enough forward while I was shooting so the trigger's still not
perfect but a big Improvement as far as the weight and the crispness of that trigger pull
all right now let's check out the trigger pull on our alignment scale here
three pounds 6.7 ounces
three pounds 11.6 ounces
another thing that I really love is the texture on this and I had the same aggressive texture
here on the grit that you got with the 2.0 but on the shield plus the entire frame has
a little bit more of a rough feel to it now I don't know if you can tell the difference
here this one very very smooth up here on the frame this one much more rough I don't
know if you can see the difference in the texture there on that frame
but I really like that it really allows me to get a much better grip on the pistol but
it's not so aggressive that it bothers you when you're carrying it of course with m p
you get that 18 degree grip angle for a really natural point of aim you're going to have
a really durable armonite corrosion resistant finish on here and then of course like I mentioned
earlier this is the Optics ready version so you can see it has the Optics cut out here
and Smith Wesson just gives you this polymer plate as a placeholder and then you can replace
that with whatever brand of Red Dot you want to go with you can see we also have the Trijicon
night sights here you have the orange fiber optic with the tritium up front and then just
the tritium here in the back really nice sight picture I really pick up that orange really
nicely just like with the 2.0s you do have these front slide serrations They don't serve
much of a purpose other than looks and as always you have your traditional fish scale
slide serrations here in the back your magazine release is not ambidextrous but you can switch
it over to the other side before you lefties out there I think they have done a great job
with the shield plus here to some really nice features here on the shield plus but of course
the big selling point is the magazines for the short magazine which is what I carry I
like to have that nice flat base plate you get 10 plus one that's three more rounds than
what I'm used to with the old MMP there and then if you like to go with the extended magazine
you're going to get 13 plus one that's five more rounds than the extended magazine on
the old shield and that is just amazing now you can see how this technology works you
have a double stack here that kind of necks down to a single stack here at the top and
the amazing thing is that they're able to achieve that kind of capacity in a gun that
is no bigger really than the old one you can see as far as length is is exactly the same
height exactly the same width any difference there is so minimal that you really can't
even notice it taking down the shield plus is the same as with all mnps you're going
to lock your slide back rotate your takedown lever now Smith and Wesson does give you that
little tab in there that you can pull out if you don't want to pull the trigger to take
the slide down so that is a nice feature I don't really use it but I think it's great
that they offer that now we're just going to drop our slide pull the trigger slide comes
right off no different than the m p Shield you're already used to now one other thing
that I don't want to forget to mention is that the shield plus will work with all other
Shield holsters holsters for the old Shield 1.0 the 2.0 and the shield plus can all fit
the same holsters this is a Bravo concealment outside the waistband holster for the original
Shield 1.0 and you can see this fits in there very nicely so that is great for compatibility
if you've already been carrying the shield then you don't have to worry about getting
new holsters now it is also important to mention that the magazines are not interchangeable
you cannot use the shield 1.0 or 2.0 magazines in the plus and you cannot use the plus magazines
in the older Shields and I'll still a little bit more shooting and we'll wrap this thing
up
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guys that is it for the m p Shield plus I really love this thing and if you're already
a shield owner this is really a no-brainer this is a huge upgrade from the previous Shields
if only just because of the magazine capacity and it's nice that they offer that Optics
ready version for anybody that's interested in adding a red dot and there's no doubt that
those Trijicon night sights are a major improvement over the standard three dot white sights so
that's all I got for you guys I hope you like this video if you did make sure you hit that
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helps us out with that YouTube algorithm moral of the story today is more ammo is always
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