A buddy at Church wants to trade me a S&W Shield in .45 ACP with three magazines and a holster for a Uberti Cattleman .45 Colt revolver with bird's head grip with no accessories.
I seem to remember reading some posts about the S&W .45 Shield, but search doesn't bring anything up. Was wanting a little input from someone who has one and what you think about them. I have never owned a Shield before. Would you make the trade?
You must have bought the cattlemen for a reason, is it somthing you picked out spicific? Before you just up and trade can you guys go out shooting together and test fire each others peices? The sheild is a great gun in a 9mm or a 40, it might be a little small and light for a 45 round. Have continued to wonder how the sheild handles in the 45. It just came out this year in the 45 so the guy has not had it long at all he must not like it, wonder how you would find it.
Naw, I traded a Sig P238 for the Cattleman and a Lever action rifle in .45 Colt, from the same guy. If we do make the trade, I am still way ahead. We have gone shooting together many times but no in the past couple of months. He never took the Shield.
No ammo trading, I have three times the ammo that he does, in just about all calibers.
A buddy at Church wants to trade me a S&W Shield in .45 ACP with three magazines and a holster for a Uberti Cattleman .45 Colt revolver with bird's head grip with no accessories.
I seem to remember reading some posts about the S&W .45 Shield, but search doesn't bring anything up. Was wanting a little input from someone who has one and what you think about them. I have never owned a Shield before. Would you make the trade?
Hold up! The shield in in 45 ACP the Uberti in in .45 Colt. Would you guys be trading ammo supply also? That could make a big difference if you have say 1000 rounds in 45 colt and he has say 100 rounds in 45 ACP.....
I'm a fan of DA revolver's but don't shoot them as much as my rifles. For carry I like low recoil and small. Mine is a Shield 9c, wouldn't want one in a 45 ACP, I can imagine the recoil! My 9mm holds 8+1, no idea what it would hold in 45. I suspect the 45 is a larger frame? Probably heavy too. I gave a carry gun a lot of thought and got the Shield 9c and love it for what I use it for.
The trade fell through, I told him that I did not want to make the trade. He then offered me the Shield and a Mosin M-44 for the Ruger Vaquero .45 that I traded him out of a couple of years ago. I told him there was no way!
I'm a fan of DA revolver's but don't shoot them as much as my rifles. For carry I like low recoil and small. Mine is a Shield 9c, wouldn't want one in a 45 ACP, I can imagine the recoil! My 9mm holds 8+1, no idea what it would hold in 45. I suspect the 45 is a larger frame? Probably heavy too. I gave a carry gun a lot of thought and got the Shield 9c and love it for what I use it for.
The recoil is actually not bad. I got one mainly because with the sale price and the $75 rebate, it was so cheap that I just couldn't pass. But the more I shoot it, the more I like it. In fact, I love it. Very accurate, the frame is basically the same as the 9MM. It is just a tiny hair thicker. The difference is so small that most holsters will fit the 9 or the 45. It holds 6+1 or 7+1 depending on which magazine you use. This was a fantastic buy.
That being said, I wouldn't have made the trade either. I would just buy the Shield .45. Just because the Uberti sounds like a lot of fun.
thanks gd for the clarification.
I meant no disrespect to the shield. I bought one last year as a gift. I said it was the best buy in years. That's about as much praise as I give out.
At the time I wrote it, I was thinking of bottom loading magazines vs cylinders.
However, I must honestly plead No Contest to the charge; my language may secretly reflect my wheelgun, smokewagon, sixshooter bias. My Navy son is constantly calling me an old fart for my hawglegs addiction. He is quick to tell me revolvers aren't pistols and what am I doing with his inheritance?
and let me end with that old clique:
Some of my best friends are bottom feeders.
I thought I read somewhere that the Shield was the number one selling pistol in 2016, I own a 9mm and enjoy it. I paid $329 last year and it was advertised just recently for $329 plus a $75 rebate, cheaper than a Springfield and much better than a Ruger LCP.
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