New S&W M&P 9 Shield EZ Pistol Review

the Smith & Wesson M&P nine she let's check it out [Music] [Music] [Applause] last year Smith & Wesson introduced their MMP 380 sealed easy this was designed for first-time shooters people with more of a weak hand strength I mean every control on this firearm is very easy to manipulate a lot of people that when they first looked at it especially seasoned shooters they didn't really get it but obviously this gun has been very popular with those who have purchased them and they're just great for again first-time shooters women that are new to the firearms world they're not so intimidated by pulling that slide back and just the upper-body strength that it takes with a lot of your standard firearms but now Smith & Wesson has introduced their MMP 9-millimeter shield easy and this is based on the same controls design there are few minor differences but this brings nine-millimeter into the game which a lot of people prefer 9-millimeter over 380 for self-defense and this just gives them a solid option and I want to thank Smith & Wesson for sending the 9-millimeter shield easy for this test and evaluation guys I really think that one of the most neglected markets are female shooters and yet that's one of the fastest-growing segments of the shooting sports and self-defense and so I think Smith & Wesson really hit a home run with a 380 and that was evident because they sold a blue bazillion of those things the original shield definitely is one of the most popular concealed carry options out on the market and this is actually my wife's concealed carry she loves the shield and it's just an excellent firearm let's go ahead and drop the magazine seven and one you can get an eighth round extension and then we look down and of course the gun is empty now this is a fairly small firearm and very thin again guys just excellent for concealed carry but sometimes when she is manipulating the slide it can be a little difficult one thing that I've explained is to actually take the farm and push the frame out and so for you guys who already have this and your your significant other is having a hard time that's one of the just little tricks but it's still a little more difficult to rank when it comes to the EZ 9 never gonna drop our magazine pick the chamber this does have an eight round magazine and it does come with two really racking the slide is so much easier I mean it's probably half of the pole that it takes for the shield the standard shield and so that makes a huge difference number one that it's just easier to rack now this is a little more difficult to rack than the standard 380 CZ the 380 is almost like a 22 I mean it's just very little strength to brings back she just comes back really easy and of course you can see all these guns have been safety-checked but the nine-millimeter ez is very similar but there are a few differences and we're gonna check those out but before we do I want to show a couple of things we have some cocking years back here they're actually built into the slide they just are an extension of the serrations and so when you're grabbing that slide that's gonna give you a little more leverage to be able to pull that back even easier and then we have some front cocking serrations as well guys I'm telling you this is a very easy gun to pull back we do have an accessory rail which is in addition to the standard shield now the shield only has seven rounds and then the e-z has eight rounds so you can again get an extension for your shield but this is just built right into the grip the texturing on the grip is fairly aggressive not quite what it is on the M&P 2.0 series which is very aggressive we do have a grip safety right here which is on the 380 as well it's very easy to manipulate I'm gonna say easy a lot they chose a good name for this but it just compresses really with a very little pressure and so without that being pressed you have a dead trigger and then of course with it being pressed it's gonna fire that's just an added safety now you can get the frame mounted safeties I chose one without it which I don't really care for those but a lot of people feel comfortable having a safety you know mounted to the frame the slide is an armored Knight finish which is on stainless steel it's a really durable finish and guys it's beautiful I mean it's very black nitride looking and that's one of the things about the new shields and the new MP series is they're there slide colors are just the best to me they're so smooth the accessory rail is a three slot which again gives you an advantage over the standard shield one other thing about the standard shield is that the bore axis is a little bit higher on the shield and so you're getting a little more of a lower grip on the firearm than you do with the shield and you do have excellent three dot sights they are metal Novak style they are windage adjustable and here it does have a dovetail on the front of the nine-millimeter which on the 380 it was just pinned in one of the things that we had an issue with was with the 380 is it was shooting a little bit to the left and we could have adjusted it here on the back but this just gives you another option well so you'll notice this little lever at the top this is your loaded chamber indicator and we're gonna throw in a dummy round and test it I'm gonna show you how it looks and here we have it inserted and it's just tactile and visible mag release right here very easy it ejects the mags and this can be reversible to the other side now one of the things about these ez series is that it is an internal hammer this is not a structure fire pistol based really more on the 22 compact and so the the hammer you know instead of striker fire and so that makes it nice also to have a little bit of a grip safety right here because you don't have the trigger safety like you do on your shield which is a pivot trigger safety while these guns silhouette to be pretty much exact the big difference is the slide the EZ 9 comes in with a little more weight and we'll check the direct weight but it has everything to do with the slide and you'll see that the nine-millimeter slide is a little bit thicker and it needs to be because it's nine-millimeter which generates a lot more pressure but it's really still a very thin handgun but definitely a big difference the EZ 9-millimeter one pound six point eight ounces the EZ 380 one pound two point two ounces standard Smith and Wesson shield one pound four point two ounces again we make sure as the gun is unloaded magazine is out I want to check the trigger pull so with the grip safety depressed we have a little bit of take-up right here hit a wall a really nice break reset right there it is not very tactile but you can hear it so it has a very quick reset now we're going to take trigger pull weight with our Lyman trigger gates from Brownells we need to depress our grip safety four pounds twelve point five ounces four pounds 8.6 ounces and another big plus for both 380 and 9-millimeter Easy's is the magazine we have these tabs right here that make it these loading tabs it's a lot like a 22 this makes it so much easier to load than actually pressing down this way and so this to me is a big advantage with this handgun and the magazines are good quality stainless steel and of course they're marked and it does have the 18 degree grip angle which is more natural when you're bringing up your firearm to get on target one thing you will notice with the nine-millimeter is it does have an undercut back here at the trigger guard which the 380 does not quite have that but they still have very minimal trigger guards still big enough for gloved hands but if you look at the original shield you'll notice that the trigger guard extends quite a bit farther down so it's a little bit thicker a little bit lower here and so it makes it a little more of a footprint even than the slim lines of the nine-millimeter easy now the barrel lengths are definitely different 3.1 inches on your standard shield 3.67 inches on your ez so it gives you a little more sight radius and just a little bit more barrel length and to me honestly a little more balanced when it comes to some of the smaller concealed carry pieces especially with recoil they can be a little bit snappy this gives you a little more to grip a little bit bit longer barrel and so to me it's gonna give you a little more advantage don't think Fiocchi for sponsoring the ammo they're all made in the USA and this stuff is really clean burning one thing about this magazine though as you can see is I'm just bringing it down very simple very little hand strength to be able to load this and that is critical especially for those who are just not used to it we're also going to shoot the 380 side by side just to get a little bit of recoil comparison between the two and I can tell you the 380 is so easy to shoot there's definitely going to be a difference [Applause] okay we take the nine-millimeter easy down to the range no malfunctions just fed I mean that single stack eight round magazine drops those mags that really fast very easy to manipulate and again guys I'm gonna say easy because it's just easy bringing the slot back I mean look at that that's just so easy and smooth trigger control was great because you know it's just got a really excellent trigger and so all the way around I mean it was just a lot of fun to shoot definitely more recoil than the 380 you know but it's not millimeter it has more power that means it has more power on the receiving end so 9 millimeter is definitely an excellent round for self-defense and it's been proven but 380 acp with modern self-defense loads guys I mean it's an excellent man stopper as well and so just choose really good self defense ammo when you're making your choices 380 it's just a lot less recoil one thing about that is especially for someone that's a new shooter is that it gives them a little more confidence for that second third and fourth shot and so you know and then take them out to the range and honestly guys the range is where you need to train because that's where you really get the confidence in a self-defense situation people pull that trigger so fast and Adrenaline's going you know they don't quite know as much but you want to give them as much comfort as you can taking them down to the range and they feel really good about the firearm choice but again nine-millimeter would be my preferred but you know it's better than 22 which a lot of women tend to shoot and so you know you really want that capable of self-defense round guys the name fits very easy firearms builds a lot of confidence [Applause] now disassembly of the EZ nine drop out your magazine check to make sure the gun is unloaded the springer back and engage our slide stop right here is your takedown lever just bring it into the down position and then when you release your slide stop it comes right off no pull of the trigger necessary now we have our recoil spring and guide right pull out your barrel that's all you need to do to field-strip the firearm now this looks like all your typical structure for our pistols you do have your hammer right here and again it is in turtle and so when you pull the trigger you just have the hammer instead of just a striker with the 380 on the left and then the nine-millimeter on the right you'll notice this round hole versus this oblong hole plus you notice how much different the slight thickness is now on the left is the 380 recoil spring it is polymer and it is oblong on the outside you need to fit this to the frame whereas with a nine-millimeter you don't it just goes into the round hole but one thing you need to be careful of is back here we're gonna have to set this in the right position with the barrel or it won't reassemble and even though you have that same kind of shape on the 380 the this is almost like a key that sets it into place and then the nine-millimeter barrel on top versus the 380 barrel they're definitely some design differences now you look here with the circular cutout in your barrel and that's mates with the rounded off edge of the recoil spring for your 9-millimeter if you do it like this it won't fit so we're gonna drop in our barrel bring in your recoil spring and guide rod I will say though guys that this is a little finicky sometimes going on so that has to do with your takedown lever right here and so we're gonna bring it back also make sure you don't engage your grip safety bring it back lock in your slide release or slide stop and then we can disengage our takedown lever and then drop it and we're good to go if you are depressing the grips a sometimes it starts to get hung up right here and then also just double check to make sure your recoil spring is in place but as you see he went together fine and the more you do it the easier it is as far as the price these come in manufacturer suggested retail for 479 dollars as far as the market price and what we're seeing of course this is a brand new pistol but around 399 is what they're offering and these are available at a lot of local and box stores so what are the advantages of the EZ definitely your magazine being very easy to load number one and that can be a problem racking your slide is definitely a big thing very simple and then with these ears on the back the trigger pull is nice and around four and a half pounds you know it's just a very handy firearm and yet it's got a little bit larger than your standard concealed carry so you can get a better shooting grip on it and so that's a good one then all the other just standard features that are with the 2.0 the thin grip and then of course you get an accessory rail which you don't have on your shield so overall I think there's a lot of great things about this handgun for first-time shooters female new shooters the elderly with weak hand strength there are a lot of people out there again that are the most vulnerable that can benefit from this kind of firearm so guys if you're looking for something for that first-time shooter those who just don't have the experience or the hand strength of the shield ez 9 or the 380 are great options and so guys if they need to manipulate that firearm you want them to be able to do it with ease now guys I want to thank Smith & Wesson not only for sending the 9-millimeter shield easy but also for just developing it and offering it it really taps into a community that sometimes gets overlooked and yet can be the most vulnerable guys if you depend on a firearm for self defense whether concealed carry or even home defense having some kind of legal protection is vital I'm a member of the u.s. CCA I've been a member for the past 3 years and it is just peace of mind you know that someone has your back if you ever get yourself in a tough situation where you have to draw your firearm they do have a Ernie's is retainers that specialize in self-defense and Firearms and they have a network so you can have a lawyer that's fairly local to you now I have a link down below in the description to the US CCA membership page it is an affiliate link and I know that if anything ever goes down I have a friend with us CCA be strong be of good courage god bless america long live the Republic [Music] because of their pans getting you know and these the CZ 9 the barrel length on this CZ so why buy the CC so why hamburger check trigger pull weight with our lemon trigger gauge from Brownells you know let's have the grip safety pressed is it easy yes it is easy to protect those that are the weakest in our community in our community let's support the weakest in our community okay that's not that's not good

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Length: 18min 43sec (1123 seconds)

Published: Sat Dec 21 2019