Y'know, I waited for that 9MM Shield, since it was so ..

by Otony, Sunday, December 08, 2013, 22:11 (3946 days ago) @ John Meeker

I have coon-fingered the Shield, the XDS, and the Walther PPS every half hour at the shop for the last 2or 3 weeks and have come to an unavoidable conclusion. All of theses so called lightweight plastic Nines are heavy!

We have a precision scale in the shop for weighing gold and silver, and I have been playing a game of weighing every pistol that is supposed to be "light" and compact. Truth be told, all of the current favorites on the market are within two or three ounces of a Glock 19! If I am going to carry that much weight, then I will carry the few extra ounces and get a larger pistol that holds more and is easier to shoot. Or, as I have finally decided, I will carry a J-frame all the time, and sub in an EMP for when I want a bit more firepower. I am willing to go the few ounces even more to get away from the plastic.

Not sure why those little plastic jobs weigh so much, all of them should weigh in like an LC9 but for some reason do not.

Otony