I've shot the Nine plenty, but the Fotay is......

by Otony, Saturday, March 14, 2015, 14:26 (3482 days ago) @ Slow Hand

....the only Shield we ever get on trade-in here in the shop. To a man (or woman) every .40 Shield traded in is because it is too snappy for the owners.

We've had plenty of satisfied .40 Shield owners, far more than those who trade 'em back in, but it seems to be a known issue....at least for some. Charlie Askins would've probably declared that uninterested .40 Shield owners had lace on their panties.

Frankly, I feel the .40 cartridge in general is a high pressure wannabe that will never measure up to its Daddy, the virtually perfect 10mm. If ever there was a superb semi-auto pistol round, that would have to be it, but now we are comparing apples and watermelons.

I imagine that snappy or otherwise, no Shield will ever exhibit the recoil of a .357 J-frame. Heck, with the wrong grips and right ammo even a J-frame thutty-eight can be uncomfortable.

Otony