M&P Shield Pre-order

[ifilef]

no and no.

I wanted to switch the mag release but the cutout is different on the right, so it can't be inserted that way... the safety is just a no go all together.

I suppose you could alter/modify/notch the mag release opening and try to make it work, but I wouldn't.

Thank You.

[vintagedude88]

I'm told Turner's wont' be getting these until June 2013...

Beginning to seem like it will be 2014 before we can expect to find them on the shelf for the general public. It will take more than 6 months for LGSs to fill backorders

I haven't checked ... are these readily available at most places to be SSEd? Or is there a long wait even for that?

We might as well start a rumor that Glock will have their single stack 9mm model available in 2013. If we spread the rumor enough, maybe Glock will do it

Gosh! Like we all haven't learned our lesson the last time from that KSG debacle.

[SemperFlexibus]

Keltec is having a major production problem. They are not shipping much firearms at all, let alone KSG which has issues.

http://rivrdog.typepad.com/straight_case/2012/01/the-strange-story-of-kel-tec-cnc-inc.html

S&W is going to start manufacture CA version of the Shield this month and is a much larger company than Keltec.

Good things come to those who wait...

[1st2fight]

i've been looking for a keltec sub2000 and it's almost impossible unless i'm going to pay double plus import fees...

someone should make keltec an offer to buy them out...

[vintagedude88]

Keltec is having a major production problem. They are not shipping much firearms at all, let alone KSG which has issues.

http://rivrdog.typepad.com/straight_case/2012/01/the-strange-story-of-kel-tec-cnc-inc.html

S&W is going to start manufacture CA version of the Shield this month and is a much larger company than Keltec.

Good things come to those who wait...

Hence no need to throw money out there for something that doesn't exist yet. I don't mind waiting because I don't care to be first one to have it.

Like you said, S&W is a much larger company, so there should be no doubt that they'll eventually deliver. There will be plenty after the first deliveries and maybe even some sales to maintain interest throughout the end of next year.

[slowxturtle]

Are they still taking pre-orders for the Shield? I would be going to Pasadena.

[ifilef]

As a left-handed shooter, and already owner of a few 9mm, including one containing an ambidextrous mag release and thumb safety, which I enjoy, I can not find any justifiable reason for getting one of these, other than to serve as a 'luxury' or 'impulse buy' with an inordinate waiting period.

[wilafur]

Are they still taking pre-orders for the Shield? I would be going to Pasadena.

i asked today at the torrance store and, no, they are not taking anymore pre-orders.

[slowxturtle]

They were at the Pasadena store last week when I checked in person but I decided to pass because the delivery date was unknown.

[keith1911]

Well I just got an email from Turner's head buyer and the word is now we might see them by April. This is complete crap in my opinion and S&W should be ashamed of themselves and their poor customer service. They have introduced and delivered new M&P models since our order has been taken.

[Guerrilla Warfare]

Well I just got an email from Turner's head buyer and the word is now we might see them by April. This is complete crap in my opinion and S&W should be ashamed of themselves and their poor customer service. They have introduced and delivered new M&P models since our order has been taken.

Thanks for the info! Meanwhile, I may just get the full sized M&P9

[joshs10extreme]

you will have better luck finding the regular 9. THey supposedly have not even completed the build on the shield.

[LBDamned]

you will have better luck finding the regular 9. THey supposedly have not even completed the build on the shield.

what do you mean? "regular 9" as in full size or compact? Or as in non-CA?

And when you say "they haven't completed the build on the shield", what exactly are you saying? The Shield has been out for a long time (many of us have one)... and there are photos of the CA version (so it has to have been "built").

I'm just not understanding your post.