The Shield is a nice gun, but that one in .40 is a real hard kicker. A friend has fired
the 9mm Shield, .40 Shield and .45 Shield. His opinion is the .40 is way too unpleasant
to consider. He's rather use the .45.
I have not fired any of them, but IME, the .40 has much worse recoil than either 9mm or
.45 ACP in any of the guns that I have fired in these calibers.
I have a S&W M&P, the full sized double stack. I put the Apex sear in and it really improved
the trigger from good to very good. Of all the plastic guns, the S&W M&P, which the Shield
is basically the short, single stack version, is the only one which I found that I could stand.
IMO, the grip angle on the Glocks, combined with their triggers make them just non-starters
for me.
Bill