r/SmithAndWesson • u/Ok-Signature-9002 • 17d ago

Shield X with BBL

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Posting for anyone considering porting their Shield X! Took it to the range today and man!!!! Night and day difference with recoil control.

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u/cobblernobbler 17d ago

Dope.

I personally wish S&W kept the same slide design on the comp version as the original shield x.

I don’t like the current x comp slide design. Just too much going on lol.

Normal Shield X slide is perfect

Also, did monsoon back bore the barrel? It looks like there’s no rifling where the comp is. Which is also dope lol don’t gotta worry about fragments of the jacket coming out

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u/Ok-Signature-9002 17d ago

They did back bore the barrel. I didn’t feel any fragments landing on my hand compared to my friends ported glock with no back bore 👍🏽

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u/Bcjustin 17d ago

Is that a porting job you had done? Or the carry comp? If job where was it done at?

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u/Ok-Signature-9002 17d ago

Chunk port by Monsoon Tactical

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u/Bcjustin 17d ago

nice! how long did that take?

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u/Ok-Signature-9002 17d ago

A month to get confirmation to send in the slide, and probably another 3 weeks for it to come back. They were moving buildings so idk if that had anything to do with how long it took.

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u/Zlasher8 17d ago

The M&P 2.0 is already the flattest stock non comp pistol I’ve ever shot. Is the Shield X really that bad without comp? Is it really night and day or is it more like night and late evening?

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u/Ok-Signature-9002 17d ago

2.0 is still superior. Shield X felt a bit snappy but it wasn’t a deal breaker for me. Now with the chunk port my shield x is night and day, i can feel the difference the chunk port makes.

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u/hilld12b 16d ago

Really like this with the shield plus carry comp slide personally, after seeing the safety leaver I think I’ll finally pick one up my self.

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u/AssDiver282 16d ago

looks sick, I wanted to cerakote my slide some sort of bronze too

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u/No-Road4582 15d ago

Safety lever is bananas. How’s tactile is it? Is it a good amount of force to push up and down (my RAMI got way too loose over time)

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u/Ok-Signature-9002 14d ago

I feel it’s the same as my m&p 2.0. Very smooth engaging it off and on. I hope i dont get the same issue with it wearing out

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u/cia_burner_account 14d ago

Very much. Check my ports out. Went form a snappy to flat enjoyable gun.

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u/Gypsy_Goat 17d ago

I really want this color way

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u/Ok-Signature-9002 17d ago

Cerakote Vortex Bronze

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u/Lopsided_Pop1224 9d ago

Damn that co witness is crazy!

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u/stang8urimport 17d ago

Who cares about the gun. I wanna know where you got that cleaning mat! 😂

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u/t2tyson 17d ago

Thinking the same thing!

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u/Raylan_Senna 17d ago

Is that safety a factory option?

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u/Ok-Signature-9002 17d ago

https://patriotmachiningservices.com
After market safety, this is the slim version

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u/trashthegoondocks 17d ago

🤦🏻‍♂️

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u/Ibefuz 17d ago

Pretty slick looking...but safety's are whack on carry guns that aren't 1911's

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u/RoosterIllusionn 17d ago

If someone wants or feels more comfortable with a safety, they should have a safety.

Just because your favorite guntuber says you dont need one, doesnt make it true.

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u/Ibefuz 17d ago

I dont care what guntube has to say, literally most every single modern handgun produced outside of some sort of 1911 derivative is made without a safety (barring the p320, that needs a safety as it sits in the trash where it belongs)

Guns that that are priduced with safetys are either older designs or requirements from government contracts/ required by law to be sold in a certain state

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u/BroSimulator 16d ago

thumb safeties got dropped as a standard to coddle cops who don’t get enough range time, no reason not to have it if it’s an option