A S&W Squeeze Cock?

I just ran across this. Seems very cool. I like what SW is doing. Yea the grip safety is ugly but with their market being purse carry and such it seems like a good call. I also like the idea of being an easy shooter and easy to rack slide. So many people ask for that easy to rack slide.

Will I buy it? I'm not really the market. I've got the bodyguard as my EDC and am planning on getting a new MP20 for times I want to carry more. So probably not at this time. But I like what I read and I am really falling for MP's. Great guns, good $, and I like that they offer the choice of safety vs no safety unlike glock.
 
I was surprised to find a Shield EZ in my LGS today. It was priced at $369.95 - a modest discount from MSRP.

I tried to get the web of my hand between my thumb and forefinger above the grip safety as I gripped the gun, but I couldn't do it. I had thought that might be a problem with the grip safety hinged at the bottom.

I was very surprised at how easy the slide was to rack. I ended up racking the slide by holding it between two fingers and pushing on the frame with one finger of the other hand.
 
I agree, Smith and Wesson really put the ug into ugly when they designed this grip safety. The XD style is much more pleasing.

I, for one, love the grip safety concept and own four XD models as a result. Why? With a manual safety, you may forget to flick it off in the heat of the moment. A grip safety helps protect against the trigger catching on something and resulting in an AD while still providing the safety of essentially needing to have an actual shooting grip on the pistol for it to discharge.
 
A grip safety helps protect against the trigger catching on something and resulting in an AD while still providing the safety of essentially needing to have an actual shooting grip on the pistol for it to discharge.
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I guess i dont see the advantage. If the gun is carried in a proper holster, you have to deactivate the grip safety during the draw....so the grip safety has no ability to stop a ND

If its still in the holster, nothing shold be able to touch the trigger

When putting it back in the holster, again the grip safety is still depressed by the shooting hand.

Now, im a 1911 guy from WAY back. Carried one as a duty gun for years. Taught with one for decades. I understand grip safeties, just not this comment.
 
Sharkbite, isn't that the entire purpose of a grip safety? To prevent a firearm from discharging unless there is a firm shooting grip?

When a manual safety isn't employed and a handgun doesn't have a long and heavier pull like on a da auto or revolver, I like the idea of a grip safety preventing discharge in the event the trigger were to catch on something.
 
Sharkbite, isn't that the entire purpose of a grip safety? To prevent a firearm from discharging unless there is a firm shooting grip?

When a manual safety isn't employed and a handgun doesn't have a long and heavier pull like on a da auto or revolver, I like the idea of a grip safety preventing discharge in the event the trigger were to catch on something.
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My point is that anytime you are holding the gun (and thats when ND’s happen) the grip safety is already disengaged. So a grip safety is not going to prevent a ND.

The grip safety on a 1911 prevents the trigger from moving to the rear if the pistol is dropped with the manual safety off and the gun lands muzzle up.

That is a whole different thing then saying a grip safety make the gun safer to handle.
 
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