A friend is looking at getting a Shield soon as her HD/carry gun. She's in the same camp as me in thinking that manual safeties have no place on a defensive handgun. She asked me if I could remove or disable it so that it wouldn't interfere and would always just leave the gun is safety-off condition. I said I'd have to take a good look once she has it and see if I can do it safely. Does anyone have a Shield and know how this could be done? Anyone attempt it yet? I know the safety in the Shield is a turnoff for a bunch of people so I'd be shocked if no one has tried this.
Key for me is that I don't want to help her with it if it will hurt reliability or any of the gun's passive safety features. She knows she could train with it and practice taking the safety off while drawing, but I'm with her in that getting rid of it would be preferable.
Key for me is that I don't want to help her with it if it will hurt reliability or any of the gun's passive safety features. She knows she could train with it and practice taking the safety off while drawing, but I'm with her in that getting rid of it would be preferable.