![]() (Firearms News photo)Īs the Equalizer grew out of the M&P EZ, you’ll find the slide is designed to be easy to rack. Recoil is more "back" than "up" when shooting at the range. Remove it, and you can mount your optic directly to the slide. Forward of the rear sight is a polymer cover held in place by two screws. And if your optic isn’t durable enough to be used to rack the slide, it shouldn’t be on a gun, much less a compact pistol meant for personal defense. If you’ve mounted a red dot sight on this gun, you can do the same with your optic. The front of the rear sight is a vertical shelf, so you can rack this pistol one-handed using it if necessary. They present a standard three-dot sight picture. The Equalizer sports steel sights dovetailed into place. I feel the S&W M&P Shield Plus is one of the best carry guns on the market today, and often overlooked. ![]() It is fed by the same magazines, but has more of a grip angle and a different grip contour. If you don’t quite like the feel of the Equalizer, try out a Shield Plus. A brief aside - go to your local gun store and get your hands on whatever gun you are interested in buying. However, perhaps because of the slightly wider grip to accommodate the double-column magazine, the grip of the Equalizer doesn’t feel as vertical, and I like it better. About the only thing I don’t like about the EZ is the very vertical grip angle, which is shared by the Equalizer. A Maglula UpLula magazine loader is also provided with the gun.įrom the side, the Shield EZ and the Equalizer seem to have the same grip angle, however I had a chance to pick up both guns side by side. The Equalizer is fed by the same magazines as the M&P Shield Plus, so they are somewhat common. One of the greatest things about this pistol is that it’s sold as a package - the Equalizer is supplied with a flush 10-round magazine, a slightly extended 13-round magazine (which brings the grip to roughly the same length as the EZ), and a big stick 15-round magazine. However, the EZs are fed by single-stack magazines. ![]() 380 ACP in 2018, and then followed up by a 9mm version. The S&W Equalizer most closely resembles the M&P Shield EZ which was first introduced in. It sports a 3 5⁄8-inch barrel and is fed by double-column Shield Plus magazines. Shield EZ S&W’s Equalizer is the sum total of the incremental improvements they’ve made to the M&P line over the years. The slide is cut to accept optics with a Shield RMS/RMSc/Holosun 507k footprint. The barrel and slide are both stainless steel with S&W’s “Armornite” finish, which is a nitride finish that provides good protection against corrosion. Like all M&P pistols, the Equalizer is built for use and carry. I secured a sample of the Equalizer NTS (No Thumb Safety). There are two versions, and the only difference is whether or not you want a thumb safety. It is not a striker-fired design but rather sports an internal hammer, and a single action only operating system. It has a 3.675-inch barrel and weighs 22.9 ounces with the provided 13-round magazine inserted. Honestly that describes 90+% of all new guns these days, but the Equalizer sports a few features you won’t see outside of Smith & Wesson. The S&W Equalizer is a polymer-framed pistol chambered in 9mm that sports an optics-ready slide. Consider it, if you will, a “product improved” version of the Shield EZ, with incremental improvements pulled from the standard M&P M2.0, the Shield Plus, and the market in general. That’s the case with the S&W Equalizer - even though, technically it is a new model, it is in fact the sum total of things learned by Smith & Wesson over the last fifteen years with their M&P line. Instead, the market is filled with upgraded or altered versions of existing models. Completely new firearm designs are a rarity.
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