I was at a gun show a while back and an old guy was selling a couple of his handguns. He offered me a Shield for 150 bucks...I already had one, but who could pass up that deal! A couple weeks ago my son called me from California wanting to know my opinion about the Shields and long story short...I ended up sending that one to a gun shop there to transfer it to him. The 9mm Shield is an awesome carry pistol in my opinion.