 Hey there friends, thanks for checking in. Today we're looking at the new Smith & Wesson M&P 9 Shield EZ. A new release from Smith & Wesson, they just started distributing it, no great announcement or anything, and they did the same in February of 2018 when they released their 380 Shield EZ. But here it is. It mimics very much the same model features and so forth with the 380, except this is 9mm and it's a little bit heavier. Both have a 3.675 inch barrel. Both have magazines that carry 8 rounds. But the advantage here is that it has a very light recoil spring, very light trigger, and you have to engage the grip safety there, and a very light magazine spring. It does come with 2 magazines that carry 8 rounds. Now I'm at Top Gun Shooting Sports right now. They got early releases of these. They are selling these for $460. I'm appreciative that they allowed me to bring this in and do this review and also go out and take a few shots with it. And I look forward to doing that because this is a very popular model. Now this would be attractive for people that have arthritis, maybe senior citizens, maybe women, maybe somebody with an injury. I've had many people tell me that they had injured themselves or they had arthritis in the wrists and they had trouble racking the slide and charging guns of higher weight with the recoil spring. This is actually very light, hence the EZ. Now let's roll through some of the features and we'll check it out here because this also has the grip safety. One of the things that you can't really tell, but this is actually a hammered fired gun and it has an internal hammer that is in there. You wouldn't know that because it looks like your standard striker fire gun, but it's not. It has a hammer and this is the thumb safety model. They make another one without the thumb safety. This is the thumb safety right there and you can see that it is ambidextrous on both sides. Another thing is that it's the 2.0 model. It has some of the 2.0 characteristics which is the gritty grip, which does offer 3 fingers by the way especially if I put that mag in there, 3 finger contact on the grip. You can see that it does have those scales down there. I really don't consider those front serrations. I wish they would go all the way up the slide so they could actually serve as front serrations, but that's part of the MMP line. It does have a steel insert right there which I think prevents the gun from charging when a magazine, a loaded magazine is slammed in there and a pick rail for the accessories. The three dot sights, they're actually large dots. Quite large dots. The first time I checked this out I was like, whoa those are some large dots there. They pick up quite easily and the rear sight is adjustable pinned in front sight. And a loaded chamber indicator bar right there that pops up when the gun has been charged. And another thing, the magazine spring weight is pretty light too. It does have these tabs here that you could pull the follower down and both of these are identical. The trigger is one of the things that a lot of people like. They like it on the 380 model and they're going to like it here too. Once again you have to engage the grip safety and the trigger weight. I measured the 380 model right at four and a half pounds and I think this is right around the same. And you can see there is a short reset right there. So you have a light trigger. You have the light recoil spring and you have light magazines. It breaks down the same way as other MMP models. Just move this lever down, release. No reason to pull the trigger and it off comes the slide from the frame. Polymer frame very light. And here we have a captured recoil spring and your 3.6... That was slippery. This is the new gun and it does have some shipping grease on there. But the one thing that is interesting is that this piece here you can see that has a flat part there. We typically place the flat part down. In this case the flat part goes up upon reassembled. Now those who disassemble the gun, if you do not do this properly it will not work. So I'm going to insert the recoil spring and guide rod. I'm going to do so with the flat parts on the side. And that way when I insert back on. And one more thing, you cannot grip. See the way that moves upon that piece right there, raises. So you can't do that. And then what I'm saying is that you can't engage the grip safety when putting the slide back on. And then there you go. I'm going to manually do that. But that's what we're looking at. About 23 ounces unloaded. Overall people are going to enjoy this. I truly think they will. I know they enjoyed the Shield 380 EZ and here's the 9. Which many people wanted this in 9 and Smith & Wesson delivered. So there it is, Smith & Wesson M&P 9 Shield EZ. Great thanks to Top Gun Shooting Sports in Taylor, Michigan. They have a bunch of these in stock right now. And they are available. They are very hard to find in other places. So if you're in the area and you're interested, check out Top Gun Shooting Sports. They've got a bunch and I think you'll like it. If you like videos like this, please subscribe and share. I always appreciate thumbs up button. Thanks for watching and you guys be safe.