Your mileage may vary, but there is a good chance that you’ll find it works well for you too. There isn’t anything special about that with this tier of pistol, but there isn’t anything wrong with it either.Ī major benefit for me was that the SD9VE fits my hands so well and allows for a very natural point of aim. Accuracyįist-sized groups at 15 yards are totally repeatable. It’s rare to see all of these features on custom guns, let alone on ultra-cheap budget pistols. These might seem like small gains, but put together they are pretty awesome. I’m one of those people whose hands just work best with a more 1911 style grip and the SD9VE delivered that.įrom the angle to the size, the grip just fits my hands perfectly.Īs I grew as a shooter I learned to appreciate some of the other ergonomic benefits of the SD9VE like the large beavertail preventing slide-bite, the front serrations, and the textured finger pads on the side of the frame that give me something to push against with my support hand’s thumb. What really made the SD9VE attractive to me in the store was the grip angle. Looking inside the SD9VE you can tell why Glock sued them, but that might also be a big part of why it is so insanely reliable. Once I improved my grip, I never had an issue outside of a couple of odd feed failures and some bad ammo.
I remember having some limp wrist issues early on, but that was my fault as a new pistol shooter. In all that time, I can count on one hand the times I’ve had a malfunction. I’ve put a lot of rounds through this pistol over the years, as near as I can tell at least 5,000 but I think closer to 7,000. But now with the benefit of experience, I don’t think I would ever carry or use this gun over anything else I own.īut it’s reliable and shoots straight. That said, this was a great pistol for a new shooter. The trigger is truly horrible, the grip is oddly smooth and provides little in the way of recoil control, and the stock sights are large and blocky. This is not the pistol I remember it to be, and that’s my fault really since I’m not the same shooter. Now, as an experienced shooter, I kind of hate this gun. I really didn’t pick up that old SD9VE of mine until late last year just for a few rounds of nostalgia. It didn’t take long for me to find a few issues I didn’t love such as I needed more grip to it, and while I didn’t understand why the trigger was bad - I read everywhere that it was.Īn Apex trigger kit and some Talon grip wrap solved both issues and I ran another few thousand rounds between classes and range sessions.Ī year or so later, I moved on to new pistols. It points well, it shoots well, and I felt that I made a lot of progress very quickly learning on it. I remember clearly as I learned basic marksmanship and pistol drills on this gun that I really liked it. After college, starting to get into firearms, and the SD9VE was the right price and felt good in my hands. My Smith & Wesson SD9VE was the first pistol I ever bought. Value priced, reliable to a fault, and marketed as a cheaper alternative to Glock’s G19 pistol - the SD9VE has a reputation among firearm owners.
#Smith and wesson 9mm sd9 series
Thus was born the SD9VE and SD40VE.Ī slightly different grip design, a new coating, a new slide material, a better trigger ( THIS is the “better” version?! More on that later.) and the S&W Sigma became the SD VE series in 9mm and. The Sigma never did very well in the market and wasn’t very liked by people.ġ5 years after settling their lawsuits, Smith & Wesson came out with a new line of pistols that were modeled on their Sigma line - but slightly better. The case was settled out of court in 1997 but the message was clear, Smith & Wesson were naughty. They were also almost direct copies of Glock, so much so that Glock sued Smith & Wesson for patent infringement. Smith & Wesson got into the game in the mid-90’s with the S&W Sigma series of pistols. Some companies have had better success than others.
The SD9 also features an improved stainless steel barrel and slide, which were not standard on the original SD.Since the late 80’s every firearm company has tried to match or beat Glock’s ultra-reliable line of polymer pistols. The Striker-Fired SD9 now features a gray frame! The SD9 is a direct evolution of the Smith & Wesson SD, and its overall design has an improved self-defense trigger, and a comfortable, ergonomic, textured gray frame grip.
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