Pearce Grips, Grip Extensions - PG-MPS, Escudo S&W M&P, 1-Paquete De,

They fit good... thanks

This magazine modification provides the ergonomics that should've gone into the original factory mag design. First off, packaging was very easy to open. Simply pull apart the folded plastic retail box. Installation was just as simple. All you had to do was press in the catch that keeps the original base plate in position. While keeping the spring depressed into the magazine well, simply slide the Pearce extension in place. It's just that easy. Holding the pistol with the modified magazine felt, for my extra large hands, exactly like the factory S&W 8-round magazine with the extended grip. The fit and finish was matched the pistol in color and texture. I also didn't note any initial changes in the way the pistol balanced in my hand. So, I don't expect that I'd have to relearn how to shoot with this. Of course, there are pros and cons to this extension. You will get a better feel on the grip, but you'll lose one round. With the factory 8-round magazine, the bottom part is has a loose fitting plastic part that fits around the magazine to provide the grip extension over the extra round. In my opinion, I thought this was a little lazy on the part of S&W. Furthermore, when you are shooting, you can feel this part move around a little in your hand. This can be distracting and makes you take a quick second or so to adjust your grip. Hence, Pearce's extension may put an end to this "annoyance" because the extension doesn't move and it give that little extra room for the pinky finger to get a firm grip for large hands. I'll have to go the range to test this theory. Finally, there is the chance that you might be able to conceal carry this a "little" better without the negligible size and weight difference between the 7-round vs the 8-round magazine. Again, another issue that will depend on more on personal preference.

Perfecto

Pro's: -The extension gives a nice handhold at the end of the pistol that makes the standard clip feel even better than the extended clip with a standard baseplate. -The extension fits securely onto the magazine. Con's: -The polymer has a groove where the lip on the base of the magazine slides in, joining the two together. This extension piece has a thicker lip of polymer above that groove than the stock base plates designed for the gun. This creates a tighter fit between the bottom of the grip and baseplate of the magazine. The magazine will still fit into the gun and lock into place, but a considerably more amount of force is required to do so because of the tension between where the pistol grip and baseplate touch. (The magazine must be pounded hard at the baseplate to actually lock it into the gun.) This is enough of an issue that I may try to grind some of the lip off of the extension plate to get more reliable function when inserting/locking the magazine into the pistol's grip. Update: -So after using this more and installing them on other Shields, I have realized that my Shield is just a tighter than normal gun. (Everything about it is a tight fit: the slide to the frame, the magazine in the well, the locked down barrel, etc. This is something that I now deeply appreciate seeing that other Shields are not quite so tight.) That said, the extension fits with space in between the frame without issue on most Shields. I have updated my rating to 5 stars, because I really do love the extension and it makes a world of difference handling the gun with the smaller magazine.

perfect for the 7 round Shield factory mag, gives the pinky the grip it lacked. and still conceals well. A+