Magazine transitions were smooth and easy, and accuracy was good. The trigger pull did not feel too stiff to either one of us, and every round fed without problem. Both my wife and I fired several magazines through it. My personal impression of the SD9VE is that it appears to be a good solid, reliable firearm. Remove the the slide spring and guide rod. Push the slide forward to remove it from the frame. Pull the slide back slightly, pull down the small pins located on both sides of the slide. To disassemble the SD9VE for cleaning make sure the chamber is empty, pull the trigger to drop the striker, and remove the magazine. One feature that I particularly like is a small half-moon view port on the back of the chamber that enables you to see, without pulling the slide back, if there is a round in the chamber. The slide release and magazine release are both located within easy reach on the left side of the frame. The slide is deeply textured for easy grip when chambering a round. The body of the SD9VE is black and the slide is dull silver-gray. There is a small rail under the barrel that can be used for mounting a laser or light. The sights are fixed with a white dot on the front post and to each side of the rear notch. The SD9VE is 1.5 inches wide, 7.2 inches long, and weighs 22.7 ounces without the magazine. It will still fire without the magazine inserted. The SD9VE is striker fired so there is no exposed hammer.Įvery shot is double action, and the trigger has about a seven pound pull. View holes on the sides of the magazine allow you to see how many rounds are in the mag. It has a double stack magazine with 16 rounds capacity. The SD9VE is chambered for 9mm parabellum. The Smith and Wesson SD9VE is a medium size auto loading pistol with a polymer frame and a stainless steel slide and barrel. So here’s the basic info on the Smith and Wesson SD9VE: I held it up next to my son’-in-law’s Glock and it looked almost like a twin. I was interested to read that Glock had actually sued Smith and Wesson over the design of this pistol, and I can see why they did. But all reviewers seemed to agree that it was a sweet shooter and fed all brands of ammo with great reliability. There were some concerns expressed about durability of the slide guide-rod since it is polymer rather than steel and several noted that the SD9 has no safety. The reviews that I read and watched were nearly all positive. I didn’t want my wife trusting her life to a junker (although I have never heard of a Smith and Wesson junker), so it was time to do a little inter-net research. The only thing that worried me a little was that, with the exception of the Kel-Tec, it was considerably less expensive than the others. The body of the grip was the same width as the other pistols, so it had no problem holding a double stack magazine. We held the SD9VE up next to a couple of the other nines and determined that the difference in size was due to the thinner slabs on the grip. The Smith and Wesson SD9VE was the best fit. We tried a Beretta, a Glock, a Sig, a Springfield, a Kel-Tec, and a Smith and Wesson. The next step was to go to the gun shop and try a few on for size. So we knew that we were looking for a 9mm auto loader with a high capacity magazine. I have a 9mm, my son has a 9mm, my brother-in-law has a 9mm, and my son-in-law has a 9mm so when we get a good deal on ammo we can buy in bulk (no good deals lately). A 9mm would have the added bonus of being kind of a family standard round. So we pretty much decided on a 9mm it was just a matter of finding one with a double stack magazine that would fit her hand. 380, but she felt that it was too small and she was concerned about the stopping power of the lighter round. The grip was just too bulky, and her thumb couldn’t reach the left side magazine release button. She shot my Taurus PT-92 and found that it didn’t feel comfortable in her hand. Our main concern was the thickness of the grip. 357 revolver so she knew that the 9mm wouldn’t be a problem. 380’s are more compact and it’s a slightly tamer round than the 9mm, but my wife wasn’t concerned too much about recoil. We pretty much decided to go with an auto-loader for magazine capacity, and we talked some about caliber. My wife decided recently that she wanted a handgun to carry for self defense, so we started doing a little research and window shopping to try a pick out a good one.
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