A Pearce’ing Review. Pearce Shield Magazine Extension Floorplates

Posted by rick cancino on Feb 18, 2014 in Articles, New Products | Comments Off on A Pearce’ing Review. Pearce Shield Magazine Extension Floorplates

So, I loved my grip of the shield with the 8 round magazine but when I tried the seven round flush mag I hated how my pinky would hangover the bottom. My draw always felt imbalanced and my hand’s compression wasn’t optimal. Now of course, a bigger grip has the downside of printing more when carrying concealed. I was hoping to get the best of both worlds by picking up Pearce’s Mag extensions to allow me to use the 7 round magazine but get my pinky to grab my shield properly. The 7 round magazine was designed to be flush with the bottom of the Shield and the Pearce keeps it close to that base of the handgun when inserted it does not add any addition “height” to where the back of the grip would protrude out of a shirt and print. Pearce’s extensions are made from polymer so they blend into the firearm and look like they shipped with the Shield. Here’s the pearce extension in retail packaging In the next picture you can see the 7 round magazine with the Pearce extension in the Shield. So from the top of the slide to the bottom of the backstrap I got a measurement of 4.18″ I measured 4.97″ from the top of the slide to the front of the Pearce extension And in case you have larger hands you can interchange the Pearce Extension onto the 8 round magazines. When I insert the 8 round magazine I get a total of 4.64″ from the top of the slide to the bottom of the back of the magazine and 5.40″ at the front of the Pearce Extension. Gripping the Shield with the 8 round magazine Gripping the shield with the 7 round magazine Bottom view angle of the extension on the 7 round magazine   They can be ordered from Pearce directly or thru one of their dealers.  The MSRP is $9.95 Products pictured: Elzetta AVS on Bravo body, M&P9 Shield 9mm, Off The Grid Mki Mid Sweat guard...

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