![]() ![]() The cutout is a bit large to interface with a wider range of reflex sights. The slide on the Equalizer has a cutout and cover plate that makes it optics ready. This trigger is good, way better than the trigger on the Smith & Wesson CSX pistols I’ve fired. Some might consider this a negative, but I fired more than 300 rounds out of this pistol running various, fast-action, multi-shot defensive drills and never did I short stroke the trigger with it failing to reach the reset. The trigger reset was audible but couldn’t be felt. Safeties aside, the trigger on this pistol was very nice, much nicer than any factory-out of the box-striker-action pistol I’ve fired. Smith & Wesson Equalizer with the manual thumb safety. If a pistol is fitted with a manual thumb safety and if it is used as it is supposed to be this won’t happen. When doing so, the finger contacts the holster and presses the trigger, and a bullet ends up in the shooter’s ass cheek or leg. Many self-inflicted gunshot wounds occur because shooters holster their handgun with their finger on the trigger. I know, some folks don’t like thumb safeties, but they’re one of the best features available to make a handgun safer. If it did, I might’ve written Smith & Wesson a check. The test pistol didn’t have this feature. The grip safety might make the Equalizer a bit ugly, but it’s a good design.Īn ambidextrous thumb safety is available as an option. I tried to make it fail to deactivate by altering my grip and wasn’t successful unless I established a grip more than an inch below the pistol’s tang. If you establish a good shooting grip on the gun, the grip safety deactivates. When shooting the Equalizer I gave it no notice at all. Smith & Wesson chose to include a grip safety on the Equalizer, and while I know some balk at the idea, and I’ll admit it does nothing to make this pistol attractive, it works to perfection. When the Equalizer is fired, the single-action hammer moves to this position to strike the firing pin, which is contained inside the slide. The hammer just stays cocked until you pull the trigger. However, the firing mechanism is the same when the gun is fired, the slide recoils to the rear and cocks the hammer. Because of this, you don’t have the option of lowering the hammer manually, such as you would on a 1911. At the bottom rear of the slide there’s a hollowed-out section that allows the hammer to rotate from the cocked to the fired position. Well, this is technically a contained single-action the hammer is hidden under the slide. You’re probably wondering where-since this is a single-action-the hammer is. Another difference is that the Equalizer is only available chambered for the 9mm Luger, where the Shield EZ can be had in. But unlike the Shield Plus, the Equalizer-like the Shield EZ-is a single-action as opposed to striker-fired pistol. In fact, it uses S&W Shield Plus magazines. It resembles the M&P Shield EZ, but the Equalizer uses double as opposed to single-stack magazines. The Equalizer is a poly-framed, micro-compact, 9mm pistol. With its multiple magazine options, optional thumb safety, compact size and easy rack technology, the Smith & Wesson Equalizer is a carry gun that’ll fit nearly everyone. Smith & Wesson’s new Equalizer pistol epitomizes the refinement of design to best interface with customers. But at the same time, this new pistol is just a perfect example of American gunmaking at its best. It’s also partly because just last year they launched a brand-new self-defense handgun called the CSX. This is partly because Smith & Wesson already has a diverse collection of respected self-defense handguns. I was a bit shocked when I saw the announcement of the Equalizer pistol from Smith & Wesson. ![]()
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