Guns & Ammo – October 2019

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light. Unfortunately, in absence of ambient
light, they might as well be black. I was
a fan of fiber optic sights before attend-
ing a low-light shooting class, and I feel
that quality tritium-powered night sights
would benefit the Performance Center
brand for customers like me.
I zeroed and tested accuracy with the
red dot installed. Mounting the red dot
sight was simple, as all tools, screws and
a battery came with it. There is no on/off
switch, making it foolproof so long as you
keep up with changing the battery. At the
range, I adjusted the red dot to co-witness
with the fiber-optic sights.

Trigger Notes Performance Center
triggers are customarily tuned to be better
than standard production guns. The M&P
M2.0 series ships with excellent triggers.
The Performance Center Shield trigger is
advertised as being “tuned,” and it fires
consistently after 5 pounds of pressure is
applied. It is very carryable, but I didn’t
find it to be much different from the stan-
dard Shield M2.0 trigger.
Overtravel is mitigated by a hump
molded into the frame. The hump is stan-
dard on all Shield M2.0 frames. Unfortu-
nately, there is no adjustment. Stacking
.048-inch of tape between the rear of the
trigger and the hump helped me with
accuracy testing. However, defensive
shooters won’t likely notice the minimal
overtravel. The trigger pull was initially
coarse, but firing a few hundred rounds
seemed to smooth it out.

Range Notes The PC Shield arrived with
two steel magazines: one flush-fit seven
rounder and one eight-round mag with
finger extension. The magazines were easier

Easy to

load, the

M2.0 series

magazines are

not difficult

to top off.

One, flush fit,

seven-round

mag and one

eight-rounder

with finger

extension are

included.