S&W SD9VE
Smith's entry-level pistol. Sixteen rounds and a stainless-steel slide at one of the lowest prices on the market. The compromise is the trigger — it's significantly heavier and longer than anything else in the line. If budget is your main constraint, you get a reliable pistol here; if you can spend more, you'll feel the difference.
What's good about it
- One of the cheapest on the market
- 16 rounds
- Durable stainless-steel slide
What's less good
- Heavy, long trigger — the main drawback
- No optic cut
- No interchangeable backstraps
Common user reviews
The remarks that come up most often among owners in Israel and abroad, good and bad. These are user opinions, not our test.
Common praise
- Most common praise: excellent value for the money
- Reliable — it shoots and doesn't jam
- 16 rounds for the price of a small pistol
Common complaints
- Most common complaint: the trigger is heavy and ruins accuracy
- No red-dot provision
- Feels cheap in the hand compared to the rest of the line
Generations and versions
How to mount an optic on it
The S&W SD9VE has no factory optic cut, which is true of most pistols in Israel. There are two routes: milling the slide at a gunsmith, which costs more and is irreversible but sits the optic low; or an adapter that replaces the rear sight, which is cheap and reversible but sits it higher. These are the optics that mount without milling.
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