{"id":264,"date":"2017-09-25T14:51:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T14:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.gunmagwarehouse.com\/wp\/not-cheap-just-inexpensive-the-smith-wesson-sd9\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T14:06:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T19:06:46","slug":"smith-wesson-sd9-not-cheap-just-inexpensive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunmagwarehouse.com\/blog\/smith-wesson-sd9-not-cheap-just-inexpensive\/","title":{"rendered":"Smith & Wesson SD9 \u2014 Not Cheap, Just Inexpensive"},"content":{"rendered":"

If there\u2019s one thing I learned from Michael Bane, it is that cave diving allows for no mistakes. In his book Trail Safe, Bane suggests that a self-defense encounter is similar to cave diving: both are very dangerous and neither is forgiving of mistakes.<\/p>\n

Whether it is cave diving or protecting your life with a firearm, having the right equipment can be the literal difference between life and death. There is a point when spending excessive money on a gun does not offer any additional practical benefit.\u00a0 However, simply buying the cheapest gun you can find is one ingredient for self-defense disaster.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, there are many good, reasonably priced firearms on the market.\u00a0 One of my favorites is the Smith & Wesson SD series of pistols.<\/p>\n

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The Smith & Wesson SD9 VE has a 16+1 capacity with an MSRP of $389.00.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

SD9 Benefits<\/h2>\n

The SD line of handguns can be had in both 9mm and .40 S&W. For a variety of reasons, I prefer 9mm. If you need a firearm and are having to stretch the budget to get one, a 9x19mm<\/span> will provide the least expensive option for training ammunition; it tends to be a few dollars cheaper per box. For the shooting hobbyist, the extra expense is probably no big deal. However, for a mom or dad looking to protect their family and put food on the table, those few extra dollars can make a significant difference.<\/p>\n

Smith & Wesson<\/a> bases the SD line on its older Sigma series of pistols. These are striker-fired handguns that use a polymer frame. They do not have some of the features of more expensive guns such as an ambidextrous magazine release or interchangeable back straps. The SD line does, however, offer reliability at an affordable price.<\/p>\n

These guns have a 4\u201d barrel with a full-size grip.\u00a0 This makes them easy to shoot and handle. While the size is a bit larger than many people would like for concealed carry, with a good holster they can be easily carried under a shirt or jacket for protection outside of the home.<\/p>\n

Two 16-round 9mm magazines are included with the SD9<\/a>. While this is enough to get you started, I always recommend having additional magazines on hand since they are a foreseeable failure point in a semi-automatic handgun. Like the gun itself, additional magazines are inexpensive.<\/p>\n

About the Trigger<\/h2>\n

If the SD line has a flaw, it is the trigger. The trigger on these pistols is somewhat gritty and a touch heavy when compared to many other striker-fired handguns. However, the trigger is still easy to learn and breaks consistently. I would not consider the trigger bad enough to dismiss the SD as a possible handgun for ownership.<\/p>\n

The current line of SD pistols includes options of different colored frames and with features that meet the laws of so-called compliance states.\u00a0 The manufacturer\u2019s suggested retail price for the basic SD9 pistol is $389. Actual prices in your local shop may be much lower. I\u2019ve seen these pistols go for as low as $300 brand new. For a good shooting gun backed by Smith & Wesson\u2019s lifetime service policy, a sub-$400 price tag is a very good bargain indeed.<\/p>\n

I like the SD line a lot. I own an SD40 that I purchased when the guns were first introduced, and I have never regretted the purchase. The gun has proven to be completely reliable and extremely accurate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Smith & Wesson SD9 is inexpensive, but that doesn’t mean it is cheap. In fact, it makes for a pretty good personal protection tool.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2333],"tags":[173,212,252,630,1470,29,99],"class_list":["post-264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-firearm-reviews","tag-sw","tag-smith-wesson","tag-pistol","tag-sd9","tag-9mm-pistol","tag-handgun","tag-self-defense"],"small_media_thumbnail":"https:\/\/gunmagwarehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Smith-_-Wesson-SD9-02-300x201.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunmagwarehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunmagwarehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunmagwarehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunmagwarehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunmagwarehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/gunmagwarehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":441459,"href":"https:\/\/gunmagwarehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264\/revisions\/441459"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunmagwarehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunmagwarehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunmagwarehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunmagwarehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}