S&W SD9 Upgrades

I was gifted an unregistered S&W SD9, not new to guns, but new to gun modding, what should I do with it? completely stock right now. some guy sold it to my dad under the table.

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  1. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    >unregistered
    OP is going to giga jail.

  2. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    theres no such thing as needing to register your guns owning them is a human right

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      yeah hence why I am not registering it, but what should I do to it? optics, trigger, etc. I am new to this

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        its a fairly reliable but low end pistol. there is nothing worth doing to upgrade it. just enjoy it as it is. the only real upgrade i would consider would be putting a $20 fiber optic front site.

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        >yeah hence why I am not registering it
        Anon no one "registers" their guns. Are you moronic?

        • 10 months ago
          Anonymous

          europoors do but OP is obviously american

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      Nothing. You don't "upgrade" guns. You learn to use them properly. Getting trained to use them is better than shooting tens of thousands of rounds to figure out what guys who've already shot hundreds of thousands of rounds know, wrote down, and train other people in.

      Rights are written protections in law. If it's not written in law, it's not a right. There's no word in the English language for your gay concepts pertaining to human dignity. The best phrase would be a natural entitlement. I would agree, but no in some states you don't have the right to have unregistered guns, their law requires registration.

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        I feel you, but no red dot sights? just stick with the stock?

        • 10 months ago
          Anonymous

          Red doots are a crutch for noobs who don't know how to use irons. You can be equally as quick and accurate with irons, and not have to bulk up your gun with electronics and glass which are easy failure points.

          On the other hand heard even trained guys say that red doots are helpful because you can see if the dot moves before you pull the trigger, and figure out where you're fricking up and correct it. I had a fst Italian guy from Gunsite smacking me on the back of the head every time I screwed up, so I don't have any issues anymore other than psychological. I know if my shooting is off I need to focus on fundamentals and I'm dead on after a few rounds. I've never had enough of an issue where I'd need a big glowing dot to tell me my sights are moving, you can just look at your sights and see if they're moving when you press the trigger. It also helps to record your gun close up while you're shooting and see if your hands are doing anything or your axis goes off during your press, and correct it that way. That's what instructors do during trainings, but they know what to look for and how to correct it. If you don't, well shit. If all this sounds foreign or unimportant to you, smash your gun with a hammer.

          • 10 months ago
            Anonymous

            This is objectively untrue, everyone gets marked improvement in accuracy, grouping, and speed when using a dot.

            That said there's zero point to putting one on an SD9.

            • 10 months ago
              Anonymous

              This Fudd is full of shit. Red dots make a considerable difference in all aspects of marksmanship pistol and otherwise.

              Wrong. Maybe people without training, unprofessionals. There's also the fact that everyone improves speed and accuracy by receiving professional training. That's an absolute. Putting a red dooterino on my gun isn't going to make me more accurate, there isn't much room to improve. You notraining morons? Yeah it's a fricking game changer. I'd still suggest paying $140 for a class on the fundamentals of marksmanship instead of $300 for a reddit derp.

              • 10 months ago
                Anonymous

                https://i.imgur.com/O1HWEoK.jpg

                A rookie hangun shooter is probably such a poor shot that they'll have difficulty even zeroing an optic. I refuse to believe that anyone with such lacking fundamentals is going to do anything more than spray a standard sized target even with an RDS. Like you've seen when normies post a target they shot?

                if red dots weren't a complete and utter improvement over irons then how come everyone whos career involves using a handgun has a red dot on theirs?

          • 10 months ago
            Anonymous

            This Fudd is full of shit. Red dots make a considerable difference in all aspects of marksmanship pistol and otherwise.

            • 10 months ago
              Anonymous

              A rookie hangun shooter is probably such a poor shot that they'll have difficulty even zeroing an optic. I refuse to believe that anyone with such lacking fundamentals is going to do anything more than spray a standard sized target even with an RDS. Like you've seen when normies post a target they shot?

        • 10 months ago
          Anonymous

          As others have said, shoot the fricking thing first. A lot. You should be able to instinctively point & shoot and barely even see the sights.

          its a fairly reliable but low end pistol. there is nothing worth doing to upgrade it. just enjoy it as it is. the only real upgrade i would consider would be putting a $20 fiber optic front site.

          >fairly reliable but low end pistol
          > just enjoy it as it is
          > consider a $20 fiber optic front site
          This. You're done.

          Shoot 1000 rounds through it as-is. Check if it's P+ rated so you don't destroy it. Use everything you can get your hands on from 105 gr to 147 gr, and try a box of subsonics. Don't waste your money on gucci murder bullets, regular old FMJ and a box or two of basic JHP are enough. It will perform differently with different loads, try to identify loads that seem to work better in it. I've got an old 5906. It loves 124 gr, is OKay with 115 gr, likes 147 gr almost as much as 124. Generally, rounds rated for 1100-1250 fps seem about as best as it performs. 115 @1300 fps is always a wider group, but still very acceptable for practical defense. If I miss your heart by one inch at 20 yards, you're still well fricked.

          After you've done that, you will have a list of annoyances and things you like. Come back and tell us about your list. Don't do anything more than proper cleaning until then. Don't ask idiotic questions like MUG TRIGGER SPRINGZ!!! until you've shot a dozen boxes through it.

          Look into available magazines for it. If you intend to keep it, you'll want about half a dozen that are durable and (probably) different capacities.

          >Shoot 1000 rounds through it as-is
          >Don't do anything more than proper cleaning until then
          This.

          Come back and discuss it later. Use a search engine and get informed, like serious reviews, not some zoomer tard yahooing on a mememetoob channel. Learn how to break it down and clean the frick out of it first, find schematics and study them. If you want to start swapping parts later, you're going to need to do this anyway.

          • 10 months ago
            Anonymous

            >You should be able to instinctively point & shoot and barely even see the sights.

            how to let people know you don't shoot.

            • 10 months ago
              Anonymous

              You should be able to point shoot. If your gun's a good fit it shouldn't even require effort.
              It was standard combat doctrine for centuries and it didn't stop working just because statistical analysis showed there was a more effective way.

            • 10 months ago
              Anonymous

              I've put more than 6000 rounds through just one of my handguns. Always has and still does have iron sights. I only pay close attention to them when I'm trying for high scores.

              (You), however, couldn't shoot to save your life. Literally.

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        >There's no word in the English language for your gay concepts pertaining to human dignity.
        that all men are created equal, that they are endowed, by their Creator, with certain unalienable rights

        • 10 months ago
          Anonymous

          >certain unalienable rights
          They're trying to make up a phrase to describe the concept right there, and this is probably why Americans can't define a right, because the founders got them fricked up. If rights meant what you think it means, they'd have just said rights, not convoluted it with extra descriptive words. They're trying to describe a concept of natural or God-given entitlements. Rights are a an objective thing in law, the word stems from writs which means written laws or written commands. Courts still use the Latin word when they issue warrants/court orders (writ of restitution, writ of replevin, etc).

          It's important to understand rights because if you do, you know how to protect existing ones and get more of them. Get protections written into law, don't just whine "I'm entitled to X and Y" with no objective backing.

          • 10 months ago
            Anonymous

            >with no objective backing.
            the gun is the backing

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        >Rights are written protections in law
        Just the opposite. If it's not written,it's permitted. You have to be prevented from doing something through intervention in order to prevent your right. Your right is whatever you say it is until you're forced to dispute it.

  3. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    What country are you from that you need to “register” a shitty handgun? Does your government care that you own a poor person handgun?

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      From her mum's c**t.

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      Since it's an SD9 it's obviously America, you think anywhere else is going to import those?

      yeah hence why I am not registering it, but what should I do to it? optics, trigger, etc. I am new to this

      The registry is the 4473, unless you somehow manage to transfer it to yourself there's no way for you to "register" it anyway.

      Your government certainly does.

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      Absolutely every country in the world except USA, anon.

  4. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    >unregistered
    Nogunz who has watched too many movies confirmed

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      you're telling me that when you buy a gun and they do the background checks and such on you that your name isn't tied to that gun in a database authority can access?

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        >unregistered
        Nogunz who has watched too many movies confirmed

        I was really under the impression that any gun can be traced back to the location that sold it and the person it was sold to. is this incorrect?

  5. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    Apex actually makes triggers for the SD series.

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      https://i.imgur.com/0kf1NVq.jpg

      I was gifted an unregistered S&W SD9, not new to guns, but new to gun modding, what should I do with it? completely stock right now. some guy sold it to my dad under the table.

      You don't *need* to make any modifications to the SD9VE but an apex trigger is the most popular modification and the one that will probably be the biggest tangible upgrade.
      Other than that, I'd put grip tape on it if I had one, the grip on my buddy's nigma doesn't have a lot of positive grip.

  6. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    Just put a quality light on it and you’re good. Spend money and time on ammo practicing with it. They’re good handguns, Smith & Wesson just copied Glock (so closely that Glock sued them over it and won resulting in S&W having to pay Glock for every SD pistol they produce)

  7. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    >unregistered
    If it has a serial number the government knows ot exists. As for upgrades, Apex sells a kit to improve the trigger pull. That's all you really need to improve a handgun. Perhaps something like a Tlr-1 for home defense
    >but muh micro dot
    Firstly, it only helps if you trained a ton with it, for a n00b it's more of a handicap. Secondly it's a budget pistol, the cost of a slide cut alone would probably be more than the gun and that's before we even start looking at optics.

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      >hay guise i got this gun
      >white-background stock image
      >one specific word meant to torpedo the thread on purpose
      >everyone falls for it

      hmm

      yeah obvious the government knows it exists, it just can’t tie the gun back to me, that’s all I meant. wasn’t trying to be inflammatory.

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      He can put a dagger slide that already has the optics cut on it.

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        >He can put a dagger slide that already has the optics cut on it.
        he cant
        its not compatible without heavy modification

        • 10 months ago
          Anonymous

          https://gallowayprecision.com/smith-and-wesson/sigma-and-sd/optic-mount-plate-for-smith-and-wesson-sd-and-sd-ve-pistols

  8. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    >hay guise i got this gun
    >white-background stock image
    >one specific word meant to torpedo the thread on purpose
    >everyone falls for it

    hmm

  9. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    Shoot 1000 rounds through it as-is. Check if it's P+ rated so you don't destroy it. Use everything you can get your hands on from 105 gr to 147 gr, and try a box of subsonics. Don't waste your money on gucci murder bullets, regular old FMJ and a box or two of basic JHP are enough. It will perform differently with different loads, try to identify loads that seem to work better in it. I've got an old 5906. It loves 124 gr, is OKay with 115 gr, likes 147 gr almost as much as 124. Generally, rounds rated for 1100-1250 fps seem about as best as it performs. 115 @1300 fps is always a wider group, but still very acceptable for practical defense. If I miss your heart by one inch at 20 yards, you're still well fricked.

    After you've done that, you will have a list of annoyances and things you like. Come back and tell us about your list. Don't do anything more than proper cleaning until then. Don't ask idiotic questions like MUG TRIGGER SPRINGZ!!! until you've shot a dozen boxes through it.

    Look into available magazines for it. If you intend to keep it, you'll want about half a dozen that are durable and (probably) different capacities.

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