From Smith & Wesson . . .
Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ Global Select: SWBI), a leader in firearm manufacturing and design, introduces the all-new S&W EQUALIZER.
Level the playing field with our best-performing micro-compact to date. Next-gen EZ technology, low recoil impulse, and versatile magazine capacity all in a compact footprint, make the EQUALIZER an ultimate CCW. This 9MM offering provides the perfect balance of power and capacity across 10, 13, and 15-round magazines.
The EQUALIZER features a single-action trigger that allows for a short take-up, clean break, and fast reset to make follow-up shots quicker. The slide operates using easy-to-rack technology to cater to a wide variety of needs and the frame includes a picatinny-style rail to mount lights or lasers for any defense scenario. A new optic cut pattern allows the user to mount their choice of sight for enhanced accuracy and the 3.675” barrel gives a longer sight radius for increased iron sight precision. The EQUALIZER also features a new grip texture and pattern designed to give you more control when firing and more comfort when carrying.
“The EQUALIZER is a total package micro-compact pistol. Its multi-purpose design allows for a variety of setup options for use at the range and/or for personal carry, while not compromising on firepower or comfort,” said John Myles, Senior Manager of New Products.
Get the big performance you need in a small, versatile handgun. Smith & Wesson is proud to introduce the S&W EQUALIZER.
Caliber: 9mm Luger
Capacity: Caliber10+1, 13+1, 15+1
Safety: Thumb Safety
Length: 6.75
Front Sight: White Dot
Rear Sight: White 2-Dot
Action: Internal Hammer Fired
Grip: Polymer
Barrel Material: Stainless Steel with Armornite Finish
Slide Material: Stainless Steel with Armornite Finish
Frame Finish: Matte Black
Barrel Length: 3.675″ (9.3 cm)
Weight: 22.9 oz.
MSRP: $599
Check out the EQUALIZER at www.smith-wesson.com.
Not bad looking, but they could have scaled down the large sized engraved EQUALIZER on the left side of the slide.
at least it’s not the equity.
The next model, the Equitizer, is still in development. It will be trans-calibered. You can put whatever kind of ammo in it that you identify with on a given day.
There’s been reliability problems. Also, be aware that it you call it a .40 when it’s loaded with 9mm, you could be charged with a hate crime.
🤣🤣🤣🤣Democrat’s.
I’ve got to give the CEO of S & W credit though. When called before Maloney’s Gun Violence “Committee,” he had the balls to say he supports abolishing the NFA and limiting ATF. Unlike Ruger and Daniel Defense who asked which cheek would Maloney like kissed.
Can you imagine what a hostile prosecutor or a criminal’s attorney would say about that? Better to have a plain Shield EZ.
Yeah, my thought exactly. Might as well have the Punisher logo.
So we have the Shield. Then the Shield Plus. Then the Shield 2.0. Then the EZ. Now the Equalizer…
I’m old, not in the best of shape and not as scrappy as I used to be. My firearm is my “Equalizer” if ever attacked.
Now they just need different color grips and it would officially be a Sign!
I agree. Frankly, I shy away from guns and accessories from manufacturers that want you to be their advertisement signs. A little bit of small discreet wording or a small company logo, well ok, but this big screaming EQUALIZER is a bit over the top.
Then again, who wants a weapon to be equal, I want something above and beyond superior that commands attention, give it a real kickass name first off!
Oh, then you want the “SOUL DESTROYING LIFE ENDING AVENGING EQUALIZER ++” model. It comes complete with a tactical ‘Punisher Skull’ card deck dispenser that places a ‘Punisher Skull’ card on each bad guy you take down. For an extra $100.00 you can get the Picitinny rail mounted tactical Charon’s obol coin dispenser so you can also place Charon’s obol coins on the eyes of the deceased bad guys.
“Oh, then you want the “SOUL DESTROYING LIFE ENDING AVENGING EQUALIZER ” model.”
Not at all. Without the ability to attach a miniature chain saw, what you describe is pretty weak sauce.
“Not at all. Without the ability to attach a miniature chain saw, what you describe is pretty weak sauce.”
Don’t worry, the after market will take care of that for you.
😁
Hmmm, hammer fired, external safety…treat it as a 1911 when carrying and it should work well. Wonder how the trigger is?
Maybe we have a worthy contender for the Sig 365…finally.
csx
csx is shorter lengthwise, lighter, slightly wider and taller. and the 1911 grip angle.
and alloy framed.
Like the 365 I have but always good to have multiple forms of competition.
The trigger on mine is quite good. Not as good as the promotional material but better than expected. While testing it, I did have one inadvertent double tap. I blame the shooter, not the gun. To me, the Equalizer is a good firearm but the 365 is way better.
I understand taste is subjective, but that is one ugly sidearm.
I still want to shoot it.
Great! Just what I want engraved on the side of my EDC if I have to use it. What Soul Stealer, Avenger, and Life Ender was taken?
Well, you can always get a ra-pee’d.
I like the optic ready side and I want to like the gun itself, but that safety on the back of the grip completely eliminates the probability of me ever purchasing one.
The “safety on the back of the grip” is there because it’s a hammer-fired single action pistol that cannot be decocked. Since they offer both a manual and a no-manual safety model- a grip safety is required for practicable carry with a round in the chamber. Without that grip safety, it would be akin to carrying a 1911 with a disabled grip safety in Condition 0… not something anyone with a measurable IQ would be keen to do.
Regarding grip safeties, this may be interesting to you (and maybe others):
https://www.forgottenweapons.com/how-the-1911-got-its-safeties-and-why-its-ancestors-had-none/
I like the gun but HATE the name. The M&P name had a certain brand credibility; this sounds tacky and unworthy of S&W. Way too inviting to hostile counsel; like a Mossberg “Persuader”.
Yep.
Again, an S&W niche in a niche.
This should have been a metal Shield Plus.
Why a grip safety? Normal 1911s aren’t safe without it, and the HS Produkt’s thing only has it so it passes ATF “sporting purpose” (reminder that the ATF holds the Mossberg 590’s bayonet lug would disqualify it from being “sporting purpose” for importation law, but not “sporting purpose” for if it’s a “destructive device”). Why does this thing have it?
It’s a hammer-fired single action pistol that cannot be decocked, and since they offer a no-manual safety version- it NEEDS to have a grip safety in order for it to be carried safely with a round in the camber.
Yep. A decocker would be nice.
Hmmmm. Is that actually a grip safety, or is it a cocking mechanism a-la the old H&K P7?
If the latter . . . holding the gun in the firing position would cock it, and releasing it automatically de-cocks it. That could be *very* interesting.
That’s a grip safety like the other EZ guns.
https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/gun-review-smith-wesson-mp380-shield-ez/
Rats.
This only confirms that I want it.
Agreed, I fail to understand the hate on the grip safety concept. After years- decades- of 1911 use, the grip safeties have never once been a problem for me. Not that I drop firearms as a rule, the time my chambered-cocked-unlocked Combat Commander hit the floor it may have been prevented from firing by the grip safety. Just sayin, YMMV! I just do not understand the active dislike of the grip safety…
Grip safety- just as any enclosed hammer-fired single action pistol without a manual safety SHOULD have…
Agreed, for instance all Glock pistols. IMO. I carry Glocks nowadays, having weaned myself off the 1911 CC and BHP…
i need another 9mm handgun like i need a hole in the head
nevertheless
i shall purchase this one
if
and only if
they make a performance center version of it
it will be my 380 shield ezs companion
which is also a performance center version
More striker crap.
It says it has a hammer.
If I understand it correctly, it is not striker fired, but has the internal concealed hammer like the rest of the EZ series. Kind of like a modern version of the Colt 1903.
I like the concept and styling of this gun with the exception of “Equalizer” slapped across the side. Just make a simple S&W rollmark and call it a day as far as branding. Even Springfield is starting to listen and have the name in smaller font along the slide like their new “Prodigy” line.
me want!
Wow, that is a terrible looking piece of hardware. Over the top everything, like it was designed by a 90’s Jersey housewife. Throw some leopard print on it.
Peak Cringe.
This is the sort of thing I’d expect from Springfield.
@40 cal Booger
“Don’t worry, the after market will take care of that for you.”
Not sure we are talking about the same thing.
“Aftermarket” for me is a chilled decanter of ChamPipple, as a reward for a tough day at the grocery store.
I borrowed one and fired it at my range today. Rear sight was off – shot low and to the left. It is easy to rack, but my biggest complaint is the LONG trigger reset. After a number of failed attempts, seems I had to let my finger to almost the trigger guard to reset. And you’re right – the huge, screaming roll mark is a bit over the top. Strangely, these pics show a thumb safety, but the NTS model has none. The three mags and Maglula loader is a nice touch, but no thanks.
Strangely, the NTS model has No Thumb Safety… go figure.
I don’t know how to add an emoji so consider this a Laughing Smiley Face.
Grip Safeties: Virtuous Feature or Pyalgic Anachronism?
I recall reading, many years ago, that John Moses himself, considered the Grip Safety to be redundant, and that he only added it to the design at the insistence of the Ordinance Dept. I don’t remember if it was in a book or a gun magazine article that I’d read, but the fact that he didn’t considered a GS for the High Power speaks silent volumes.
I can vividly recall, at six or seven, my father taking me shooting for the first time, and him tapping my forehead gently with his index finger, and saying “the best most foolproof safety on a gun is right in here.” In the 56 years since then, I’ve had one negligent discharge in my teens, when the bulky gloves I was wearing as I attempted to remove the cartridge from a model 94, slipped off the hammer, and discharged into the dirt in front of me. That was the first and only time, and the look on my father’s face I can remember to this day. I was ready to sink into the ground.
I’m not a 1911 Fan, a Spanish made Clone I purchased in the early 80s was the original Jam-O-Matic. I couldn’t get rid of that gun quick enough, and sold it at a considerable loss. I’m afraid that has made me leery of exploring the platform more. Now that I’m retired on a fixed income, it’s doubtful I’ll have opportunity to try the platform or S&W’s latest offering. Especially since the current A$$hole in Chief seems intent on ruining the US Economy.
How the 1911 Git Its Safeties
https://www.forgottenweapons.com/how-the-1911-got-its-safeties-and-why-its-ancestors-had-none/
The Hi-Power was not designed for the same market as the 1911.
And the Hi-Power has a manual safety- would you want to carry one chambered and cocked WITHOUT a manual OR a grip safety…?
I would appreciate some information on how an easy to rack pistol would not have an increase in felt recoil. I fired one the other day and thought the recoil was very snappy, especially compared to my 365. Maybe it is technically true that there is no increase in recoil, considering physics, inertia and all that stuff, but it felt as if the lighter weight spring sure translated to more felt recoil.