No range report on the Shield yet-several bouts of thunderstorms today, power out for most of the afternoon.
Perfessor Super Marvel, the S&W Shield comes either with or without a manual safety (required for some states). Mine has none, just the "trigger safety", and a somewhat long trigger pull. S&W uses a sort of hinged trigger, instead of the Glock style scissor trigger most of the other striker fired guns have. The S&W and Rugers that have a manual safety, have one that operates like a 1911, although it's somewhat smaller. Frame mounted, and down is off. The "Backwards" safeties are the ones on DA/SA autos, mounted on the slide, which are "up is off", like the Smith 39/59 series, Ruger P-series, Beretta M-9, etc.