S&W M&P 9mm

[TMan]

I know, I know, if you look at some old threads you will find that I wasn't going to buy one of these. However, a few months ago my dealer had one in 40 S&W and let me dry-fire it. Then I bought the S&W M&P15 and it was lonely. So when the M&P became available in 9mm, I placed my order, and my dealer received it while I was in India.

Today I had Range Officer duty so I took the M&P with me.

The gun comes in a nice plastic case with two additional back-straps. There is a "take-down" tool that also holds the back-strap in place. I've held the H&K USP and never thought it felt just right in my hand. With the replaceable back-straps, it is easy to get a good fit. It comes with two magazines.

Field-stripping is pretty conventional, but there is one extra step: you have to turn the take-down tool 90⁰ and pull it out. You then use it to press down a lever inside the pistol, like you do with Ruger P series.

Since this is a striker-fired pistol, it doesn't have a target trigger. However, the trigger feels much more like that of a Springfield XD than the Glocks.

The gun has two white dots in the rear and one in the front. However, the rear sight is quite wide and throws me off on the X-axis. I have trouble seeing that space and that the front sight is right in the middle of the space.

My results were about what I expected. I thought I would shoot it better than I do the Glocks, but I also thought I'd be happy if it was as good as the XD. I wasn't disappointed.

Hmmm, I can't remember ever being disappointed by a S&W product.

As I expected, there were no problems.

[TMan]

TMan you are an idiot - replying to your own posts - bet you don't have any friends either.

Well, I'm not the only person that was impressed with the M&P, I still can't believe I bought one with such a heavy trigger, but I really like it. So does Jeff Quinn.

www.gunblast.com/SW_MP9.htm

[MLB]

The take down sounds like it was inspired by a High Power. Being a handgun designed primarily as a military sidearm, you can use the dissasembled parts to further take the gun down. Something about that sounds very practical to me.

[TBT]

So Tman, you still liking that M&P? I'm obsessed with that platform. Absolutely love it. Even the looks have me.

[TMan]

TBT, I like the gun, especially if you compare it to the leading tupperware. However, I was never all that accurate with it. I think I mentioned before on the forum that in last July my son-in-law went to a range in Tampa and rented a M&P and a CZ75. I shot the CZ first and he the S&W. I had a real tight group and he was all over the place. Then after 25 rounds, we swapped. He then had the tight group and I was all over the place. The difference is the gun. For close quarters, yes it is a good gun, but definitely doesn't have the same precision as some other models.