The smith and Wesson M&P (9mm)
Well I’d sold my Glock, and I was now without a pistol, it
stayed that way for a week or so until I was invited to shoot a pistol match
with a friend, and I really wanted to go. I had some cash from the sks so I
went shopping. I only had $450 so with that entered in the search criteria on
ksl’s pistol classifieds I started browsing. I found a sti of some kind and
spent three days trying to get him to answer the phone, with no success. With
one day to go I found a smith and Wesson M&P in 9mm. I need to be honest I
had never heard of the M&P before, but I figured the price was right and It
came with three mags so I jumped. I had every intention of shooting the match
with it and reselling it the day after, but something magic happened. I fell in
love. It shot so great the sights were good the trigger was fine, the grip was
amazing the recoil way lighter than the Glock, and it pointed great. Shooting
the m&p became second nature. It was an extension of my arm, a part of my
body almost right away. This is the most
natural pointing gun I had ever handled. I still have the m&p partly
because I still love it but mostly because it no longer looks good and as such
would be hard to sell. I have put over 12,000 rounds through the pistol, in
that time it has only had one occasion when it misbehaved at all, and that was
a squib, not the gun. It always goes bang and almost always hits the target
(though I am sure the organic but holding it is to blame for that) I love it so
much I now have three of them all 9mm and all full size. In my humble opinion
there is no better polymer based pistol gun on the market today. I will say the
trigger is not great, for almost everyone it is fine, but I am picky so all my
m&p’s have an apex polymer trigger of some sort. If you are in the market
for a quality pistol you owe it to yourself to go to your local gun shop and at
least handle this fine pistol. My first
one has upgraded irons and a stippled grip as well.
THE GOOD:
I love the blade tech holster and mag pouch for the m&p
mine also came with a practice barrel but it is kind of a silly thing.
Warren tactical sights are my favorite I went through a
bunch of sights looking for one I liked and the warren rear is nice and sharp
has great anti-glare and crisp edges. I only run the rear.
I wanted night sights
for the front I got the trijicon night sight with a white ring around the
tritium insert so day time shooting is easy to; I have this as my front sight.
Apex knows how to
make a great trigger.
I learned to stipple grips from YouTube and love the way it
makes the grip stay put, especially when wet.
Arondillo +6 mag extensions
work great, so do Taylor freelance +10.
THE BAD:
I don’t much care for the safari land iwb leather holster.
The angle was not comfortable.
FINAL THOUGHTS:
I love this gun. it has over 12000 rounds through it, and I
will probably always have it, partly because I have shot the crap out of it and
it looks like it, but mostly because I love it.
