A Farewell to Arms (Why I jumped off the Glock bandwagon)

[esrice]

I too am eyeballing an M&P, but in the .45 flavor.

I got a chance to shoot the .45 version last year. I remember remarking how the grip didn't feel any larger than my G19 grip.

I wish the 9mm had the forward cocking serrations.

 

[lovemachine]

I got a chance to shoot the .45 version last year. I remember remarking how the grip didn't feel any larger than my G19 grip.

I wish the 9mm had the forward cocking serrations.

Forward cocking serrations?

 

[JR50]

Forward cocking serrations?

Like an XD!

 

[Westside]

I am almost in the same boat. I used to EDC a Glock 19. And then I discovered how much better I was with a m&p 9 compact. I recently sold my Glock 21, and bought a new m&p 9 compact.

And have been carrying it ever since.

And I'm seriously thinking about selling my Glock 19, to buy a M&P 9.

I'm just not sure what to do!

I buy guns I don't sell them. I am just saying buddy.

 

[jd4320t]

I got a chance to shoot the .45 version last year. I remember remarking how the grip didn't feel any larger than my G19 grip.

I wish the 9mm had the forward cocking serrations.

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[lovemachine]

I buy guns I don't sell them. I am just saying buddy.

You and I are in different financial situations

I sold things to get my guns. And I have sold a couple guns to get other guns.

 

[esrice]

Forward cocking serrations?

Serrations on the front of the slide, just like those that are on the rear.

The .45 version comes with them already.

They come in handy for the way I press check.

Like an XD!

Eww.

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Heard about them. Now I'll have to check out pricing.

 

[esrice]

I forgot to add some of the videos we shot during Range Day 2.

First one is me shooting the M&P9 at varying sized steel targets from 15 yards (45 feet).

[ame]http://youtu.be/o_zED2l6Iuo[/ame]

Second one is me just drilling the 9" plate from the same distance. Here I was watching my recoil management and tracking.

[ame]http://youtu.be/411l-do8DaE[/ame]

The last one is what I used to critique my trigger control. If you watch it several times closely you can see how my jerking of the trigger results in a miss. Watch for my finger to come flying off the trigger after the shot breaks. Oops. lol

[ame]http://youtu.be/w-Rf6wk6OtU[/ame]

 

[ATM]

You know... you're gonna miss that Kool-Aid


...and the cookies! Have you thought about the cookies?



Just kidding, I'm proud of you.

No, really! You're one baby step closer to that sweet sweet XD love that you aren't yet ready to admit.

 

[MontereyC6]

As a Sig convert, I know the feeling in the pit of your stomach. It's hard to admit that a particular tool works better. Buying the M&P is the cheap part, now think of all the mags, holsters, mag holders....

 

[fastwally]

Excellent write up, pics and videos.

You just want something new, right?

 

[gglass]

I love you man!

It takes a big man to look outside the box, when he has spent so many years defending that box.

Like you, I made the transition from Glock to M&P, except that I made the switch almost as soon as the M&P hit the market. The difference between us is simply that I was never truly comfortable with either of the Glocks I owned... They just didn't fit my hand or the way I shot. It always seemed like I had to conform to the eccentricities of the Glock, instead of just melding with the gun like I can do with a 1911 or M&P.

I have and always will respect the Glock platform for its innovation and vault-like toughness, but I recognize that man and machine have to be symbiotic to work well. I just never achieved natural symbiosis with the platform, but that changed when the M&P came to market.

This M&P group was just not possible with me behind the trigger of a Glock. My G19 would have been almost 2x CTC at 15-yards.

As soon as a better fitting (for me) polymer hits the market, I will ditch the M&P platform like a bad habit. Until then, the M&P is my go-to high-cap handgun of choice.

Welcome to the M&P club!

 

[climber409]

Excellent write!!!Thanks

 

[halfmileharry]

Well written and thought out. I have the same grip issue with Glock. I haven't held an M&P but I'll have to check one out now.
Have you tried a stock trigger model?

 

[OneBadV8]

Now might be a good time to mention that I DO take firearm donations! Someone's got to have an extra M&P9 lying around, right?

Think OneBadV8 would notice if his never made it back home?

 

[IndyGunworks]

I will admit i didnt read all the posts so i am sorry if its been covered, but you compared a compact gun to full size. Often the full size guns are easier to handle, and your hands would probably be more comforitable on a full size glock 17 as they are on the M and P when compared to similar compact guns.

great write up and review, but you were not comparing apples to apples.

 

[indyartisan]

That "Dear Gaston Letter" was Great!

 

[Cwood]

I will admit i didnt read all the posts so i am sorry if its been covered, but you compared a compact gun to full size. Often the full size guns are easier to handle, and your hands would probably be more comforitable on a full size glock 17 as they are on the M and P when compared to similar compact guns.

great write up and review, but you were not comparing apples to apples.

That really isn't correct. As a full size MP9 is the same size as a G19. The Pro or 5" MP9L is the same size as a G17.

 

[wdan5906]

Glock vs. M&P

esrice

Great field report! I have had a love-hate relationship with the Glock since I first shot a gen 1 in Feb. 1988. I have also had a love-hate relationship since I first shot a M&P 9 in Aug. 2006. No handgun has ever fit/felt better in MY hand--and shot better--than a S&W 5906/4006. I will admit, I am a product of the wondernine wars of the 1980's! I seem to jump back and forth from glock to m&p----right now going thru an m&p phase.

 

[mk2ja]

Great post. Funny that just last night I bought a S&W M&P, planning to sell (wanna guess?) my G3 G19 to recover the cost.