M&P .40 police trade in. Have these been around that long?

[SmileDocHill]

I own 2 M&P's and love them. As a model I didn't think these had been around long enough for a Police dept. to have gone through their life cycle yet.

Smith & Wesson M&P .40 Pistol

 

[Stschil]

They are all from Arizona PD's. Gently used, being traded because the round capacity isn't large enough for the SWAT Teams.

 

[E5RANGER375]

well if anyone was selling their M&P40 they just lost a bunch of potential buyers, lol.

 

[E5RANGER375]

They are all from Arizona PD's. Gently used, being traded because the round capacity isn't large enough for the SWAT Teams.

the M&P was too accurate. they were actualy hitting their targets within the first magazine. they needed to switch to glocks so that they could fire at least 30 rounds per officer before the suspect goes down

 

[Dorky_D]

That is a great price! I am still fairly new to this stuff, so this is a noob question. What would be the biggest drawback on getting one? Yeah, I know they could have some wear. Do these suckers wear out?

 

[SSGSAD]

That is a great price! I am still fairly new to this stuff, so this is a noob question. What would be the biggest drawback on getting one? Yeah, I know they could have some wear. Do these suckers wear out?

NO, S&W's NEVER wear out, that is why there are very few parts available ..... ( I don't know how to make purple) !!!!!

 

[Stschil]

That is a great price! I am still fairly new to this stuff, so this is a noob question. What would be the biggest drawback on getting one? Yeah, I know they could have some wear. Do these suckers wear out?

Biggest drawback? Someday, it might be traced back to a [STRIKE]murder[/STRIKE] justified SWAT shooting

I kid, I kid.

 

[STEEL CORE]

Fugly

 

[04DarkShadowGT]

Fugly

I didnt see any pics of a Glock

 

[Indy317]

I own 2 M&P's and love them. As a model I didn't think these had been around long enough for a Police dept. to have gone through their life cycle yet.

I'm wondering about this as well. AIM is out of Ohio, and most PDs are going to go with a state company if they can. AIM is specifically located between Dayton and Cincinnati not to far from I-75. From what I could find, Columbus, OH PD purchased 1,875 .40S&W M&P Pistols. A Sgt. is quoted as saying that one of the goals was to find a pistol that could fit the various hand sizes of that many officers. This was back in 9/2006. I read some un-official sources that say Cincinnati went 9mm.

So if they are Columbus, OH PD pistols, that would make them going on five years old. Not sure how long most big city departments change out their pistols. One thing they might have done was go to Glock. The quote from the Sgt. mentioned grip size, and now that new Glocks have a changeable grip, maybe they switched?

Sidearms can change with whoever comes into power as well. Price also will play a big factor. If S&W lost Columbus PD, that would be a huge blow. Some suburban agencies will sometimes go with whatever their big city counter-part goes with, and they are sometimes even more political when it comes to the issue duty weapon. It is much cheaper to get approval to trade in four year old pistols for Glocks for forty officers than hundreds of officers.

 

[Dorky_D]

I heard of a police department in eastern Indiana that got rid of their S&Ws a few years ago because of reliability issues. I think they may have sent them back to S&W though.

 

[joshuametivier]

E5RANGER, I was waiting for the jokes to start flying.. I am so worked up about that. Joshua

 

[E5RANGER375]

E5RANGER, I was waiting for the jokes to start flying.. I am so worked up about that. Joshua

what were you selling one?

 

[joshuametivier]

Oh.. I thought you were referring to the Jose Guerena case when you said they were too accurate with M&P. I laughed.

 

[MeatyBacchus]

Pass

 

[E5RANGER375]

Oh.. I thought you were referring to the Jose Guerena case when you said they were too accurate with M&P. I laughed.

oh, lol. i forgot i posted that

 

[EPD1102]

I don't want to come across as a M&P hater because I've never personally owned one.
I do have friends on two different departments who had M&Ps and they had LOTS of problems with them. S&W ended up buying both departments new guns from different manufacturers but the departments had to sign non-disclosure agreements.
I would buy with caution on a gun this new that has already been traded in.

 

[Dorky_D]

EPD1102, that is almost word for word what I heard.

From my understanding it was a few years ago. S&W must have fixed whatever was wrong, because I have not heard that they are unreliable recently, but I think I will pass on this deal.

 

[Phil502]

I don't have any trouble with my M&P 9mm. If you have trouble you can always send it back to Smith for free and get it fixed for free. If they were S&W compact 40's I would jump on it.

How much wear does a service pistol get, I'll bet usually, not much.

 

[Dorky_D]

Is the lifetime warranty transferable?