Firearms Section

[Gordo]

Originally Posted by Andy@AMSOIL

I am all about American made products of the past and of today.
Looking at buying a pistol to add to the arsenal and looking at the M&P smith and Wesson in .40 cal

Anyone experience with this caliber from smith, I want something that fits in my big hand that is nice and small to conceal.

Fits in a big hand and is some what small to conceal= a glock 30,not the short frame 30.Dont really know much about the M&P stuff.

[GaBoy25]

Originally Posted by Andy@AMSOIL

I am all about American made products of the past and of today.
Looking at buying a pistol to add to the arsenal and looking at the M&P smith and Wesson in .40 cal

Anyone experience with this caliber from smith, I want something that fits in my big hand that is nice and small to conceal.

Good friend just bought one. Feels good in the hand. Strangely similar to a fn fiveseven. He loves it....I like it.

But it sounds like what you want is a G27. American version Springfield XD45 micro has me drooling.....

[Southern Comfort]

Sig 1911 Ultra Compact 45.



Target acquired

[Bildo]

I have heard the S&W M&P pistols are crap never shot one myself but I hear thier lack of selling from S&W is why they give them away free with the purchase of S&W AR rifles

[Southern Comfort]

Originally Posted by Bildo

I have heard the S&W M&P pistols are crap never shot one myself but I hear thier lack of selling from S&W is why they give them away free with the purchase of S&W AR rifles

I have one. No complaints here.
They come in a variety of calibers lengths and options.
Do you get your choice when buying an AR?

[Bildo]

Think they come with the 5 inch service model not sure what cal

[Southern Comfort]

Any idea of the complaints?

[SimpleGreen]

Never heard of a mass of people not liking the M&P. The Sigma line, on the other hand...

I had one myself. It was 5" Pro Series 9MM, stainless slide. Great gun. Only sold it because I didn't shoot it well and it was way overkill for my needs.

Now my only side arm is my Springfield Armory EMP 9MM.

[Fightinfire921]

Originally Posted by Bildo

I have heard the S&W M&P pistols are crap never shot one myself but I hear thier lack of selling from S&W is why they give them away free with the purchase of S&W AR rifles

Link please! I only received 6 free 30 round mags when I purchased my M&P15X.

[Bildo]

This was back in 06 that I heard that when I was shopping for a new pistol, tried some researching yesterday to see if I could find what I was talking about. I found a National Rifleman article from back then that stated they had issues with thier weapon at first but when they got another it was GTG. I do remember them giving away the M&P pistols with the AR15s my local gun shop had that deal going on and I remember seeing the advertisements in mags. Like I said though I have never personally shot one, I have had one friend that had one and he didn't like it but he is also a Taurus fan and I am not. I myself am a big fan of Springfield firearms have 2 XDs and a Lightweight operator loaded 1911, also looking into getting a M1A1 scout from them as well. Wasn't trying to bash the S&W guns as I have never shot one of thier autos, I do have a few revolvers from them and no complaints.

[Southern Comfort]

fwiw - I am not in love with this M&P 9mm Pro Series, but it works fine for a plastic gun.
On the other hand, I had to fix a SA 1911 that liked to FTF once every two mags. Was even worse with a CMC mag.
It had a burr on the breach face and the ramp needed polish. Now it feeds and fires just fine, but it dents shells more than I like.

[Bildo]

Only firearm I have had a BAD experience with was my Taurus Judge Magnum............ went back to Taurus twice before it functioned properly, owned it for over a year before I could fire more than one round through it without the cylinder dislodging from the yoke

[2010SS2SS]

Smith & Wesson M/P series is probably one of their best sellers! NEVER heard anything about supposed issues with them. Seems like plenty of Law Enforcement Agancies are switch from Glocks to them, actually.

[Mr_Draco]

Originally Posted by Bildo

Only firearm I have had a BAD experience with was my Taurus Judge Magnum............ went back to Taurus twice before it functioned properly, owned it for over a year before I could fire more than one round through it without the cylinder dislodging from the yoke

Over the years we've owned about a dozen Taurus revolvers. Every single one had to be sent back numerous times for issues. The most recent was about 3 years we bought a 357 mag and every time we shot it it had to be sent away for the cylinder sticking after the first round. Every time they said they found the issue and fixed it. After about a year of this and sending it back about 10 times we finally demanded a refund and promised never to buy another Taurus again.