I fired 200+ rounds this afternoon and here are my observations and opinions.
The stock trigger is less than optimal and I'm being kind. I like it even less after this live fire session than the few sessions of dry fire over the last week. It's off to Dan Burwell this Friday for a standard trigger job. I personally would not want this pistol if guys like Dan and D. Bowie were not able to clean up the action. OTOH, from all reports, the trigger work these guys do solves that problem so it's not a show stopper. I'll write a follow up after another live fire session with the Burwell action job.
I had installed the small grip insert but after about 50 rounds I switched to the medium. Too much finger in the trigger guard resulted in POI slightly left of C/L. The medium insert feels good and obviously fits better. Nothing like a live fire session to get a realistic assessment of your guns and gear.
No mag drops.
No malfunctions.
I bought a 309xxx and I really don't care for the night sights. I have trijicon tritium sights on a few other pistols but the white outline on these are particularly "white" and pronounced. It's like trying to get a sight picture staring into the sun. Very distracting. I may have Burwell swap these out for something else.
The only issue I experienced is that ejection was terribly weak (Blazer ammo). Many cases were ejecting directly to the rear hitting the bill of my ball cap and most of the empties were piling up around my feet. Anyone else have an M&P exhibiting weak ejection?
If the ejection issue can be resolved and the Burwell trigger work turns out as expected I could really start to like this pistol allot.
The stock trigger is less than optimal and I'm being kind. I like it even less after this live fire session than the few sessions of dry fire over the last week. It's off to Dan Burwell this Friday for a standard trigger job. I personally would not want this pistol if guys like Dan and D. Bowie were not able to clean up the action. OTOH, from all reports, the trigger work these guys do solves that problem so it's not a show stopper. I'll write a follow up after another live fire session with the Burwell action job.
I had installed the small grip insert but after about 50 rounds I switched to the medium. Too much finger in the trigger guard resulted in POI slightly left of C/L. The medium insert feels good and obviously fits better. Nothing like a live fire session to get a realistic assessment of your guns and gear.
No mag drops.
No malfunctions.
I bought a 309xxx and I really don't care for the night sights. I have trijicon tritium sights on a few other pistols but the white outline on these are particularly "white" and pronounced. It's like trying to get a sight picture staring into the sun. Very distracting. I may have Burwell swap these out for something else.
The only issue I experienced is that ejection was terribly weak (Blazer ammo). Many cases were ejecting directly to the rear hitting the bill of my ball cap and most of the empties were piling up around my feet. Anyone else have an M&P exhibiting weak ejection?
If the ejection issue can be resolved and the Burwell trigger work turns out as expected I could really start to like this pistol allot.