I just picked up this M&P Spec. It's a 5" barreled 9mm with night sights, 2 mags, a nice neck knife and a challenge coin. Kinda their version of a Sig Legion. The trigger is nice, even for a 2.0. The knife and coin weren't important to me, but the 5" barrel and NS were. Now to shoot it!
The dealer found it in the back of their shelf and apparently got it as a Black Friday special. The wife likes it and has already said it's her new house gun!
It looks to have a 5 inch barrel, but the slide is not a 5 inch one, as the barrel sticks past the slide ?
This is my 5 inch MP9 for comparison, longer dust cover on the slide, muzzle flush with the end of slide.
Oh, that would explain why I saw barrel protruding. I can see the chamber plug sticking out now that you've said that.
My 5 incher shoots great with just about every load I've tried.
It does best with 115 grain, heavier weights hit too high.
The trigger sucked, heavy and gritty, so mine now has Apex parts. I like the Apex trigger feel better as well, over the hinged M&P trigger.
Yesterday I ordered an Apex kit for my new full-size .45, the factory trigger on it sucked too. I keep hearing about how good the 2.0 triggers are, either I just keep getting bad examples, or many guys just aren't too picky when it comes to trigger pull.
I like the triggers on the two 1.0s I had better than any of the 2.0s I've had.
My .45 Shield came with a sweet trigger, I didn't have to do anything to it.
Unlike three 4" 2.0s and one 4.25" 2.0 in the safe, two 5" 2.0s have such stiff slide stops that I can't release the slide from lock using the slide stop. Spare me the advice to slingshot the slide closed. Years of shooting 1911s using the slide stop to release the slide is ingrained into...
Does anyone know if any parts from the M&P40 2.0 are compatible with the 45?
I know main parts will not be, but things like slide stops, manual safeties, mag releases, other small parts, etc. Are any of those compatible?
Hello,
Newby here and great forum. I just wanted to take a minute and comment on migrating from 1911s to the M&P platform. After buying a Shield for carry And getting some range time in, I picked up a 10-8 Performance M&P9 from Hilton Yam on Gunbroker. After shooting it I’ve sold my 1911s. The...
I have a gen one m&p 9mm with a thumb safety, i install a apex competition trigger and the 4.25 ported barrel kit. I bought the barrel kit used, so i don't have any of the hardware to install the red dot. My question is, does anyone know what kind of screw are used to hold down the red dot? I...
I had been watching for a full-size .45 since I already have the .45 Shield. I found one a couple weeks ago.
I would have liked to buy one already in FDE, but since I do Cerakote I'm not above buying a black one and turning it into an FDE one.
I don't like the Magpul FDE that I've been using as...
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