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Finally took my new M&P 9 to the range yesterday for the first time. The wife and I recently purchased both the M&P and an Air Weight - needless to say, the 637 was absolutely flawless and dead accurate at 7 meters. Now for the M&P.
I shot approximately 140 rounds of WWB through the pistol without incident. I can shoot this pistol as well as any of my Glocks, including my tuned G17 (used for IDPA). The only drawback (my opinion) is that I cannot determine the trigger reset. As we all know, the Glock's reset is quite distinct and crisp but I could not tell when the trigger was reset on the M&P.
After about 140 rounds, my wife was shooting the pistol and she experienced a failure to extract. The spent casing was still in the chamber and the next round shoved up against it, requiring the typical drop the mag, pull the slide and dump. I attributed this malfunction to limp wristing - my wife hasn't shot in a few months. Needless to say, I was wrong.
I decided to put a few more magazines through the M&P and experienced the same failure to extract. I applied a little Hoppe's to the slide rails and to the barrel - hoping it to be a simple lubrication issue. After all, this is the pistols first outing. A few rounds later, I experienced a third failure to extract (exact same malfunction as the previous 2). A little concerned over this one, but have since detailed cleaned the pistol (standard field strip) and will pay particular attention to the extractor again tonight prior to additional range time.
Hopefully this is the result of dirty ammuntion fouling up the extractor, but then again, who knows. The brass ejects as expected and not in the face as I've read on other forums. The magazine stays inserted so I don't suffer from that issue either. The weapon didn't appear to be too dirty. Has anybody else experienced any extraction issues similar to what I've explained? I didn't mark the magazines but will do so during the next outing.
I must say, I love this gun, the ergonomics are simply awesome and I've never felt a gun that feels so good in the hand. Waiting to clear this issue before I buy an M&P .40. Any recommendations on the above are appreciated.
Update: Well, after shooting 100-rounds of American Eagle (Federal) and 150-rounds or Black Hills +P I can finally say I have 250-rounds of error free shooting. The M&P9 performed flawlessly and I can shoot it better than my (cough-cough) G17 that I know and love dearly. If the M&P 9's performance keeps with the current pace, I will probably replace my G17 with it. Wait, what did I just say?
Word to the wise for first time readers, shoot hotter ammo in this weapon until it is broken in then all will be well. For some reason, the M&P full-size doesn't like WWB (at least mine didn't). Smith & Wesson did their homework on this one and I'm singing the praises!!!
I shot approximately 140 rounds of WWB through the pistol without incident. I can shoot this pistol as well as any of my Glocks, including my tuned G17 (used for IDPA). The only drawback (my opinion) is that I cannot determine the trigger reset. As we all know, the Glock's reset is quite distinct and crisp but I could not tell when the trigger was reset on the M&P.
After about 140 rounds, my wife was shooting the pistol and she experienced a failure to extract. The spent casing was still in the chamber and the next round shoved up against it, requiring the typical drop the mag, pull the slide and dump. I attributed this malfunction to limp wristing - my wife hasn't shot in a few months. Needless to say, I was wrong.
I decided to put a few more magazines through the M&P and experienced the same failure to extract. I applied a little Hoppe's to the slide rails and to the barrel - hoping it to be a simple lubrication issue. After all, this is the pistols first outing. A few rounds later, I experienced a third failure to extract (exact same malfunction as the previous 2). A little concerned over this one, but have since detailed cleaned the pistol (standard field strip) and will pay particular attention to the extractor again tonight prior to additional range time.
Hopefully this is the result of dirty ammuntion fouling up the extractor, but then again, who knows. The brass ejects as expected and not in the face as I've read on other forums. The magazine stays inserted so I don't suffer from that issue either. The weapon didn't appear to be too dirty. Has anybody else experienced any extraction issues similar to what I've explained? I didn't mark the magazines but will do so during the next outing.
I must say, I love this gun, the ergonomics are simply awesome and I've never felt a gun that feels so good in the hand. Waiting to clear this issue before I buy an M&P .40. Any recommendations on the above are appreciated.
Update: Well, after shooting 100-rounds of American Eagle (Federal) and 150-rounds or Black Hills +P I can finally say I have 250-rounds of error free shooting. The M&P9 performed flawlessly and I can shoot it better than my (cough-cough) G17 that I know and love dearly. If the M&P 9's performance keeps with the current pace, I will probably replace my G17 with it. Wait, what did I just say?
Word to the wise for first time readers, shoot hotter ammo in this weapon until it is broken in then all will be well. For some reason, the M&P full-size doesn't like WWB (at least mine didn't). Smith & Wesson did their homework on this one and I'm singing the praises!!!
