[ShooterMcGavin]

Hi all. I am happy to have found this site, since the M&P is the top gun on my list right now (ahead of the XD, but I have to shoot it). I have done some shooting with a Glock, XD, 1911, .22s, 9mm, and a few shotguns, on many occassions, but I'm still a new guy. I have a lot to learn, but I look forward to the education. In the near future, I hope to get into a class that teaches some basic weapons-handling and self-defense tactics. The gun I get will be used for home defense certainly, but also concealed carry when it's prudent.



Thanks for having me

 

[alan0269]

Welcome!!! I'm sure that you will be very happy with the M&P once you shoot one. If not, any of the other guns that you have listed would be a good choice. There are many people here that have experience with the other pistols you mentioned along with the M&P and I've found that most people here are willing to give you a straight up answer about their experiences w/ them.

 

[jtaliani]

Welcome!

I love your screen name.

 

[G56]

 

[DixieThunder 24]

Welcome. I've shot a Glock 17, XD9 and the MP all back to back and IMO the MP was best, so thats what I bought.

But everyone is different so get what you like best.

 

[ShooterMcGavin]

...If not, any of the other guns that you have listed would be a good choice...

I have held the M&P in the store. Based ONLY on that impression, I am just about ready to buy it. In the rare chance that the M&P handles poorly at the range, I still like the XD as an alternative.



The M&P fits my hand very well, better than anything I have held at this point. I cannot imagine that its manners at the range could be SO AWEFUL that I would be turned away from this gun. What is the MOST important characteristic of a gun: comfort in hand, trigger-feel, recoil feel, or something else? If the comfort is great and the trigger-feel is just OK, would another gun with subpar comfort but good trigger-feel be better?



It is going to take a while for me to get this gun. I need to use it at the range (hopefully tomorrow), but then I will need to order it. I really want the full-size M&P .40 with no lock, no mag safety, and night-sights. My dealer said he cannot order this gun without both the lock and mag safety; he said it is only available with one or the other (or both) :?



Thanks for all the welcomes.

 

[jtaliani]

My dealer said he cannot order this gun without both the lock and mag safety

The plus of the situation is that removing either, particularly the mag. safety, is quite easy and inexpensive.

 

[darklyte24]

hi

 

[m4arc]

You've come to the right site. This place, and the M&P, are very new shooter friendly

 

[ryansmith16]

welcome! i've been on this site 2 days and can't get enough!

 

[ShooterMcGavin]

The plus of the situation is that removing either, particularly the mag. safety, is quite easy and inexpensive.

I am worried about that option, in the case that anything ever had to go to court. I suspect that prosecutors like to hear that a shooter has modified his/her gun. All the more reason to become very familiar with the laws, and when defensive action is condoned. Removing the mag safety is probably my only option.

welcome! i've been on this site 2 days and can't get enough!

I am just as bad as you. This site keeps me up late at night, reading gun-talk, when I should be sleeping