I received my M&P40 back from S&W yesterday afternoon (UPS Next Day Saver). I sent it out originally to get the slide stop replaced with the new "slide release" component. While they had it, I asked them to go ahead and install night sights too.
Boy oh boy....it's like a whole new gun now!! The slide release is still very subtle, but big enough now to get a good grip on it with your thumb to drop the slide.
The night sights are very nice too. Basically they're the Novak three-dot low mounts, but with the center of the white dots drilled out to insert the Trijicon cylinders. There's a nice, thick, white "circle" surrounding the green inserts that provide a fantastic sight picture for daylight use.
I missed having the M&P around while it was away at its makers. In its place, I kept my XD45 within reach. Now that my M&P is back, the XD has been put back in storage. I think I'm actually gonna sell the two XDs that I have.
Anyway, I thought I'd give a quick two-thumbs-up to S&W customer service!!
Here are some pics......






After a long day at the range, I come home to a bottle of Tums
Sorry for kinda crappy pics, but I can barely use the camera. The dark one was the only way I could get the night sights to display......sorry 'bout the bad white balance....and the sideways view. I also needed to use the back of my Nextel i355 phone....since the battery cover is black, it helped show the front sight. The others should give ya's a good idea of how subtle the new slide *release* is. And that's my M6 attached.....I've had that since they used to cost about $450....now they're pennies....arrgh!
I just realized I didn't take pics of the extractor side of the gun to show the slide release over there......oops. But, it's the exact same size....100% ambi.
Boy oh boy....it's like a whole new gun now!! The slide release is still very subtle, but big enough now to get a good grip on it with your thumb to drop the slide.
The night sights are very nice too. Basically they're the Novak three-dot low mounts, but with the center of the white dots drilled out to insert the Trijicon cylinders. There's a nice, thick, white "circle" surrounding the green inserts that provide a fantastic sight picture for daylight use.
I missed having the M&P around while it was away at its makers. In its place, I kept my XD45 within reach. Now that my M&P is back, the XD has been put back in storage. I think I'm actually gonna sell the two XDs that I have.
Anyway, I thought I'd give a quick two-thumbs-up to S&W customer service!!
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Here are some pics......






After a long day at the range, I come home to a bottle of Tums
I just realized I didn't take pics of the extractor side of the gun to show the slide release over there......oops. But, it's the exact same size....100% ambi.