This past weekend I paid in full for a 9mm M&P, but since I had a 3 business day wait, I haven't picked it up yet.
Up until pickup, I can apply the money towards anything else in the store without any losing any.
Since then I have been on the fence between the M&P and the Taurus 24/7 Pro. I've been looking at the 24/7 Pro for some time, but the M&P really caught my eye recently and felt very good and solid when I handled it (then again, so did the Taurus!).
I hope you guys can give some constructive input that might sway me either way. I have owned Taurus, and have owned S&W - both of which have been very good guns with no problems.
Why the 24/7? Because I have a Taurus Mil. Pro PT-111 9mm for carry purposes (CWP was issued Friday, should be here today or tomorrow). For all intensive purposes, it's nothing other than a chopped down 24/7 Pro without rail.. Same trigger/grip/sights/feel, except it doesn't have the rubber ribbing on the grip (no big deal). So, for this reason, I hope you can understand my line of thinking with wanting the 24/7 Pro !
I know there was an issue with the 24/7 Pro in .45ACP.The problems with the 45 apparently were due to a weak spring in a batch of magazines that were shipped.
I found a lot of negativity towards the 24/7 Pro in a bunch of forums, all which were stemming from a Nose-down jam in the magazine, causing failure to feed. I took a dig into the "names" of persons who are posting all the complaints on the 24/7 pro .45 online - funny, there were only about 10 of them posting on literally every forum they could get their hands on...
SIDE NOTE: It's amazing though how a sidearm that has little online press can be thrashed by a group of people spewing forth negativity about it everywhere that someone might look for something positive to say.
Here's the comparison I've put together of the two models.
Up until pickup, I can apply the money towards anything else in the store without any losing any.
Since then I have been on the fence between the M&P and the Taurus 24/7 Pro. I've been looking at the 24/7 Pro for some time, but the M&P really caught my eye recently and felt very good and solid when I handled it (then again, so did the Taurus!).
I hope you guys can give some constructive input that might sway me either way. I have owned Taurus, and have owned S&W - both of which have been very good guns with no problems.
Why the 24/7? Because I have a Taurus Mil. Pro PT-111 9mm for carry purposes (CWP was issued Friday, should be here today or tomorrow). For all intensive purposes, it's nothing other than a chopped down 24/7 Pro without rail.. Same trigger/grip/sights/feel, except it doesn't have the rubber ribbing on the grip (no big deal). So, for this reason, I hope you can understand my line of thinking with wanting the 24/7 Pro !
I know there was an issue with the 24/7 Pro in .45ACP.The problems with the 45 apparently were due to a weak spring in a batch of magazines that were shipped.
I found a lot of negativity towards the 24/7 Pro in a bunch of forums, all which were stemming from a Nose-down jam in the magazine, causing failure to feed. I took a dig into the "names" of persons who are posting all the complaints on the 24/7 pro .45 online - funny, there were only about 10 of them posting on literally every forum they could get their hands on...
SIDE NOTE: It's amazing though how a sidearm that has little online press can be thrashed by a group of people spewing forth negativity about it everywhere that someone might look for something positive to say.
Here's the comparison I've put together of the two models.
- 24/7 is available in 9/40/45, while the M&P is available in 9/357sig/40...
Both bit my hand NICELY... and have Stainless slides..
Capacity is the same..
Both have lifetime warranty.
Both have good sights (Novak on the M&P, Heinie on the 24/7)
Both have rails.
24/7 has the SA/DA trigger that is mostly SA, but reverts to double action in the event of a failure to fire, M&P has DAO.
24/7 has an external safety (1911 style). M&P has no external safety.
M&P has ambidexterous slide release, 24/7 has one sided slide release.
24/7 Has a bi-tone look about it, where the M&P has Melonite coated stainless slide, making it black.
Any input - minus the "fanboy"-type comments - are appreciated!