[ncpilot]

Did you buy yours recently in the Triangle area? I'm down in Wilm, and would be happy to drive up there to visit my friends, and pick up a nicely priced M&P...



Best price I can find is mail order from Bud's guns, and the one with NS is about $490, plus the $25 shipping, then $25 FFL xfer fee...



We've got some local, but around $550 with no night sights (of course, that's before trying to bargain).



Thanks!

 

[ncpilot]

I went to their website, and it sure did look familiar...



Guess it doesn't count if my brother is LE? Probably not... Different state too... actually, Cincinnatti PD, where they have transitioned to the M&P 9mm already...

 

[ncpilot]

Lawmen's only sells to LE, no civilian sales...

 

[ncpilot]

I called them earlier today, and they said they will not sell to non-LE... the person I spoke with did not indicate that they in any way were interested in selling to non-LE, or that they had any product they could sell.



They did say that the pricing you mentioned was LE only... pricing from S&W specifically for LE...



I know Bud's Guns sells the non-night sight, no internal lock, magazine safety, for $426, plus $25 shipping, then the FFL fee on my side...

 

[ncpilot]

Strange. I don't know what whacko you talked to, but I promise you, they will sell you a gun. The only guns in the store that are LE only are the special M&Ps. I buy guns there all the time, and the M&P I bought Thursday was the first and only time that I had to show my LE ID. I have several friends who are not LE that have purchased handguns at Lawmen's.

No harm, no foul... but why is it so hard to find a good gun shop with no BS? THE reason I got an FFL back around the late '70s was due to the piss poor gun shops in Durham (back when I lived there). I went into one shop with money in hand ready to buy something, and no one seemed interested enough to make a sale to even acknowledge my presence...as I waited at the counter...



I have long since turned in my FFL though...



Brick and mortar stores of all types wonder why they are losing business to the internet--customer service...



I've got an extra $50 overhead by ordering over the internet--but I've got ZERO hassles...



Like I said, no harm no foul, but I've got absolutely no interest in doing business with Lawmen's now, especially not with PDHSC being in the same vicinity as Lawmen's, having a good internet/forum reputation, and certainly acting more interested in selling me something when I called them...



YMMV, etc... But thanks for your opinion and experiences...