I'm picking up a brand new M&P 40c tommorrow evening, I love getting a new piece. I intend to use this as a CCW and am interested in getting opinions here on the optimum bullet weight to use in this weapon. I'm gonna run some Winchester White Box 165gr from Wally World thru it first to get things loosened up and seated properly. Then I'm gonna do the comparison shootout between some defensive loads.
I'm interested if any of you guys, or gals, have noticed a particular weight bullet being more accurate than others. This is the first compact pistol I've owned and not sure what to expect out of a 3.5" barrel. All my other pistols are full size guns with 5" barrels. I've found with them the different weights don't make a lot of difference as far as accuracy from 25yds. or less. I prefer the midrange weights as a rule because you get higher velocities with higher muzzle energy. Also does .40S&W come in +P loads and will the Smith handle these loads?
I've trolled around this site for a while now gathering info before I bought, thanks to all for that. You've got a nice site here that I'm sure I will use extensively in the future.
Shabo
I'm interested if any of you guys, or gals, have noticed a particular weight bullet being more accurate than others. This is the first compact pistol I've owned and not sure what to expect out of a 3.5" barrel. All my other pistols are full size guns with 5" barrels. I've found with them the different weights don't make a lot of difference as far as accuracy from 25yds. or less. I prefer the midrange weights as a rule because you get higher velocities with higher muzzle energy. Also does .40S&W come in +P loads and will the Smith handle these loads?
I've trolled around this site for a while now gathering info before I bought, thanks to all for that. You've got a nice site here that I'm sure I will use extensively in the future.
Shabo