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The other day as I was browsing my local range/gun shop I spied a new S&W M&P 40. I gawked at it it for a while, tried it in my hand and immeadiately bought it. I put about 200 round through it after breaking it down for some lube, and here are my observations.
(my apologies for not having my digital camera with me at the range, I will fix that on the next visit and post pictures)
The overall fit and finish of the gun was very good. essentially, the grip feels like a cross between a P226 and a sigma, witrh nice rubbery textured stippling in the front and backstraps. the machining of the slide and barrel were nice, with no exposed markas and a melonite like finish.
features:
changable backstap: was changed through the removal of a combination frame pklug and punch tool hidden in the backstrap. I kept the medium size, but the small and large may appeal to people with the appropriately sized hands.
trigger:the trigger itself appears to be an articulated unit lifted right out of the sigma, but t6he lockwork is different. The weapon has a magazine disconnector and a sear disconnector in the magwell to assist in dissasembly. the trigger also has a short two stage stroke of about 7 pounds with an initial takeup of roiughly half of that. The break is subjectively cleaner than a std trigger glock, but not up with the SA trigger on a sig, or good 1911. I will assume this is due to the weapon having a sear that only rotates, not compresses the striker spring during the trigger pull (as with sigmas and glocks)
Sights are novak lo-mounts.
Extractor. the extractor is a pinned and springed unit as on a conventional S&W auto
Shooting: I found the weapon very comfortable to shoot, and I shot it much better than its primary competition (G22), during 200 rounds, I experienced 2 malfunctions, both failures to feed when shooting limply off of a rest. with any normal hold, the weapon was fine (also note that these 2 malfunctrions were rounds 003 and 005 from the gun, and rounds 006-200 were fine, so this may be a breaking in effect) ammo was UMC 40 and PMC starfire 165Gr JHP's.
Accuracy was good, but was not measured formally, I will get back with some group nmeasurements later.
Overall I am impressed. I had 2 sigmas in the last ten years and was so put off by their lack of reliable that the were both sold after various breakages and malfunctions. I ho[pe that this weapon is reliable for the next 1000 or so rounds so that I can become confident in its abiloities and maybe carryit on duty on occasion.
We'll see.
\In the next few days I will update with anoth 3400 or so round shooting, and some proper pictures.
(my apologies for not having my digital camera with me at the range, I will fix that on the next visit and post pictures)
The overall fit and finish of the gun was very good. essentially, the grip feels like a cross between a P226 and a sigma, witrh nice rubbery textured stippling in the front and backstraps. the machining of the slide and barrel were nice, with no exposed markas and a melonite like finish.
features:
changable backstap: was changed through the removal of a combination frame pklug and punch tool hidden in the backstrap. I kept the medium size, but the small and large may appeal to people with the appropriately sized hands.
trigger:the trigger itself appears to be an articulated unit lifted right out of the sigma, but t6he lockwork is different. The weapon has a magazine disconnector and a sear disconnector in the magwell to assist in dissasembly. the trigger also has a short two stage stroke of about 7 pounds with an initial takeup of roiughly half of that. The break is subjectively cleaner than a std trigger glock, but not up with the SA trigger on a sig, or good 1911. I will assume this is due to the weapon having a sear that only rotates, not compresses the striker spring during the trigger pull (as with sigmas and glocks)
Sights are novak lo-mounts.
Extractor. the extractor is a pinned and springed unit as on a conventional S&W auto
Shooting: I found the weapon very comfortable to shoot, and I shot it much better than its primary competition (G22), during 200 rounds, I experienced 2 malfunctions, both failures to feed when shooting limply off of a rest. with any normal hold, the weapon was fine (also note that these 2 malfunctrions were rounds 003 and 005 from the gun, and rounds 006-200 were fine, so this may be a breaking in effect) ammo was UMC 40 and PMC starfire 165Gr JHP's.
Accuracy was good, but was not measured formally, I will get back with some group nmeasurements later.
Overall I am impressed. I had 2 sigmas in the last ten years and was so put off by their lack of reliable that the were both sold after various breakages and malfunctions. I ho[pe that this weapon is reliable for the next 1000 or so rounds so that I can become confident in its abiloities and maybe carryit on duty on occasion.
We'll see.
\In the next few days I will update with anoth 3400 or so round shooting, and some proper pictures.