on November 12, 2011 1:19 PM
Normally I take a lot of pics of my new gun, but if you've seen one M&P 40, you've pretty much seen all of them so I won't bother.
I've been carrying my M&P 40 Pro for a while now, but I thought it would probably be better not to carry my competition gun, so I decided to get a plain ol' M&P 40.
Went up to the range this morning and shot about 150 rounds to break it in. I had 4 light primer strikes, not what I expected at all. It's a little snappier than the Pro, the pull is not as smooth (the Pro has an APEX competition kit installed) and the trigger reset is different, but other than that it shoots about the same. I know, it sounds vastly different, but it's really not.
I was hoping I could just leave it alone, but 4 light primer strikes out of 150 rounds is not going to cut it for a carry gun. Hell, it doesn't cut it for any kind of gun, but especially not for self defense purposes. In addition I short stroked the trigger rest a couple of times, so because of that APEX's duty kit will be installed.
I've probably done a 360 here, but I really liked the 3-dot sights. After a large number of IPSC matches, and a fair amount of night matches, I've found I really don't care for fiber optic sights, night sights, Big Dot sights, etc. anymore. Sometimes simple is best.
I'm about to order some parts, and will report back after they are installed.
I've been carrying my M&P 40 Pro for a while now, but I thought it would probably be better not to carry my competition gun, so I decided to get a plain ol' M&P 40.
Went up to the range this morning and shot about 150 rounds to break it in. I had 4 light primer strikes, not what I expected at all. It's a little snappier than the Pro, the pull is not as smooth (the Pro has an APEX competition kit installed) and the trigger reset is different, but other than that it shoots about the same. I know, it sounds vastly different, but it's really not.
I was hoping I could just leave it alone, but 4 light primer strikes out of 150 rounds is not going to cut it for a carry gun. Hell, it doesn't cut it for any kind of gun, but especially not for self defense purposes. In addition I short stroked the trigger rest a couple of times, so because of that APEX's duty kit will be installed.
I've probably done a 360 here, but I really liked the 3-dot sights. After a large number of IPSC matches, and a fair amount of night matches, I've found I really don't care for fiber optic sights, night sights, Big Dot sights, etc. anymore. Sometimes simple is best.
I'm about to order some parts, and will report back after they are installed.
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