Officer Safety: Smith & Wesson M&P pistols

[Ian111]

To be fair, it sounds more like manufacturing defect than something inherently wrong with the design itself. A bad batch of guns. For a pistol design to screw up that badly we would have heard issues sooner than this. Even a Glock 17 manufactured poorly can poop the bed.

But yeah, it sucks. This is S&W's opportunity to win back LEO's again. Then this happens.

[forgiven]

Doesn't surprise me at all - I tried to like the M&P - bought 2, both in 9mm, 1 a full size and 1 a compact - neither were reliable, sold them both.

Will I EVER buy another S&W semi auto pistol again? Nope.

[Slater]

Beretta's (relatively) new 90two uses an integral recoil buffer to prolong service life in the .40 cal version. Guess the round was a bit hard on the basic 92 design.

[JHC]

The superior egonomics of the M&P and the good performance of so many individual guns quickly created a rush to endorse. Takes time to get a lot of guns in service and a lot of rounds through a lot of guns. I was sorely tempted but stuck with my battery of 6 Glock 9mm's, largely because I didn't want to have to invest in different mags and holsters, for maybe a small incremental advantage. This WILL be interesting HOPL.

[varoadking]

I feel sorry for those poor bastards...no way in hell I'd want to carry a 92FS...

[Irish]

And I was just about to buy one tomorrow before the magazine offer expires... probably will anyway

[JHC]

Varo - I'm pretty sure Glocks in a variety of calibers are also options for them.
But the 92 FS is a pretty sweet pistola too IMO.

[RogerinTPA]

I've broken 2 striker assemblies the full size 45 early on, but that was from dry firing without snap caps. Since then, the other 3 M&Ps (40, 9mm Full Size and 9c) a few FTFs on the 9c, using the harder, berden primers on Wolf ammo. The 9 Full Size runs like a champ. But, I only have about 4K rounds through each one. I maybe singing a different tune once I approach the 10K mark......Note to self, trade up at 9K!

[Irish]

The high round testing that Todd did seemed pretty impressive to me.

[ZDL]

I've broken 2 striker assemblies the full size 45 early on, but that was from dry firing without snap caps. Since then, the other 3 M&Ps (40, 9mm Full Size and 9c) a few FTFs on the 9c, using the harder, berden primers on Wolf ammo. The 9 Full Size runs like a champ. But, I only have about 4K rounds through each one. I maybe singing a different tune once I approach the 10K mark......Note to self, trade up at 9K!

I didn't think dry firing was an issue with center-fire weapons?

The high round testing that Todd did seemed pretty impressive to me.

I agree