Quote Originally Posted by kirkland View Post
4140 barrel steel, 1/9 twist. So even the high end S&W at $1400 isn't up to the same spec as a $800 6920
Supposedly the brunt of the cost comes from the Troy Flip Up Battle Sight and Quad-Rail, which is completely absurd, if you ask me, but then again, I bought it for $546 as a police trade-in, so I paid a mere fraction of the MSRP for a gun with nothing more than light external wear, inside it was literally Like New, probably spent most of its life in a Cruiser.

Don't ask me why S&W didn't spring for a 4150CMV 1/7 Barrel, especially when they were using them for other models. Either way, police bought them, and they remain in their LE Catalog to this very day, so evidently they're popular with police.

I'm guessing that police are of similar mindset to lysander, that the materials are sufficient for the task and S&W offers them some outstanding deals on purchasing a bundle of M&P9 Pistols with M&P15 Rifles which presumably places them beneath the cost of Colt.