Man if they offered that in the 9c I would think about it pretty hard. I prefer compact frames. I am not a big guy ~5’7" 175 lbs, full sized frames never fit me well…
Dude, I had a Ruger P94 in stainless that sat in a safe for years. When I finally took it out, I shit you not, the thing was brown. It was all surface rust, but it took lots of steel wool and brushes to get it looking sellable.
I know that 400 series stainless will rust, but I would have not considered that S&W would be using it. Maybe the brittleness of a 300 series SS keeps them from using it? Who knows, and I guess it does not really matter.
Or wait a little while longer and see how the aftermarket develops. In the last few days/weeks, there have been some promising looking developments posted about over on mp-pistol.com
I had a similar experience with a stainless 1911 I sent out for a melonite finish, came back looking like it had been left in a tidal pool for six months. The corrosion was so bad that the company ended up replacing the entire gun. My guess is melonite may be less forgiving of bad prep work before the metal is treated than other finishes. Oh yeah, Merry Christmas all!
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Are you talking about the Apex sears?
I haven’t heard any reports about those but would be very interested in hearing some short and long term reports.
Those and the Speed Shooter Specialties titanium safety plunger. Neither has been around long enough for much feedback to get out, but they seem promising.
I’ve contacted Randy Lee from Apex to get his permission to start a thread about his Sears here on M4C. The certainly do look promising and more options for the M&P are only going to enhance the platform.
I don’t know anything about the SSS safetly plunger but I saw were Apex is working on their own version as well!
I only know what I read over on the other board. Based on that, I’m impressed with the Apex sear, or at least their approach to developing it, and hopeful about their safety plunger too. The SSS part, I got the impression might be having some teething pains in terms of manufacturing quality. That information is completely second hand, though, so to be taken with a grain of salt.
I certainly mean no disrespect to SSS but when I hear of titanium parts I instantly think “race gun”.
The only place we’ve seen rust so far on the duty pistols was beneath the rear sight. Even on the guns that were well taken care of, we ended up switching from Hoppes to Gunzilla and it hasn’t came back since. I’ve purposely left mine alone after being out in the rain to see if it would pop back up and so far so good.
Funny, I’ve been thinking one thing someone absolutely needs to make for the M&P is a tool steel or titanium striker to minimize striker breakage. Every time I pull the trigger on an empty chamber I cringe a little, hoping this won’t be the one that breaks the striker.
Titanium is an inferior material for a Striker than Steel.
Titanium is a compromise material between Steel and Aluminum. Closer to the weight of Al and the Strength of Steel but not better at any one characteristic. The only true advantage to Titanium is corrosion resistance and it tolerates heat better than Al.
I had a full size 9 that would constantly get light surface rust. I would clean it off with a clean rag and oil and it would come right back. It was all over the slide. I ended up having it bead blasted then cera coated. It’s gone now. Even with the current G22 issues, I am just more comfortable with my Glocks.
I have carried my M&P9C every day for 6 months now. The gun sits on the counter in my bathroom when I shower, and it has gotten drenched in sweat while being worn IWB while at work. I have had absolutely zero corrosion of any sorts, and I rarely (think once since I bought it) clean the pistol. I wouldn’t worry about rust at all.
Also I use the SSS Titanium firing pin block. The main things it gives you is a rounded surface for the trigger bar to rub against which helps the smoothness of the trigger pull immensely. I think the Titanium is to reduce the mass. Not really a big deal with something so small, the contoured surface has a much greater effect.