Even if it technically improves mechanical performance, is it really going to help you?
I couldn’t hardly feel the reset (even during dry fire) on my first M&P.A more tactile reset helped alot for me.
I had no desire to “fix” anything else though.
While I fully agree that a good trigger isn’t going to help a bad shooter, a bad trigger is definitely a handicap. More important than pull weight or reset is how smooth it is and whether the pull weight is constant. If it’s gritty, stagey, spongy or it stacks, the trigger isn’t going to allow you to maximize your potential.
When I won SSR division at the 05 IDPA Nationals, it was with a Model 19 with a 9# DA pull. But that 9# pull was smooth as glass and consistent throughout the travel. A lot of guys run 5-6# pull weights in S&W revos, but still don’t hit well if it isn’t smooth & consistent.
I don’t reduce pull weights on carry guns and there’s nothing bad about a 5-6# carry trigger. But I’m a firm believer in smooth & consistent triggers, even if it means having a little work done.
Agreed. I don’t want the M&P to have a lighter trigger or a shorter reset. I just want a more tactile reset like a Glock. Not because it will make me a better shooter but it will resemble what I have been shootng for years and is what I prefer my triggers to feel like.
I certainly cannot argue about the “clicky” reset. It was one of the criticisms we mentioned to S&W as soon as the first prototypes started to see daylight.
Any plans to fix or change this or are they sticking with what they have?
Off topic but does S&W offer an armoer program like Glock? I’ve been looking but no luck so far.
You can PM with any info you have if needed.
Thanks Todd,
At least as of this time last year, S&W was still not planning to change this.
The crazy thing is that, according to their product manager, the engineers worked very hard to eliminate the clicky reset when designing the gun. Someone, somewhere, told them it was bad to have that feel or sound during the trigger stroke. You can make this shit up…
Off topic but does S&W offer an armoer program like Glock? I’ve been looking but no luck so far.
Yes. Contact your local S&W LE rep and he should be able to tell you where classes will be held in your area, or arrange for one at your location.
To the OP…dont put the cart before the horse.
Get the rig first and smooth out the trigger by actually using it(dry and live fire), then decide wether it needs enhancement or not.
I would not seek an aftermarket “solution” to something I was not already intimate with and sure that the “solution” would increase my abilities more than what was alreay there.
The factory M&P triggers I have pressed were all “fair” and not something that I would be eager to change …
Thanks Lion, and I agree. Based on what I had heard, it was intolerable. But it seems its nothing to write home about. Ive got upper echelon 1911s and maybe I let the fear creep into me about the “12 lb trigger”. I think I will proceed as planned, and shoot the heck out of it. 
I had my M&P 40 trigger worked by a local gunsmith about a year ago and was extremely happy with the results. I had always shot the 40 well, actually better than any 40 that I’ve ever shot, but was not crazy about the reset.
I’ve recently acquired a M&P 9 and the first thing I plan on doing is having the trigger worked again. In my opinion, it’s money well spent.
I can’t figure out where the gritty feeling in the take up comes from. It’s not present with the slide off the gun and I can’t find any rough surfaces that would account for the grittyness. Seems as though the trigger bar is riding something on the side, but I can’t tell. I’ve seen and read the Burwell fix so I think I’m looking at everything. I don’t have enough confidence to actually try doing it and don’t want to have to beg to SW for a new sear so I’ll probably send mine out to a pro… after some more playing around and dry firing…
Also noted that when I do a trigger squeeze the slide stop lever comes up just a bit. Is this normal? Haven’t been able to make it come up enough to engage the slide but it sure seems a little weird. Anyone confirm this is normal? Just a bit of upward movement of the slide stop lever, both sides…
Sounds like you’ve been listening to people from Massachussetts
The grittiness comes from the firing pin block.
Somewhere floating on the interweb is burwells PDF file that details a basic trigger job.
Smooth out the firing pin block and most of your grittiness will go away.
My local 'smith let me feel his carry M&P trigger work. He changed none of the springs, just smoothed the contact points. I thought it was a very usable, very shootable trigger. But I like my Beretta 92 also. If I were to get a M&P I would shoot it first and if I found it un-usable I would have him work on it.
glock has a crisper reset, but otherwise i’d say they’re pretty comparable.
Whoever that was needs to be hit in the face with a sock full of batteries.
D batteries.
My department has issued M&P9’s for going on 4 years, as such, I’ve had the opportunity to shoot a few of them.
I have a personally owned M&P that had some “grit” to the trigger pull. Easily fixed by lightly polishing the pyramid shaped protrusion on the trigger bar that pushes the firing pin safety plunger up. If you have the ability to remove the firing pin plunger (need to remove the rear sight, use caution, when removing the sight, a spring will go flying if you are not careful), polish the plunger also.
By doing this, it really smoothed out the pull, by removing the gritty feel.
Most of the M&P’s I’ve shot, to include my issued gun, were left stock. Put a tiny drop of oil on contact points, and shoot the shit out of them. The triggers smooth up in time.
While I really like the pronounced reset of the Glock triggers, I have found that with training and time, I do not have issue with the reset on the M&P triggers.
Couldnt agree more