Last weekend, I bought an M&P9c because I wanted something smaller I could conceal. Needless to say, I’ve read a lot of good things about them on this website, so I decided to get one.
Today I took it out to my personal range (pile of dirt in the back yard) and shot it at distances between 10 and 25 yards.
Offhand at 10 yards, it shot about 4" high and 2" to the right, with a spread pattern of about 6". I wasn’t impressed, so I switched ammo brands…same result.
So I pulled the car around and used the hood for a rest and got the same results with both Federal and Remington ammo.
At 25 yards it shot 10" high and 6" right with a spread over 12" with both brands of ammo. Thinking it might have been me and not the gun, I switched to my G17 and shot both brands of ammo. Both brands grouped within 3" from 25 yards and were right on target. I got the same results with my 92fs. :mad:
I called S&W and they are sending me a shipping label to send them the pistol to have it worked on. Anybody else have problems like this with theirs?
I’ve personally seen a M&P9 and M&P9 Pro with bad (Monday) barrels. One was missing about an inch or so of rifling about halfway down the bore, the other had what can best be described as a “divot” inside the barrel where it looked like the reamer was stopped and re-started inside the barrel. S&Ws customer service is outstanding, so if the error is on their end they will make it right.
That being said…did you have someone else shoot it before taking it back? Those accuracy results could easily be operator error. More often then not its the user, not the hardware causing the issue.
Did you try different grips? I first had the small grip on my gun because it was comfortable but always shot low left. After I changed to the medium all my shots were basically straight.
Either no one else has had problems or they don’t want to admit it. There really isn’t much to say either way. The one thing I do know is that S&W is fantastic about correcting the issues and sending them back to their owners in short order.
When you get it back and have a chance to shoot it please follow up with a range report, okay?
I had a 3913 that came from the box grouping 6" low at 7 yards. Sent it back to Smith, and they fixed her right up. Had the weapon back in just over a week.
There is no gun company on the planet that is immune from shipping out an individual weapon that has fleas. I’ve encountered issues with just about every brand on the market. It happens. When it comes to fixing issues, Smith is one of the better companies around.
Thanks for the replies. This is the first S&W auto I’ve owned, so hearing that their CS department is excellent is definitely keeping my hopes up.
Grant is right…my G17 doesn’t conceal well on my smaller frame. And yes, I had my stepdad and my buddy shoot the pistol and they all got the same results as me.
I’ll follow up with a range report when I get the pistol back from S&W.
If comparing weapon sizes, a G17 is full size and I wonder what the “c” means on the MP?
As stated, he had no issues with the 17–he did with the MPc so if he went with a 19 he’s not fixing anything, just getting a more concealable pistol.
I had a full size MP9, hit 8" high at 25. I had to get one to try and sold it after a while.
What I don’t get is if I took a chic out on a date and all I got was an aggravated problem filled evening, why would I take the same one out again after she went to the salon and dentist?
I agree with Grant that any company can and will put out a few lemons. If you are in the business of putting out any product, you will have those problems.
I have an M&P9c and I can’t believe how accurate I can shoot it compared to my Glock 26 & 27.
I am sure S&W will make it right. Once you get it back, let us know how it does for you. S&W, like many other manufacturers want those lemons back so they can find out what happened and try to prevent it from happening in the future. If you buy enough firearms, you are almost always going to run into a problem like this. If it hasn’t happened to you yet, just keep buying. Give it another go around.
…Want something smaller? Get a 19…
