And here we are, a year and a half later (necropost!) and still no 2.0 CORE. Walther has the Q4 TAC that's basically their version of the CORE (S&W owns Walther, by the way). Glock has the MOS. I still have a Gen 1 M&P 9. If S&W doesn't get off their rump and get moving with some new models, I might just buy a Maxim...has an optic mount and rail, everything I need.