I purchased my M&P .45 on 5-15-10. The pistol has been fantastic! I had 400 rounds of mixed ammo through it. And had found nothing to criticize or truly question or dislike. It had won my trust in one fail swoop.

So late last week I decided to take the .45 with me on a overnight road trip for work. I strongly dislike the city I'm having to go to. It has been a very racist and dangerous city for many years. And I was going to be right in the heart of downtown. Sure enough it went south. I was less than a mile from my hotel stopped at a red light when I got bum rushed. He came out of nowhere land. With two others in tow. I had the windows down with the tunes cranked. As he came up I hear him yelling something money and car. Well he was getting neither. I reached for the .45 and drew it. I'll be darned it the pistol spun in my hand like one of those noise makers. This has never happened. It was like I could not get a grip on it. I think I stuck the beaver tail just below the web in my hand. After the one spin it went into battery in my hand. And the three bad men left from where they came from. I had to address this issue!

Yesterday I went to the range. Took the M&P .45 and the CZ-52. After 50 rounds the trigger got gritty on the M&P. I figured it had got some grit blow in it or something.

When I got home I broke her down for a clean up and inspection as always. I found nothing. So you know what happened next. I put a trigger job on it. That fixed that issue. And it has a nice trigger now. At 4lbs. It now has a better break and reset with a shorten engaged pull. Took very little off the sear and polished everything else up. I was quite happy with it until the grit started up.

I then set out to polish the feed ramp and the external chamber area. The slide had already removed a lot of finish. The "45 AUTO" looked real bad. I then took some 0000 steel wool to the slide. Man did that clean up the slide. It's like the slide was covered with a very fine black oxide that did not belong. A few swipes with the steel wool and it looked great!

I had to address the control issue. I did not want a slip on. And honestly I really did not want to cut on the beaver tail quite yet. This left me with grip tape and stippling. I really wanted the grip tape. But I could not make my hand like it. So that left the stippling. Out came the iron and she now wears shark skin. I normally am not a fan of the stipple. But man o man did it work out this time.

I then filled the M&P 45 with white paint.

I took the pistol out today and we did great!

looks awesome!

Looking good. It sounds like you bought it just in time.

My gawd... friend. thats a nice lookin gun!

That looks great, good job !!!!!!

i like the front serrations on the 45's. Wish they came on the 9's.

Awesome job on the stipple! How did you do it? I'd love to have the guts to try and do mine.

Just used a soldering iron with the tip filed to a small blade and sharp on the leading edge. Then started stroking the martial in the direction I wanted the pattern to be.

Painted in the S&W and also did the large back strap in a burst pattern.

Looks great!

That turned out really well.

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S&W M&P Pro 9MM 5" ST/BLK

I've gotta ask. Why would you be driving down a known dangerous area with the windows down and the radio blaring?

I have never understood front serrations on a gun

They are there so you can place your hand near the muzzle of a loaded gun to check the chamber. Something I have no desire nor need to do.

Has anybody had experience with the 3 in 1 solvent cleaner oiler over the white painted S&W logos etc.?

If you use white nail polish, will the 3 in 1 cleaner remove it?

Thanks in advance

Nail Polish belongs on womens nails not on firearms!

Oh. My bad. I saw someone do it on a you tube vid. Looked nice. That's how I thought it was done.

#noob

Apparently broke a man law or two, but just finished whitening my logos ImageUploadedByTapatalk1356546857.034533.jpg

Pretty pleased with the result.