I had the opportunity to check out an M&P9 today. Had a horrible trigger. Long as hell and very gritty.
They all like that?

I have tried a few different M&P's at different shops and all seem to have what I consider good triggers for a SD handgun, the best triggers out of the box that I have tried FN FNS and Walther PPQ.

Well, it depends. The take up or slack is kind of long and some feel it's gritty. The actual sear break usually has very little creep and is crisp, but heavy at about 6.5lbs.

The grittyness can usually be eliminated with some 600 grit sand paper and 5 minutes of elbow grease.

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The grittyness becomes less with use. The best way to wear it it in is to make certain it's empty and no live rounds are in the same room, and then dry fire the pistol a couple of thousand times. Not only will you smooth out some of the grittyness, but you will get in a lot of cheap trigger time while getting used to how the gun handles and the trigger breaks.

There are 2 different trigger types so far as I can tell new ones made after 1-1-14 have the new shield type trigger with the trigger it has a reset you can hear and feel, the trigger is great I feel I don't need a apex job like I did on my others, and mine is the Mass. trigger

I have no problems with any trigger pulls on any M&P pistols that I own or have fired or handled. They work very well for their intended purpose which is combat. Bill

My 9c has a build date of 7-23-2013 and it has all the new parts in it. I can and always have been able to hear and feel the reset. I have the new trigger bar and sear. After I put 700-800 rounds through it, it still was not where I ultimately wanted it. So I put an Apex DCAEK kit in it and left out the trigger spring. So now I have a 4-4.5 lbs trigger pull. Love the trigger pull. I am also going to put a new trigger in it as the factory one feels thin to me. I know that it isn't, it just is not the perfect trigger for me.

All I had to do with my 40C (manufactured in July '13) was polish the trigger bar. It was slightly gritty but now there's no trace of it. I have an audible reset & the trigger has a pull of 6.1 - 6.4 lbs. Just fine for SD carry.

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I love my MP 9. Trigger is bit heavy, but has a nice clean break. Will get better with use.

I suggest dry fire with snap caps...keep live ammo away while doing so!

Most accurate 9mm I have ever owned! BTW mine is stock.

Bob

The MP9 I purchased was gritty and I was ready to buy the apex but after working the trigger for a night and a half it is much better. If I had to guess the weight I would say about 6.5#. I may still buy the apex but not sure, the trigger is about a C+ or B- in my book.

Jim

The grittiness was not what bothered my on my 9c. It was the trigger pull. I am used to a 1911 competition gun that has a 3.5 lbs trigger. After about 7-8 hundred rounds through it I decided to put an Apex DCAEK kit in minus the trigger spring. This brought the trigger pull down to about 4.5 lbs. The stock trigger bugs me, so I am going to put in an Apex polymer trigger tomorrow.