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Old 09-22-2017, 10:53 PM
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Did anyone ever find out what happened in the MHS competition? Did anyone ever find out what happened in the MHS competition? Did anyone ever find out what happened in the MHS competition? Did anyone ever find out what happened in the MHS competition? Did anyone ever find out what happened in the MHS competition?  
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I searched for a half hour and I can't find any rumors as to why the M&P was dropped so early from the competition. One comment hinted that the Army rejected the S&W M&P submission because it was chambered in .45 Auto, but I have not found anything to back that up (whether that was the reason or if it was in fact chambered in .45).
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Old 09-22-2017, 11:37 PM
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Did anyone ever find out what happened in the MHS competition? Did anyone ever find out what happened in the MHS competition? Did anyone ever find out what happened in the MHS competition? Did anyone ever find out what happened in the MHS competition? Did anyone ever find out what happened in the MHS competition?  
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People are going to come here with claims. They heard this or that. There is a published decision and reason the M&P got dropped or pulled out. However, the only truth is politics.
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According to an article in The Firearms Blog from 2015, supposedly quoting from a draft of the RFP itself:

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The MHS procurement is intended to be an open caliber competition, which means the choice of caliber is left to the discretion of the Offeror.
If in fact S&W submitted its guns in 45ACP, then when the decision was made a some point that the military would stick with 9mm, the S&W guns were simply going to be dropped out, along with all other 45 caliber offerings.

Frankly, the description of the competition as being open caliber strikes me as a little strange, and not something the competing gun makers would want to bank on unless there were solid indications that the Army and Marines were serious about dumping the 9mm round. Given the time it would inevitably take to replace ALL 9mm handguns in service and the logistical complexity of supplying two calibers of handgun ammunition throughout the probably-decades-long transition period, the likelihood of 9mm being dropped should have looked pretty small from the start, absent something specific to suggest otherwise.
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Anyone in the high levels of the Army should be so disgusted and embarrassed by the trials that I doubt info will ever come out. If nothing else they spend 10+ yrs to make a decision and then pick a new model gun that has a safety recall a few months later.
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Check Wikipedia. Full article there.
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I read that article and it was absolutely devoid of any useful information about the M&P offering.
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