Thanks....yeah I saw that thread.

I was just curious if the OP or anyone who has the M&P 9 (mine is an m2.0) has been able to move the front sight without a specialty tool....manual seems to say it can be done but like I said, all I accomplished was I bent my drift...LOL

Plus -- I do not mind buying tools when they make a real difference in ease etc, though tough to know which one to sink my hard earned $ into.....

I am consistently shooting my groups to the left of center.....I am convinced I need to tweak the front sight.....though the guy at the gun shop told me yesterday to try altering my finger placement on the trigger....seems he thinks I am too far onto the tip and should be more centered on the pad... he said he can push the sight for me but cautioned that "sometimes when you push sights they loosen up".......