Recent content by Dmartin

Love my 5 inch 9 mm Pro. It was my first pistol and has proven to be a great choice. The sights are dead on- once I learned to shoot- I was a complete pistol newbie.

Here's a link to a site with hundreds of examples of CCW/ private citizens responding to criminals with firearms- very useful when the idiots say nobody ever stops crime with a gun. Guns Save Lives - Stories of Self Defense

Looks great!

I had never shot a pistol before I bought a 9 mm Pro about 2 years ago. I had stove pipe failures on every magazine in the first week of use until I finally figured out I wasn't gripping the pistol correctly and providing enough resistance for the recoil. I firmed up and changed my grip and...

A laserlyte cartridge and dry firing a couple 100 times a day for a month increased my accuracy hitting a 3x5 card at 7 yds by 20%. The dry firing alos helped smooth out most of the grit in my M&P trigger. I now practice with the laser shooting at a business card at 10 yds.

A Laserlyte cartridge will help improve the quality of your dry fire practice. With the laser cartridge in place, you can't put a live round in the chamber.

As many as you can afford-

"The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia." (US Supreme Court, DC v. Heller, 2008, Syllabus, p. 1) "Some have made the argument, bordering on the frivolous, that only those arms in existence in the 18th century are protected...

I got some reflective tape and covered a 3 x 5 notecard and a business card for targets. The tape reflects the laser very well and lets me know if I was on target. I found the laser true to the sights if I held the gun vertical when feeding the laser into the pipe. Holding the gun normally...

Is this like a poll tax? How can government require you to pay a fee to exercise a right?

Will S&W step up and stand up for our 2nd amendment rights by stopping sales to states that violate gun rights?

I have 10 M&P 9 magazines and the slide locks open every time with 7, but 3 of the magazines fail to lock open about 25% of the time. I've looked at the magazines and don't see any difference. At first I thought I was hitting the slide release by accident, but after marking the magazines, the...

My M&P 9 Pro goes to battery if I slide a loaded mag in hard- does it every time. Neat feature.

My M&P pro 9 had a few jams when new, especially when my wife shot. Reminding her (and me!) to hold a very firm grip solved the FTE problem.

Thanks for the help I'll try to keep my hand a little lower on the grip and see if the problem goes away-