Recent content by MCVenner

FIXED: 686Plus Rear Sight Yesterday's contributions inspired me to stick some felt pads on a C-clamp, crank the raised portion of the sight back against the top strap, and -- with ease -- tighten the associated screw. With the clamp subsequently removed, the screw seems quite tight indeed...

I clean this infrequently-used gun after each outing and, until yesterday, hadn't noted anything amiss. That cleaning -- after shooting about 100 rounds of 38 Special and about 20 rounds of 357 Magnum -- called my attention to the raised front end of the rear sight. It seems to take an...

The M&P357c has been my CCW for about a year. I also have compact and full-size versions of the same gun chambered in 40S&W. It definitely does have a "snappy" feel but it is, also definitely, not "too much for a light pistol". My wife and I periodically shoot close-quarters combat drills...

My wife and I are part of a small group of people who periodically get together, with an instructor, to run shooting scenarios. An hour into last night's session my wife began complaining that her M&P40 was behaving abnormally. She described it as an occasional, short-lived apparant reduction...

I have the M&P357c. It's a great CC weapon.

I had my 686P fitted with Trijicon sights. I do regret that I can't get you decent photo (though, in the light, I see pretty much what I saw when the gun was factory new and, in the dark, I see orange - green - orange) but, with regard to your other question, I don't regret having made the...

My wife and I have several M&Ps, all with magazine disconnects, and they cannot be reassembled unless the sear deactivation lever has been lowered.

We (my wife and I) have both the M&P40 and the M&P40c; the latter having been purchased after we became licensed for CCW. I find the compact version no more difficult to manage than its full-frame sibling. Indeed my wife, who uses both more than I, rather prefers the M&P40c.

I mailed mine (M&P357c) on 10-NOV-08 and the magazines arrived the week after Christmas ... just over seven weeks later.

I've long regarded this an interesting subject and consider the following articles to be particularly insightful: http://www.freehearingtest.com/hia_gunfirenoise.shtml http://www.keepandbeararms.com/downloads/SoundAdvice.doc http://www.policemag.com/Articles/2008/08/Dangerous-Decibels.aspx...

I have the BlackHawk CQC SERPA (m/n 410525BK-R ) for my M&P40 (though it also holsters my M&P40c and M&P357c) and I really like it. I've not had any problems drawing from it though, just now trying, I can see that it is difficult to depress the release while the internal latching mechanism is...

The first "features" field identifies the capacity of the gun's cylinder/magazine ... not the year of manufacture.

Purchased new in July '08, my 'nightstand' gun is an S&W 686-P (4in/7rnd/.357mag) to which I had Trijicon sights (orange-green-orange) fitted. Tooltech Gunsight (Oxford, MI) did the work. I'm very pleased with the result.

To anyone considering 357Sig I would recommend the following articles: Why The 357 SIG Cartridge Is Catching On ... http://www.handguninfo.com/Archive/www.Pete-357.com/357.defend.htm FBI Tests the 357SIG Caliber ... http://www.handguninfo.com/Archive/www.Pete-357.com/357.fbi.htm Practical .40...

When I decided that my first pistol would be an S&W M&P I came very close to going with 357Sig but, mainly due to ammo price and availability, chose .40S&W instead. Having, since, purchased both an M&P40 and an M&P40C (with which I have been very pleased) it no longer seemed quite so...