Recent content by Quillslinger

Agree that it's cool, but honestly I'm not sure it's any better than the poly guns. I'm a huge 40 S&W fan and lifelong Smith auto shooter, with several M&P's in 40. After shooting both the metal and poly M&Ps back-to-back, I think there's no advantage to the aluminum framed models over the...

100% concur--Glock's race to get a model in 40 S&W out (before the 4006 even went on sale) was a great marketing move, but it damaged the reputation of the caliber as snappy and even dangerous (thanks to all those "kaboom" incidents in Glock 22s & 23s). Funny how it took Glock until Gen 5 for...

Next Junkyard Build - 3.6" M2.0 in 40S&W So, here's the next one. (By the time I got here, I'd started paying regular attention to Freestone Armory on GB to see when they would have different M&P frames in for sale.) Around the same time that Freestone Armory listed a 3.6" M2.0 compact frame...

I believe so. I think the 10mm frames are just the M&P45 M2.0's frames anyway... but I haven't tried it. I doubt there's any structural difference and your stepping from 10 to 45 (as you mention) removes concerns. I do see GB has M&P45 parts kits (usually 1.0 models) that come up pretty...

Shield plus and 507K elevation issue My brother-in-law just got an OR Shield Plus and he and I just looked into this issue. Seems that the angle on the deck of the optics mount space on the slide is angled such that a 507K doesn't play well with it. It's cut for RMSc, so getting the Holosun...

Thanks--I've heard that over and over again about S&W Customer Service... I'm sure there are a few nightmare experiences out there that some have had, but I can't think of a major maker that would just send parts out like that for free. Appreciate the post!

Nice! In addition to the 5 M&P builds I've done this way, I've also done two Shield Plus builds (frames from the same source) and one SD9VE build, all with slides and parts from the junkyard. Lots of fun! As for that 4" barrel, I also had that struggle. (I suspect we both bought some of the...

Junkyard M&P CCO #2 - FrankenM&P! Here's the second CCO I built as part of this fun. I used an M&P 1.0 full-size 4.25" slide and a compact M2.0 (4") frame. This build was all about the Apex trigger. I was on GB and saw, on that particular week, that there are a lot of M&P9 parts kits out...

So, it depends. You will notice that I try to bargain hunt and grab parts on sale for holiday specials and Black Friday sales, etc. That, after all, is part of the fun for me. Also, the final auction price for various Gun Parts Kits on GunBroker van vary quite a bit. Patience on that front...

Build #2 - My Nephew's M2.0 4.25" M&P9 Here's the second one, a project I really enjoyed doing with my nephew. For this one I used a full-size M2.0 frame (compatible with 4", 4.25", and 5" slides). For his, I wanted all new components. At the time, Ed Brown was selling off brand new OEM...

It shot fine, actually. I think I've done about 6 of them (or am on my 6th? I can't remember). For a project that costs south of $300 and is more fun than a Christmas-morning Lego set from childhood memory, it's great!

Better Picture of M2.0 CCO Junkyard Build You'll note the mag looks odd... that was a little project in an of itself. This was a picture for when I decided to sell this one, and here in the People's Republic of WA you can't "distribute" a magazine over 10 rounds (as if it were drugs!). In...

CCO Project using M&P M2.0 Compact Frame Here's one of the first ones I built. Freestone was selling M2.0 Compact (4") frames for what I thought was a pretty great deal at the time... $50. The funny thing is I was apparently overpaying... right now you can get those same serialized frames...

Hello all! I've enjoyed so many posts and threads by others, I figured I'd finally start one... and I can't find a thread that this topic fits under so here we go! I've found a new hobby in building M&P pistols with parts from the GunBroker (GB) "junkyard." Was wondering who else might be...

I think the key here is the thinner slide of the shield models vs. the full-size M&Ps. Even though the M2.0 slides are slimmer and lighter than the 1.0's, they're still much thicker than Shield slides. Just like Glock discovered with their 30S (and put into practice in their 43X and 48...