I had a 45 compact when they first came out but sold it to a friend who had to have it. Last week I bought another one with the latest upgrades and took it to the range this afternoon. I put 300 flawless rounds thru it ranging from 230 grn hardball to 30 year old Glaser Safety Slugs. The new compact M&P was a joy to shoot and seemed to be more accurate than my first one. After shooting several mags at 10, 15 and 25 yards I moved back to 50 yards. At that range I managed to keep all my rounds on a halfscale B1 target. These M&Ps can really shoot. The only thing I plan to do is sending it off to Robar for their NP3 finish just like I did with my other M&Ps.
100 rounds Federal 230 grn Ball
100 rounds Federal 230 Classic JHP
20 rounds Winchester 230 grn PDX1
20 rounds Winchester 185 grn Silvertips
20 rounds Federal 165 grn HydroShoks
20 rounds Corbon 230 grn +P JHP
10 rounds Speer 200 grn JHP Flying Ashtrays
10 rounds 30 year old Glaser Safety Slugs (yes they still went bang and were devastating to water jugs)
I didn't experience any malfunctions so the pistol is 100% reliable with all ammo used. I now feel confident enough with it to carry. All in all a great pistol.
The 2'nd photo was of a Winchester Silvertip recovered from a waterjug, old design but still a good one, nasty stuff. The 30 year old Glasers really blew up the waterjugs and are always impressive.
Photo 3 is the Silvertip vs Waterjug.
Photo 4 is the Glaser making it rain.
100 rounds Federal 230 grn Ball
100 rounds Federal 230 Classic JHP
20 rounds Winchester 230 grn PDX1
20 rounds Winchester 185 grn Silvertips
20 rounds Federal 165 grn HydroShoks
20 rounds Corbon 230 grn +P JHP
10 rounds Speer 200 grn JHP Flying Ashtrays
10 rounds 30 year old Glaser Safety Slugs (yes they still went bang and were devastating to water jugs)
I didn't experience any malfunctions so the pistol is 100% reliable with all ammo used. I now feel confident enough with it to carry. All in all a great pistol.
The 2'nd photo was of a Winchester Silvertip recovered from a waterjug, old design but still a good one, nasty stuff. The 30 year old Glasers really blew up the waterjugs and are always impressive.
Photo 3 is the Silvertip vs Waterjug.
Photo 4 is the Glaser making it rain.
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By the way my favorite was the Speer Flying Ashtrays.
