10 mm

[Lee Woiteshek]

An 8 shot N frame with comp or a 7 shot L frame with comp. Both with mooners from Performance Center.

Cheapest/easiest to make would be a Compact M&P ported 2.0, with 15 in the mag, standard with night sights. Full size M&P with red dot, suppressor sights and threaded barrel, comped from Performance Center.

 

[tlawler]

An 8 shot N frame with comp or a 7 shot L frame with comp. Both with mooners from Performance Center.

As long as they made a version without the dreaded IL.

 

[CBus660R]

All I have to say is if Glock can figure out how to make a polymer framed striker fired 10mm, why can't S&W with the M&P line? I feel the same way about Springfield Armory and their XD line up, but supposedly they are coming out with a 10mm soon. I'm one of those who just don't care for Glock's grip angle, but I shoot my SA XD in .40 just fine, so if they beat S&W to the punch, that's what I'll get. I really want a S&W M&P to sit next to my 1076 in the safe but an XD in 10mm next to my XD in .40 works too.

 

[k22fan]

An 8 shot N frame with comp or a 7 shot L frame with comp. [...]

Eight 10 MM chambers do not fit in an N frame and seven do not fit in an L frame. In order to fit eight .357 chambers in an N frame S&W had to move the chambers and the threaded hole for the barrel further away from the center line of the cylinder. I suspect they'd have to do the same to fit seven 10 MM chambers in an N frame. If the barrel has to be in an intermediate spot then a seven shot N frame 10 MM is extremely unlikely to be built.

[...] if Glock can figure out how to make a polymer framed striker fired 10mm, why can't S&W with the M&P line? [...]

The problem is not that S&W can not make 10 MMs. The problem is that experience has proved they can not sell enough of them to keep any 10 MM in the catalog for more than a few years. That certainly discourages any investment in redesigning pistols for 10 MM.

I am not bad mouthing S&W 10 MM handguns. I will never sell any of mine. Fact is for decades I've thought a seven shot 10 MM N frame was a great idea. If wishes were fishes ....

 

[CBus660R]

The problem is not that S&W can not make 10 MMs. The problem is that experience has proved they can not sell enough of them to keep any 10 MM in the catalog for more than a few years. That certainly discourages any investment in redesigning pistols for 10 MM.

But they haven't tried with a semi-auto in 15+ years. If I'm not mistaken, 10mm is seeing a resurgence in the consumer market. Sig brought out the P220 in 10mm and affordable ammo to shoot in it (and the ammo is proper 10 power levels over 600 ft-lbs). You can now find numerous companies chambering a 1911 in 10 (including SA) when that wasn't the case just 10 years ago. And the prices on the 10xx line keeps going up.

I'm no firearms designer/engineer, but shouldn't the M&P 45 be able to handle hot 10 loads? Keep the OD of the .45 barrel with a smaller hole down the middle and it should be able to handle the extra pressure and the rest is just tuning with recoil springs and magazine modifications.

 

[Frank237]

I'd be happy if they would simply manufacture MORE oem magazines for the M-1000 series! Mags are now a hundred a pop, or more.

 

[jtcarm]

A 6-shot L-frame would be a great all-around gun, but I don’t see it happening.