40 S&W M&P and felt recoil

[walnutred]

Handling the M&P series in shops I always thought they felt well in my hands. I never reached for my wallet until the police trade-ins started hitting the market at around $200. First was a medium barrel 45 MP, Liked it so well when Brinks dumped their 40 S&W I picked up a M&P Compact, which lead to another full sized 45. Was by the Aim showroom this summer and they and the full sized M&P 40s on sale, so I picked one up. I like the M&P 40 so much I sold off the 45s.

The grip frame on the 40 feels slightly narrower and therefor fits my hand better than the 45. Easier to manage under recoil. Plus with a magazine adaptor I can use the full size magazines in my compact.

 

[Oldsalt66]

The M&P .40 is the favorite pistol my sister, who weighs roughly100 lbs, likes to shoot.

They're very soft shooting pistols and mine has been impervious to "limp wrist" stoppages, even those I've intentionally tried to introduce.

 

[Farmer17]

I like the M&P .40 also and had a Detroit PD gun that I loved but sold for a nice profit because I wanted a gun with a manual safety. But if you like the M&P .40 you need to try out a M&P 10mm! It doesn't kick much more but has a lot more punch, I love the the Sig 180 grain ammo at 1250 fps from a 4" barrel. Very accurate and controllable even for my 120lb fiance.

 

[neorebel]

Detroit PD

I bought a Gen 2 Detroit Police Department Glock 22 a while back. I won't part with it either.

I used it to qualify for my LEOSA card each year and every time I used it, I remembered why I didn't like Glock 22's in any Gen.

I'm very happy with my new to me Gen 1, Smith and Wesson M&P 40. Qualifying will be a much more pleasant this year!

 

[czgunner]

I don't have any use for .40, but I do shoot a lot of 357 Sig.

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[gnappi]

OP, you didn't specify the barrel length of your new M&P but it's cool you found one you like.

I own a M&P 5" frame safety .40 and find it's not much different shooting from my steel 4006 SAO custom shop or 4026, and quite a bit different than any other polymer pistol as the M&P points naturally for me while others most notable Glock do not point well for me.

Side note, my 5" .40 also has a .357 Sig compensated slide / barrel that is one of the very few compensated pistols that I've owned that will eat any ammo from powder puff to max loads and not have cycling issues.

 

[neorebel]

Sorry about that 4.25 inches gnappi!

 

[drycreek]

Smith clearly spent some time on ergonomics.

This ! The S&W grip is the absolute best IMO.

 

[oink]

I'll be the odd guy. I've had a Gen 2 Glock 23 since the Gen 2 Glock 23s came out. I've always been happy with it and never found the recoil anything to give any thought to. I confess to putting a 9mm PSA Dagger upper on it when they were blowing some out but that's just because 9mm is the only affordable ammo now, other than 22LR.

 

[neorebel]

I like the M&P .40 also and had a Detroit PD gun that I loved but sold for a nice profit because I wanted a gun with a manual safety. But if you like the M&P .40 you need to try out a M&P 10mm! It doesn't kick much more but has a lot more punch, I love the the Sig 180 grain ammo at 1250 fps from a 4" barrel. Very accurate and controllable even for my 120lb fiance.

I actually have shot 10mm a lot over the years and I like the round as well as 357 Sig.

But as I am now in my mid 60's, I have cut my different ammo loves down to 40 S&W, 22LR, 9mm, 45 acp and 9 Makarov.

I just got tired of having too many different calibers around.

 

[neorebel]

I'll be the odd guy. I've had a Gen 2 Glock 23 since the Gen 2 Glock 23s came out. I've always been happy with it and never found the recoil anything to give any thought to. I confess to putting a 9mm PSA Dagger upper on it when they were blowing some out but that's just because 9mm is the only affordable ammo now, other than 22LR.

Yep, as I said, I still have a Detroit Police Department, Gen 2, Glock 22. I will not sale it. Cool gun.

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

I bought my 4006 when they were first announced. Got a box of bullets(20) with it. No ammo was available. I made cases from cut down and inside neck reamed 10mm brass.....Later came a 229......And 2 years ago I added a Shield. I have a lifetime supply of brass now. I most shoot my cast 175 gr. bullets in them now.
I have 2 glocks in my safe that I have been holding for someone for 2 years.......I have NO desire to shoot them.

 

[Michaelp57]

The m&p40 is the reason that I am a 40 guy. Of all the calibers I have guns chambered in, nothing comes close to 40. Went from full size m&p to shield to 4006, then the dreadful glock(35 luckily and only because I was building p80s with a buddy), and now I have an ar in 40. This thread gives me some hope about the future of 40s&w. I never got why so many people dislike it.

 

[Echo40]

The M&P Series handles .40 S&W quite well despite being a relatively lightweight polymer-frame pistol because the M&P was built specifically for .40 S&W.

The Glock 22 on the other hand is merely a modified Glock 17. Granted, Gen 5 .40cal Glocks were redesigned with .40 S&W in mind, so they're most likely less snappy than older models.

That being said, the M&P40 Shield is quite snappy, but that's to be expected from such a lightweight single stack pistol.

 

[The Viking]

Appreciate all the info on the 40 and the s&w. I found the HK USP FS to be a real easy 40 cal to shoot. The pistol was engineered to reduce recoil 30% and does. It is an ugly pistol, built like a tank, and feels horrible in the hand. It was made to be shot with gloves. A good friend of mine knows a retired Navy Seal team chief, who told him they saw that pistol in very third world country. He carried one because they work under all primitive conditions.

 

[Well Armed]

It is an ugly pistol

Blasphemous....

If you want a 40s&w pistol with great ergos, feels great in hand, and is built like a tank, get a HK P30L. I am glad you brought HK up because they are another brand that handles 40s&w well.

 

[The Viking]

Yup if we ever forced to go to ten rounds my two go to pistols will be the HK USP FS in 40 and the S&W M&P in 45 acp. I will ditch the 9mm.

 

[Kframerbluvr]

Yup if we ever forced to go to ten rounds my two go to pistols will be the HK USP FS in 40 and the S&W M&P in 45 acp. I will ditch the 9mm.

I picked up my first S&W auto-pistol since the ‘80s this past Friday.
Used M&P .45 2.0 4” barrel from our local Cabela’s for $340 OTD.
Immediately put ten rapid fired Winchester Ranger T duty rounds in the head box of an IPSC target at seven yards.
I am very pleased with this pistol.

 

[BillyMagg]

I really enjoy shooting my M&P .40

I checked out the metal M&P full size when it came out. I liked it a lot but just could not pull the trigger on it.

I have 2 high capacity 9mm and one Gen 2 Glock 22 that was a Police trade in from Detroit. So, my bases were covered.

I thought I might try the 40 S&W in the M&P since I could get one for pretty cheap from Kings with three magazines and yea, the night sights still work! I'm glad I did. I am very happy with the trigger as well. It breaks very clean.

When I shot it yesterday, I was shooting at 7 yards with a friend of mine who was on the Air Force shooting team. HE loved it to and had the same reaction as I did. I think he's buying one.

I'm hooked on this pistol now.

I really enjoy my 5" M&P .40, its not as accurate in my hands as my Springfield 1911 Loaded, but its a lot of fun to shoot. On one fast double tap at a Gallon antifreeze jug at 50 yds, I hit it with both rounds,, I don't know how that happened, but it made me smile, hell, that still makes me smile.

billy

 

[hardluk1]

Last year I got a deal on a m&p 2.0 pc ported 5" SKU: 11825 for 540 bucks and almost 2 years old then. I fired maybe a mag of ammo thru it and set it in the safe !

I pulled in out last month to start getting some range time with it and found it to now be a favorite of mine now and have started to carry it over my old m&p 4.25 40sw . It does not have as nice a trigger pull as my old m&p with the apex fst kit but its a better over all pistol and the triggers pull is not bad .Might upgrade the trigger only with it .


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