It's official the M2.0 is here!!
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CRJeff
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I'm thinking my CZ SP01 tactical is prettier
I don't know. I have a CZ75 SP-01 Tactical and an M&P9 FS and I must say the M&P is a beauty.
The one thing I was hoping for was an ambidextrous mag release.....maybe on M&P 2.2......
TruckinThumper
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The one thing I was hoping for was an ambidextrous mag release.....maybe on M&P 2.2......
you do know you can flip the mag release, right?
yes, I know. I use a left hand release and my wife( and most of my friends who I let shoot my M&Ps) prefers the right hand release.
JL Murray
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Academy listed them for $529 before they took the listing back down just before Christmas.
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Arik
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Here the advertisement from my LGS
$449
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Ozark Marine
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$449, I'd get one in a heartbeat. The poly frame has a full steel? insert making the 2.0 stiff the whole length. S&W has done a good job on the updated model.
Arik
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Eh. I have no interest in the M&P. And being a new gun ill spend my $449 somewhere else and let others do the beta testing.
Also, reading on another forum, Apex said their accuracy is about the same as the M&P 1.0
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Also, reading on another forum, Apex said their accuracy is about the same as the M&P 1.0
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Best price I could find. It is in FDE, which isn't my preference but haven't been able to find a 9mm full size 5" M2.0 available.
Smith & Wesson M&P9 M2.0 9mm FDE Centerfire Pistol with 5-inch Barrel | Sportsman's Outdoor Superstore
Smith & Wesson M&P9 M2.0 9mm FDE Centerfire Pistol with 5-inch Barrel | Sportsman's Outdoor Superstore
No threaded barrel version?
The one thing I was hoping for was an ambidextrous mag release.....maybe on M&P 2.2......
On her spokesperson video, Julie Golob says the mag release is ambi, which is different than reversible. I have not seen a good picture of the left side of the gun. Also, the mag release is now metal rather than polymer, perhaps adding to the supposition it is ambi.
EDIT: NOT AMBI--reversible as the original is.
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JayC_783
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I'm not sure what I think of it. I like the way it looks, but it doesn't look all that different from the old one. I'm a big fan of S&W. I love my Sport II, and I would like to add an SDVE to the collection someday. I shot an SD9VE and thought it was pretty good for the price. I'm really curious what the trigger is like on the M2.0. As of right now, though, I think I'm more of an XD fan. I got an XD Mod.2 a little over a month ago. I love the way it shoots. It's got a good trigger. I think I prefer the looks of the XD's over the M&P's, too. I know I'm probably in the minority saying that about the XD, but I was a bit underwhelmed when the M2.0 was revealed. I hope it turns out to be a great update.
I'm not seeing the 5" in anything but FDE and w/thumb safety. I'd like to have the longer barrel for sight radius, but not a fan of FDE and it seems like the safety might be in the way for me. Looking back, it doesn't seem like the 5", blue, no safety has ever been an option. Even in 1.0.
I don't normally like "colored" guns, but the FDE looks kinda neat.
GrabAGun has some in stock, but their price on the FDE is higher ($495). Black 9mm with 4.25" barrel is $449.
New button?
I like the looks of their desert sand color. Dumb question time though - what is the button located between and takedown lever and the slide stop? I have read a couple of blurbs on-line and no one has mentioned this. I don't think the original M&P's had the button ...
I like the looks of their desert sand color. Dumb question time though - what is the button located between and takedown lever and the slide stop? I have read a couple of blurbs on-line and no one has mentioned this. I don't think the original M&P's had the button ...
Targets Guy
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Have to check this one out.
presspics
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You don't think that APEX may have a reason to say that? They have barrels they need to sell. S&W says that the barrel and frame have been addressed to improve accuracy.. I don't doubt that..
Arik
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Barrels don't interchange with the old M&P. So unless they already stock piled them I don't think there was any reason other than it being that. Besides they can claim whatever they want if it's false then no one is going to buy their barrels anyway. You think if they made a claim about Wilson Combat being inacu then all of a sudden they'll be selling barrels?
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FWIW, I just bought one from GrabAGun which has the 9mm FDE ambi-safety model listed for $449, plus $8 shipping, no CC surcharge.
The .40 is $439!
An actual honest-to-goodness slide release button?
I don't remember ever seeing such an animal - but I think you're right! I had also surmised - and I'm not too bright and no mechanical engineer - that it might be a decock button kinda-sorta like the old Walther P99 had on the slide ...
Funny thing is - I can't find any reference to it on the Google ... nor any indication as to whether or not the Shield will receive a similar treatment...
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So what is the actual benefit of a full length guide rail? Some articles say it recoil less and others say it will improve accuracy. The m&p is already one of the lowest recoil in handguns on the market except maybe a heavy sp-01 or a rotating barrel px4.
Polymer guns flex in recoil, some more than others. To an extent, flexing reduces recoil, but too much flex gives a bad recoil impulse. And a polymer frame that flexes a lot has the potential for innaccuracy and faster wear.
Stiffening the front end has apparently helped slightly reduce recoil as shown in one of the new videos (American Guns?). A stiffer frame could also contribute to increased accuracy.
I made the mistake of resting the dust cover of my V1 FS M&P 9 on a sandbag for accuracy testing. The softness of the dust cover threw shots away from the bull and gave me large groups. I then rested the gun on the trigger guard and with a very solid bottom rear grip rest and produced on target small groups. Flex in the dust cover is not a great thing.
