M&P 22 = Awesomeness

[sirsimon]

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to say that I love my new M&P 22. I shot it for the first time yesterday and was very, very happy.

I was also shooting my primary gun (XDm .45 4.5") and the M&P just left me smiling. The XDm has a very nice PRP trigger job and TFOs...I love it. But I'll have to say the M&P is so comfy and fun to shoot out of the box that it is absolutely a great gun. What struck me about the trigger was...well, that I didn't really notice much coming from the modded XDm. I expected to be annoyed by a longer/heavier pull or the reset, or the 'grittiness' that some have described, but I didn't notice a thing. It just felt right in every way.

At this point the only "mod" I'm considering for the gun is the rear sight from a full size M&P, as I would prefer a 3-dot setup.

By the way, I was shooting at a range in the woods and, as always cleaned up more of other people's garbage (mostly shotgun shells...grrrr). I picked up 5-6 .22LR rounds that were intact but had been either dropped or FTF in other guns. They looked like had been out in the rainy/snowy woods for a few months. For the hell of it I chucked them in the M&P and got 3 of them to fire just fine. So much for being finicky about ammo.

Have fun and be safe!

 

[howard829]

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to say that I love my new M&P 22. I shot it for the first time yesterday and was very, very happy.

I was also shooting my primary gun (XDm .45 4.5") and the M&P just left me smiling. The XDm has a very nice PRP trigger job and TFOs...I love it. But I'll have to say the M&P is so comfy and fun to shoot out of the box that it is absolutely a great gun. What struck me about the trigger was...well, that I didn't really notice much coming from the modded XDm. I expected to be annoyed by a longer/heavier pull or the reset, or the 'grittiness' that some have described, but I didn't notice a thing. It just felt right in every way.

At this point the only "mod" I'm considering for the gun is the rear sight from a full size M&P, as I would prefer a 3-dot setup.

By the way, I was shooting at a range in the woods and, as always cleaned up more of other people's garbage (mostly shotgun shells...grrrr). I picked up 5-6 .22LR rounds that were intact but had been either dropped or FTF in other guns. They looked like had been out in the rainy/snowy woods for a few months. For the hell of it I chucked them in the M&P and got 3 of them to fire just fine. So much for being finicky about ammo.

Have fun and be safe!

Congrats on your new M&P 22! I got mine a few weeks ago and I also love it. Now looking into either a .40 or a 9.

 

[Wingman02]

This wife picked up SR22 a couple weeks ago. I guess that purchase made me feel left out cause I picked up a m&p22 today!!

 

[avigar]

The M&P 22 is indeed a blast to shoot with. It also seems to work best with copper plated HPs in my experience. I tried using some 40gr lead nose ammo which gave me FTF/FTE issues.

 

[loveMD]

I picked up an m&p 9 with the intention of grabbing a 22 later. Buddy has one and its a fun gun to shoot....big reason I went m&p for my 9. Great gun.....gotta save up and grab one soon. Your title says it all.

 

[Magnum Mike]

I got a chance to handle one today. other than the rear sight, I liked it. It looks well put together, has nice magazines and has a great feel just like the fill size guns. I have no shortage of 22 pistols, so I don't know that I'll run right out and buy one but based on what I seen I would recommend it to others.

 

[monkey wrench]

I really like mine. I have been having problems with failure to feed with some Winchester bulk ammo but got some CCI's today and it ate them like candy. Love it so far. I had a .22 S before and like the M&P 22 much better.

 

[gunnut165]

The M&P 22 is an awesome little pistol. Took my two young son's to the range with it for the first time last weekend and they had a blast. I have used several different kinds of ammo and have not found anything that it dosn't like yet.

 

[Murcus]

Just got the M&P 22 pistol about one hour ago and can't wait to try it out. What's the thought on using lead-nose bullets? The gunshop only had a brick of Blazer.

 

[rgkitchen]

I don't like to use unplated bullets in my .22s, but all they had was Blazer where I went too. I put around 150 of them through my M&P 22 without a hiccup, and the barrel did not show any unusual fouling when I cleaned it.

 

[Eyelawdoc]

I fired 250 rounds through my M&P 22 last night. Due to the ever continuing shortage of .22 lr ammo here on the Left Coast, I ended up shooting a conglomeration of different ammo: Federal Bulk (325 rnd Value Pack) 36 gr plated HP, Remington .22Thunderbolt 40gr black plated RN, Fiocchi 40gr plated RN and CCI Stingers 32gr plated HP.

The M&P 22 performed flawlessly! No issues whatever. I even loaded multiple brands in the same magazine to compare how they shot. It ate up everything. Not one FTF, FTE or dud! How can you not love this gun!

 

[gun1]

I really like my M&P-22 also. It is a fantastic gun, but I have found it takes some maintenance. I have had the pins come loose, but they are easy to push back in with a tool (I used an allen wrench).

I have never had one firing related problem with it.

The first batch of bullets I shot with it were copper plated CCI's (bulk 325 round or 375 round value pack). I still have some of them left. Then I switched to Blazer lead round-nose.

I actually prefer the Blazer lead round-nose rounds because they don't smoke as bad as the CCI's = not as much crud to clean out of the breech after a round at the range. After my first 525 round box I bought a whole case of them - right before things went to pot on the gun/ammo market. I'm glad I did. I have about 5000 rounds in stock and I got them for $18/box.

When I was at a buddy's place several weeks ago I was shooting my M&P15-22. We got out his plinking target (5 swinging targets, 4 below and one on top). After a few magazines on the 15-22 I switched to the M&P-22 to see what I could do. At about 15-20 yards I was still hitting the targets fine once I got warmed up.

 

[Nevadadvx]

I liked mine so much, I went and traded my Glock 19 Gen4 for an M&P 9. Very little difference in feel or size between the two M&Ps, I love them both.....

 

[reece27]

Congrats, I just took my M&P22 to the range yesterday for the first time and it ate everything. I was really impressed with the gun, the accuracy was amazing. I guess im going to have to put it to the test and compare it to my Ruger SR22.

 

[fungunnin]

I am considering getting the M&P 22 but have a few questions for those that owe one.
How is the trigger. The last couple of 22s that I have tried were based off full caliber guns and sucked. I am talking about the walther p22, and the Sig mosquito.
When you say accuracy is good does that mean you can hit a dinner plate or you can chew out the x ring.

I feel like a 22. Needs to be very accurate and have a good to great trigger or it is pointless.
Some of my favorites are my buckmark, Sig trailside, and Beretta 87 target.
Thanks guys for your input.

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[reece27]

I've owned the mosquito and didnt like it. A couple friends of mine own the Walther P22 and its real picky with ammo. I currently own the Ruger SR22 which will shoot anything and everything. I just bought the M&P22 on Thursday and I finally got some range time with it and I was really impressed of the accuracy. Im by no means a expert shooter but I took that M&P and at 10 yards I was shooting real tight groups on center of the target every time (about the size of a spray can lid). I'm thinking it has me convinced that it might be more accurate than my ruger sr22 which is saying a lot, the reliability we will have to see because I havent had 1 failure in about 2000+ rounds in the ruger

 

[agksimon]

It took me about 15 minutes to bring the trigger down from 6.5lbs to 4lbs. Just a little honing on the hammer contact point, but you need a lighted magnifier and have to know what you're doing, or you'll ruin it.

 

[Plinker99]

I wanted two guns. One for fun and teaching my kids to shoot. One for home protection. My gun shop recommended the M&P 22 and a 9mm or .40SW.

I bought the .22 and the girls LOVE it. Bought the .40 a few weeks later. Both are GREAT guns.

If I could just find a .40 Shield...

 

[FireManDan]

After reading these reviews I'm going to get mine bought tomorrow. I do have a question though. Has anyone here covered up or removed all the white printing on these guns? I think it would look more like its big brothers and so much better without all the giant white printing. I know...it's the shooting that matters. But come on...Hehe

 

[sirsimon]

^ Interesting question about the lettering.

I put another 100rds through it the other day with no issue. Still love the little fella. Shooting it back/back with my XDm I can say that the trigger pull is definitely quite a bit longer (XDm has a trigger job), but nothing that bothers me.

I hope to really give it a workout this weekend.