M&P 9, 40 & 45

[Babalooie]

I've owned an M&P40 since about 2006. It does not have the manual safety.

Last year, I bought an M&P45 with manual safety

I installed the Apex Carry kit in both.

The M&P45 trigger feels great.

The M&P40 trigger, to me, feels the same as the original.

About a month ago, I bought a used M&P9 W/ manual safety. I had plans to install the APEX kit on it, also. I'm having trouble justifying the purchase of the Apex kit. It feels great as-is.

A previous owner may have performed the APEX mod, and I'm not sure if that was done or not. I field stripped the gun and the plunger on the 9 looks like the original.

Here's my question: Does S&W have different trigger specs on guns that have manual safeties than guns without them?

 

[Crab 945]

I have a M&P 40 with a manual safety and it is going for the Apex upgrade next week.

Long gritty trigger pull after 300+ rounds and it is still not to my liking.

I'm still trying to decide between the DCAEK or the Poly FSS.

 

[Babalooie]

I'm not sure what those letters mean.

I installed the duty carry package on the 40 & 45.

Am considering getting the aluminum trigger for them. This seems to have gotten pretty good reviews on some vendor sites.

 

[Crab 945]

I'm not sure what those letters mean.

I installed the duty carry package on the 40 & 45.

Am considering getting the aluminum trigger for them. This seems to have gotten pretty good reviews on some vendor sites.

Sorry, DCAEK is the Duty Carry kit.

Poly FSS is kit that includes a new polymer trigger with less uptake and a more forward break.
It also comes with two different size springs to allow
for a 4lb trigger pull or a 5/5.5 lb trigger
similar to the Duty carry kit.
So you are NOT happy with the Duty Carry trigger
on your .40?

 

[Gunhacker]

I just got my FS M&P 45 and have been doing searches on the APEX stuff to decide what I wanted to install. The posts on the triggers seem to indicate that the aluminum one came out first and has a sharper, more angular edge to the trigger face than the poly one that came later.

I ended up ordering the poly trigger for its rounded edges, on my DAO revolvers and pistols, that's a mod that I usually do to the right side of the trigger face. I put a smooth radius on that side so I don't have that sharp edge working into my finger.

Reading through the forum search results, it seems for a manual safety M&P, the best combination is the DCAEK and the poly trigger.

The FSS seems to be geared more towards improving the trigger towards behaving like the SA pull on a competition gun, where the DCAEK is for a faster reset and quicker follow up shot, combat style shooting.


Check out the pics in reply #2 to my posting: http://smith-wessonforum.com/smith-wesson-m-p-pistols/355943-m-p45-newbie-apex-questions.html