cmort666
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It's not awful, but the styling is kind of "busy".
I prefer the looks of the old guns.
I prefer the looks of the old guns.
M&P M2.0
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I'll buy your old M&Ps for 60% under what you paid!! Really, not seeing that much depreciation.
I'll have to admit that I'm not very impressed with the new look... and I guess we'll just have to wait to find out what all those visible changes and do-dads are going to do for us.
Keep in mind that I'm an "all-metal" gun kind of guy... so mere cosmetic changes to the plastic molds tend not to impress me. 
To be honest, I was hoping for so much more... a major redesign.
Regardless, it will be a long time before they are legal for dealers to sell in the People's Republic of Massachusetts. No need to add any of them to the acquisition "Possibilities List" anytime before 2018 at the earliest. 
Not a fan either..wondering what are those ports on the frame for, to cool off the RSA? maybe attach a light? looks weird. Beaver tail..gone why? It is suppose to have a new trigger maybe a PC trigger 
maybe a PC trigger
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I hope that's actually the case. Often such things are cost cutting measures. The new metal treatment Glock uses is similar to, but inferior to Tenifer.
Scotiapilot
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looks great! cant wait to get one
We were told they decided to get the equipment to start doing the nitriding process in-house, versus sending slides & barrels to a vendor (and paying to use a process with a trademarked name owned by someone else). It also allows them immediate control over the process and QC oversight.
This is the second name I've seen them use since we were told of their decision to start doing their own process. It's something they offer to other gun companies, too, like their forging and heat treat services.
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Last of the Mohicans
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I like the look of it. I also like the fact that they've done away with the beavertail. I wonder how long until they make it up here to Canuckistan. I just picked up a second M&P, a .40 to go with my 9, so I'm okay with a bit of a wait until they arrive.
NCW Ray
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S&W now owns Crimson Trace. Perhaps its an attachment point for a future Crimson Trace product.
scattershot
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I was hoping for a frame size like the 45C across the caliber spectrum. To me, that's the perfect size for an M&P.
TruckinThumper
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What is the little thing in front of the slide release?
Out West
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I read that the slide is slightly narrower in the 2.0. I'd like to see that.
Ranger17
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I'm curious to hold one in person; to feel what the new grip texture is like but mainly to see how the trigger feels as a "2.0" version. I have a '15 full size 9 with its standard trigger and a '16 PC Shield with it's upgraded trigger.
For me i'll be interested to see where this 2.0 trigger falls in between what i already own and am comfortable with (thanks to range time i am good with both, even though they have obvious differences).
For me i'll be interested to see where this 2.0 trigger falls in between what i already own and am comfortable with (thanks to range time i am good with both, even though they have obvious differences).
if the texture is the same that it comes on the shield 45 IMO is great, I'm curious too about the trigger but I won't buy one just for it, all my guns have apex and I'm very happy with them. Not a fan of the LCI, it looks the box is now black, and new foam insert too.
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Rastoff
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I like what they've done. Shame I can't get it here.
I'm still not understanding the front of the frame where it looks like a bear bit down real hard on it.
I get the steel reinforcement thing but I don't see how it relates to those new holes. Attachments
okiegtrider
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It's taken me half the day to figure out what, "LCI", meant.
Bkreutz
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I'm still not understanding the front of the frame where it looks like a bear bit down real hard on it.
I think they're just showing off that the front part of the dust cover has a steel core. Plus it looks "tacticool".
I still don't know. Not sure I care.
Improved grip stippling.
Eliminated the beavertail.
Improved slide stop.
Improved (PC) trigger--(lighter?) with improved reset--audible & tactile.
Almost forward slide serrations.
5" version available standard, with new tactile Loaded Chamber Indicator (LCI
) [Looks like it might interfere with mounting a red dot sight.]
Ambi metal mag release.
Different ejection port machining.
Steel insert in polymer dust cover to stiffen frame.
Lightened slide (narrower front top profile).
4th backstrap choice.
"Windows" in dust cover that are backed internally by the new steel skeleton, so not really windows that would allow **** into gun. Basically cosmetic, perhaps to quickly differentiate V2 visually.
Backwards compatible with mags, holsters, sights.
Different name for the same finish?
Anything else?
Eliminated the beavertail.
Improved slide stop.
Improved (PC) trigger--(lighter?) with improved reset--audible & tactile.
Almost forward slide serrations.
5" version available standard, with new tactile Loaded Chamber Indicator (LCI
) [Looks like it might interfere with mounting a red dot sight.] Ambi metal mag release.
Different ejection port machining.
Steel insert in polymer dust cover to stiffen frame.
Lightened slide (narrower front top profile).
4th backstrap choice.
"Windows" in dust cover that are backed internally by the new steel skeleton, so not really windows that would allow **** into gun. Basically cosmetic, perhaps to quickly differentiate V2 visually.
Backwards compatible with mags, holsters, sights.
Different name for the same finish?
Anything else?
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I think they're just showing off that the front part of the dust cover has a steel core. Plus it looks "tacticool".
Not impressed.
They better have some functional purpose in being there 'cause they sure don't add anything to the looks of the gun IMHO (other than just to be new & different). Same with the front slide attempt at a partial fishscale. Doesn't do a thing for me. Looks like a nasty machining screw-up as another member once remarked. Performance-wise, this better be a big winner because I don't think many are going to buy it just for the cosmetic changes.
Performance-wise, this better be a big winner because I don't think many are going to buy it just for the cosmetic changes.
I'll trade the frame holes for getting rid of the ridiculously large beavertail of 1.0. Seems like a net upgrade.
Can't really argue with you on that (although I can't say it ever bothered me). As you compare them side by side, that change does appear to be an improvement.
The biggest question for me will be: "What's the Massachusetts-compliant trigger going to be like"?
It can't possibly be worse than what we had to put up with on V1.0. Arik
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Not impressed.
Proper way to view a gun
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Damn, y'all are a harsh crowd. I personally think it looks sexy! But I'm hesitant to buy one without knowing if it's going to have the accuracy issues in 9mm like a lot of the Gen 1 M&P's do. I'm not about to drop another $200 on a M&P because the barrel lock up sucks.
