Ok I swore I would never buy a Smith and Wesson Auto. I don't need to go into details because just about everybody knows why. Anyway after reading a few reviews and wanting a new hand gun I decided to buy American and give old S&W a try. I bought the M&P 9mm Spec Ops. I bought this gun because it came with 3 clips and I was under the assumption since it was a special edition run it might be made with quality parts. The other reason I bought this gun is I figured if it turns out to be POS I can always find a M&P fanatic and get my money back. So that said and out of the way I was wondering where I could find some after market parts for the M&P and a thread protector for barrel.