While most of my postings are in the wheelgun side of the house I have had a few M&Ps over the years. The last was 2.0 Compact 4", wonderful pistol but I kept going back to my 1911s.
Recently I was at a shop for transfers on a couple of sales (here in Colorado unless it's a c&r all private sales require the background/ffl services since July 2013). As I was waiting for one of the buyers to show up I'm looking over the case and spot a really nice looking 5". It was marked as a "Spec Series". In addition to all the usual stuff it has a neck knife/scabbard, challenge coin (neither of those are important to me) and comes with night sights-that's more important. Plus I really like the trigger of the 2.0. The one I handled in the shop seems to have a slightly lighter trigger with shorter reset than the other 2.0 models they had.
I ask to look at it and dang, love the balance/feel of it. The shop has it priced at $600 with no wiggle room. Well last night I hit the web, see the model on a popular auction site as well as a few of the big online stores.
I found it for $450/$466 shipped. Couldn't say no, who knows if I could have beat that on an auction but we all know how that goes. Should have it at my preferred ffl by the end of next week depending on the USPS.
Very much looking forward to getting it. Ahh, hard to beat a good impulse purchase LOL.
M&P(R)9 M2.0™ Spec Series Pistol Kit | Smith & Wesson
Recently I was at a shop for transfers on a couple of sales (here in Colorado unless it's a c&r all private sales require the background/ffl services since July 2013). As I was waiting for one of the buyers to show up I'm looking over the case and spot a really nice looking 5". It was marked as a "Spec Series". In addition to all the usual stuff it has a neck knife/scabbard, challenge coin (neither of those are important to me) and comes with night sights-that's more important. Plus I really like the trigger of the 2.0. The one I handled in the shop seems to have a slightly lighter trigger with shorter reset than the other 2.0 models they had.
I ask to look at it and dang, love the balance/feel of it. The shop has it priced at $600 with no wiggle room. Well last night I hit the web, see the model on a popular auction site as well as a few of the big online stores.
I found it for $450/$466 shipped. Couldn't say no, who knows if I could have beat that on an auction but we all know how that goes. Should have it at my preferred ffl by the end of next week depending on the USPS.
Very much looking forward to getting it. Ahh, hard to beat a good impulse purchase LOL.
M&P(R)9 M2.0™ Spec Series Pistol Kit | Smith & Wesson
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