M&P vs. Glock field striped

[Rangel]

DJBiker:

Three seconds?--Man o live--that's fast! Way to go--I know I can't beat that.

How about this 8 y/o in this video, field stripping and reassembling an AR15 in record time? I think she's awesome.

Britlee 8 year old girl field strips AR-15 - YouTube

 

[DJBiker]

DJBiker:

Three seconds?--Man o live--that's fast! Way to go--I know I can't beat that.

How about this 8 y/o in this video, field stripping and reassembling an AR15 in record time? I think she's awesome.

Britlee 8 year old girl field strips AR-15 - YouTube

Now that was awesome! Great little girl he has there.

 

[Gauger]

If you want to talk about a basic design that is easy to maintain, it can not get any easier than a SIG P250. There are only two springs on the FCU. on is for the hammer and the other is for the trigger return. You can strip it down in a couple minutes without any tools.

That said, I can shoot better with my new MP40 than I can with the Sig 250C. I think the Sig trigger pull tought me to be more disciplined with my trigger than if I had started out with the MP or Glock.

 

[45caldan]

I think as far as which looks more robust, the solid pins in a Glock look more "robust" to me than the roll pins used in the M&Ps.....

 

[Dragon6]

"Robust" ??? Isn't the whole idea of the polymer pistol to be less robust, ie heavy? Robust may not equal reliable. Isn't reliability the real issue? You can't see reliability. Just try to buy a car and determine it's reliability by looking at it. Good luck!

 

[45caldan]

"Robust" ??? Isn't the whole idea of the polymer pistol to be less robust, ie heavy? Robust may not equal reliable. Isn't reliability the real issue? You can't see reliability. Just try to buy a car and determine it's reliability by looking at it. Good luck!

I believe the OP is meaning to say durable when saying robust....

 

[walkin' trails]

I won't say Glock's pins are any more "robust" than the M&P's. I've seen quite a few trigger pins break on Glock 40s. Also remember the trigger housing pins are polymer. Never seen them break, but they're not taking the same shock as the trigger pins. The Glock is a very simple, durable package, but its a mechanical device. I've also had a slide lock lever spring break on my 23 and that puts a Glock out of action faster than the trigger pin. I love my M&P 45FS, but still shooting to find out how it holds up over the long term. Its got a lottle over 5K thru it now. Nothing has broke yet. If i had a lot more money, I'd do an M&P torture test of my own. The Glock is a very good pistol, but the M&P is pretty decent in its own right.

 

[Silversmok3]

This thread reminds me of two guys at a car show discussing interior plastic panel lines between American and Foreign cars, and how the two look different.

A fascinating discussion, except it had jack to do with how the cars performed in the 1/4 mile.

Who cares what the grain of the plastic looks like on the M&P, or whether a Glock 'look's more robust field stripped?The bad guy who picks you for a target isn't going to run screaming into the night because your gun has tighter tolerances than his!

What counts is putting rounds on target.Because all of us have different hands and eyes,we all will not and indeed can't do it with one type of gun.Rather than pee on someone's parade because they carry an M&P, perhaps that energy is better spent dry-firing you own weapon?

/endrant.

 

[Titegroups]

This thread reminds me of two guys at a car show discussing interior plastic panel lines between American and Foreign cars, and how the two look different.

A fascinating discussion, except it had jack to do with how the cars performed in the 1/4 mile.

Who cares what the grain of the plastic looks like on the M&P, or whether a Glock 'look's more robust field stripped?The bad guy who picks you for a target isn't going to run screaming into the night because your gun has tighter tolerances than his!

What counts is putting rounds on target.Because all of us have different hands and eyes,we all will not and indeed can't do it with one type of gun.Rather than pee on someone's parade because they carry an M&P, perhaps that energy is better spent dry-firing you own weapon?

/endrant.

Great analogy, but instead of looking at the plastic interior parts lets say we tore the motor down and and took a look at the camshaft, the camshaft in my engine has "lumps" on it that are slightly bigger than the lumps on yours, although seeming meaningless to the some it very likely would make a considerable difference in the 1/4 mile times. The wood grain plastic interior, probably not. The whole point.