Mini Red Dot on a M&P22?

[cjt50]

I went with the Mako Bridge mount with a Fastfire II, very happy with the setup right now.

 

[jsalas2]

See my post my .22mods

http://smith-wessonforum.com/smith-wesson-m-p-pistols/298163-my-m-p-22-mods.html

 

[agksimon]

I was going to install a red dot on my M&P22 for steel challenge, but installed fiber optic sights instead. Let a friend who is the state champ borrow it and he shot the "Smoke and Hope" in the low 1.70's a few times, which he said is almost as fast as his Ruger Paclite with optic. He then went on to shoot the longer distance stages, just as accurately and as fast as with his optic gun. At that point, I decided to train harder to do the same and forget the optic.

On another note, for those who are concerned about optic weight affecting slide function: Would Stingers work better, giving more oomph to the slide? I know from experience that Federal Champion won't reliably push my slide all the way back sometimes, due to what seems to be underpowered rounds and I end up with an empty chamber.

 

[Tinn-Can]

It seems to be a weight to velocity thing... Maybe if you can find the velociters or the segmented hollow points it would run ok...

 

[nivek_nailgun]

Hi guys,

I wanted to report the mount from Speed Shooter Specialties worked perfectly. I added a Burris Fastfire mini red dot in addition to my Tactical Solutions suppressor. It's fun!
Ammo is somewhat finicky but with experimentation found CCI to be the most successful.
Still trying to find a reliable subsonic.
Here's a link to me firing it days before I mounted the dot.

.22 M&P Suppressed pistol. - YouTube

 

[MacCoon1]

Milled M&P 22 Slide

I too tried the SSS Burris adaptor with rear dovetail attachment to the M&P 22. It functioned really well after I skeletonized it.

However; the sight height is well above my M&P CORE so, as you can imagine, I struggled finding the dot when switching between guns.

Lucky for us CORE owners the kit comes with multiple Burris adaptors. So I set out to fit the "Type 5" adaptor to the slide of my M&P 22 by milling similar features as the CORE pocket. After some very close measuring and review of critical to function features on the slide I was confident I could make it work. The adaptor hangs halfway over the rear sight dovetail slot ... but I'm okay with that.

My CNC has an 'island' feature that made life easier milling the two CORE posts. The 'Type 5' adaptor is 40 thou thick and I decided to only mill out 30 thou because there is a spring blind hole (part of the absent mag hammer inhibit function I believe) in the 'work zone' on the underside of the slide. Also; I wanted the #6-48 threaded holes to be located in the thick zone of the bolt encapsulation feature. Finally; the new #6-48 threaded holes can't cross the bolt fixing pin.

In summary; The milling work came out perfect. The 'Type 5' adaptor fit just like on the CORE. The blind spring hole did get exposed (only the drill point and it still holds the spring) but that's okay because the adaptor covers the hole anyway. The finished sight height is only 0.1" higher than my CORE 9.
I did call Burris and order longer #6-48 screws because the stock screws only engaged 3 threads.

I finally figured out how to upload my pix.

 

[MacCoon1]

Uploaded pix

see edited previous post.