New product announcements coming from Smith

[seldon14]

Smith & Wesson to Hold its First Public Virtual New Product Announcement March 15 - The Truth About Guns

I'm interested to see if the M&P line will jump into the 365/Hellcat space, or an M&P PCC but it's very possible it's going to be pretty mundane variants of existing products like new colors, threaded barrels, optics mount etc.

 

[cmj8591]

They are going to announce a 10mm M&P.

Made you look!!

 

[Echo40]

A P365/Hellcat competitor seems likely. I can imagine them making a new M&P Shield with a slightly longer/thicker grip to hold 10 rounds in the magazine, then just stamp a "3.0" on the slide along with some real front slide serrations and an optics mount for good measure.
It's a safe move for them to make since not only are the P365/Hellcat extremely popular as is, but they have the potential to be even more popular in the event that certain politicians get their way and the AWB makes a comeback, so it's a risk-free move that can only be profitable. Heck, if they offer it in .40 S&W and .45 ACP, then they'll have a portion of the market cornered since the P365/Hellcat are 9mm only.

The only way I see them doing a PCC is with a modified M&P15 Sport, I doubt they'd go all in on a market that could go belly up with the stroke of a pen by designing a unique PCC, unless of course it has been in development for some time now and the money has already been spent on R&D.

M&P10mm? Not happening. They haven't made a 10mm Auto pistol since 1994, and for good reason, it would cannibalize sales of the .40cal pistols at best, flop altogether at worst. High risk, low reward.

 

[Telecaster]

"...a new branding unveil..."

That's intriguing.

 

[pmosley]

I bought a wee bit of S&W stock about 5 weeks ago - despite record revenue, price is off 52 week high - need something to spur some positivity..........

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[jaguargolf]

New Model 13's with a 3" barrel

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

A steel alloy frame pistol the size and width of a Model 3913 that holds 21 9mm rounds, has a green laser sight, perfect trigger, accurate, great grip, weighs 6 ounces loaded and retails at $115?

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

What would REALLY be great if they brought back the mountain gun series of revolvers in .22/357/44 mag/45 acp and 45 LC.

 

[Telecaster]

They secretly built an ammo factory.

 

[AManWearingAHat]

Removing locks from all new revolvers

 

[hyena]

A 9mm the size of the BG380.

 

[seldon14]

What would REALLY be great if they brought back the mountain gun series of revolvers in .22/357/44 mag/45 acp and 45 LC.

I'd love seeing mountain guns and 327/32 revolvers come back, and more no lock options.

 

[seldon14]

A P365/Hellcat competitor seems likely. I can imagine them making a new M&P Shield with a slightly longer/thicker grip to hold 10 rounds in the magazine, then just stamp a "3.0" on the slide along with some real front slide serrations and an optics mount for good measure.
It's a safe move for them to make since not only are the P365/Hellcat extremely popular as is, but they have the potential to be even more popular in the event that certain politicians get their way and the AWB makes a comeback, so it's a risk-free move that can only be profitable. Heck, if they offer it in .40 S&W and .45 ACP, then they'll have a portion of the market cornered since the P365/Hellcat are 9mm only.

The only way I see them doing a PCC is with a modified M&P15 Sport, I doubt they'd go all in on a market that could go belly up with the stroke of a pen by designing a unique PCC, unless of course it has been in development for some time now and the money has already been spent on R&D.

M&P10mm? Not happening. They haven't made a 10mm Auto pistol since 1994, and for good reason, it would cannibalize sales of the .40cal pistols at best, flop altogether at worst. High risk, low reward.

Not sure if they could do higher cap 40/45 in a micro size, but if they could it could be a big win for them.

A unique pcc would be cool, but seems unlikely. A 9mm ar seems pretty plausible.

I could see them doing the 10mm m&p if they could get it to hold up built on the 45 components, more or less what Glock does.

 

[Racer X]

They are going to announce a 10mm M&P.

Made you look!!

jerk

 

[FiveG]

New Model 13's with a 3" barrel

And 3-inch Model 65s too.

Seriously, they might be wise to refocus on CCW revolvers given some of the rumblings. Reintroducing K frames in 3 inch barrels but with more visible fixed sights would seem logical. At least to me.

 

[Echo40]

Not sure if they could do higher cap 40/45 in a micro size, but if they could it could be a big win for them.

A unique pcc would be cool, but seems unlikely. A 9mm ar seems pretty plausible.

I could see them doing the 10mm m&p if they could get it to hold up built on the 45 components, more or less what Glock does.

Seeing as they managed to make the Shield the slimmest single-stack pistol on the market across three different cartridges, I imagine that they could make a slim double-stack as well. It might be a little thicker in the grip to accommodate .40 S&W, but not so much more that it would matter. As long as the grip was still thinner than the M&P40c 1.0 or Subcompact 2.0, it would sell.
Come to think of it, if they were already working on such a thing, then that would explain why they discontinued the Subcompact, because they've already designed something that's better overall. We'll have to wait and see though, this is mere speculation, albeit plausible speculation based on the profitability of such a new pistol.

People often think that making a reliable 10mm Auto pistol is as simple as converting a .45 ACP pistol to 10mm Auto, but alas, it's not that simple, and of it were, then there would be a vide variety of aftermarket M&P45 10mm Conversion Kits, yet we don't even have one.

 

[lkabug]

Guess we will know March 15th.
Maybe they'll add ammo to the package.

 

[seldon14]

And 3-inch Model 65s too.

Seriously, they might be wise to refocus on CCW revolvers given some of the rumblings. Reintroducing K frames in 3 inch barrels but with more visible fixed sights would seem logical. At least to me.

With the 66 already being brought back in the "new" k frame format, selling it with a D&L style fixed sight that just bolts into the adjustable sights slots, is an economic way I could see them doing that without having to retool.

 

[Dave Lively]

I could see them doing the 10mm m&p if they could get it to hold up built on the 45 components, more or less what Glock does.

The 10mm Glock 20 came out before the .45 ACP Glock 21. They didn't adapt a 45 gun to 10mm, they adapted a 10mm gun to 45.

Right after 10mm came out I bought a Springfield Omega that was a 45 adapted to 10mm. It couldn't handle the extra power and broke. Its been 30 years so hopefully gun makers know how to make a durable 10mm pistol. But I am still wary of 45s converted to 10mm. It is not as easy as changing the barrel and recoil spring unless you are starting with a gun designed to handle 10mm from the start.

 

[Racer X]

My take is this, and I firmly believe this, having 3 mechanical engineers and a master mechanic as lifelong buddies. If they let the engineers design the pistol without interference, it will get done fast. It's the interference that causes the issues.