Second range trip . MP 9 2.0.

[WarDawg]

Second time shooting new pistol. Had G17 gen3 and Gp100 also. I will say shooting it again , it has grown on me. It shot on par with my G17g3 . The trigger was gritty the first time out. Not so much this time. It was better. I started liking the grip more. Small complaint. The sun was bright, I could pick up the front white dot easily. But the two white dots on the rear sight , would fade on me. I wonder if I painted them some type of bright orange would it be an improvement. I like the white dots. Just lost them in certain light conditions. Hell I’m getting old might be my damn eyes !!!!!! Cheers Wardawg.

 

[TigerDude]

dots are life

 

[Beju]

You probably smoothed out the trigger bar and/or striker block with trigger pulls. A lot of M&P ship with fairly rough trigger bars, as it's just a stamped part.

As for sights, if you're sticking with iron sights, you might like a tritium/fiber optic set like the Truglo TFO or TFX lines of sights.

 

[Beju]

If you don't care about tritium, Dawson Precision also has some fiber optic sets.

The only caveat with them is that I've heard some older guys with aging eyes say that those 0.100" front sights are a bit narrow for them, and Dawson sights often require a bit of fitting/filing for installation.

 

[hardluk1]

I tend to black out the rear whit dots and add Testors the front a brite yellwo after romoving the white paint that tends to fall out after a while ,, or use to . For more defensive practice sights are or limited value after 30 years of practice with Flash Sight Picture practice but today even the rather flash is limited to beyond 25 yards .

If you remove your sights to change them try some practice time with NO sights and you might surprise your self at least out to 15 yards .

 

[dajogejr]

You can usually tell a well fired M&P by how smooth the trigger is. That gritty takes a little bit of firing, live or dry fire, to basically lap the surfaces to smooth out.
I just sold S&W flagship target pistol and it was gritty out of the box.
Smith has recently somewhat made this better with the striker block plunger being angled/beveled better and a 10 degree striker.

I take the trigger bar and striker, some oil, 3000 grit and some flitz and polish those pieces in about 15 to 20 minutes on any new Smith I own. Really cleans up the grit faster than a several hundred to a few thousand rounds/dry fire.

I would put a red dot on my folding knife if I could.. LOL. they work best for my eyes.

When i used to shoot irons, I was a fan of the TFO/TFX as Beju mentioned. I also has the XS Big Dot on a G19 years ago… that was fun as well.