Which M&P is most popular?

[Gary B]

Hickok45! The best vids on youtube by far! I'm glad you're looking into the M&P's. I just got myself a .40 full size, so I have to check it out myself. How about I come to the compound and you can give it a whirl? haha Looking forward to your next vid....life is good!

 

[dave-arlington-va]

Hickok45, be sure to post here what you decide. I'll be sure to catch your video. You always have something fun and interesting. Think I'll go take a look at your Youtube channel to see what you have posted recently.

 

[randyj]

Hickock45,

My vote also would be to do a vid on the .357 Sig, it's such a great round, very fun, very robust...and has been said already...doesn't get much exposure.

 

[MandP]

i have a full size 40 M&P, with laser, the best gun i have had, would like to have a 45 for fun.. I use a crossbreed holster and carry it all day
sometimes i have to check to feel it there.

 

[StumpyPete]

Hickok45, I stumbled across a few of your posts here and on the Ruger forum. From there I found your You-Tube site. I just want to say thanks sharing your expertise. I cant tell you how much I've learned watching those videos. I hope someday to be able to shoot as well as you do. I know you're a Glock guy but I think you'll like the M&P. Thanks again.

 

[ptiller]

For good all round M&P, that you can take to the range (not competition ), conceal carry, decent ammo cost, caliber is good for self defense: M&P40C.

Great gun, recoil low, ammo almost as cheap as 9mm, easy to carry. I have the 9mm and .45, and this seem to have best of all worlds. Just my humble opinion.

You can also get a inexpensive barrel and fire 357sig with same magazines. Bonus.

 

[scootle]

Hickock45, your videos on Youtube are great -- entertaining and informative. In fact, I watched several of your videos in my info-quest for my first centerfire pistol. Thanks for all your help in that regard.

Sadly ()... I did a little shoot-out tonight at the range between a Glock 19 (Gen 3 for us stuck in CA) and a M&P 9mm and the M&P won the vote for my dollars. The Glock 19 just didn't work for me when I had both guns in my hands at the same time. No biggie though... I had a great time putting 50 rounds through each gun for an hour! (I know, I know... only 50 rounds?!)

Please do post a link if you ever do a video of the M&P (any model) -- I'd be more than curious to see what your (very experienced) thoughts are!

Best regards. Life is good.

 

[johnmed3]

Hickock45 I have the .357 sig with the .40 s&w barrel (full size 4.25 inch). Both barrels work great. I' also watch your vids, heck i'm subscribed to your channel loong ago !

 

[scootle]

life is good.

As mentioned in this post, Hickok45 has posted an initial impression of a used M&P40c he purchased.

YouTube - M&P 40c

As pointed out by some users, you can see that the slide on the (used) M&P40c that he acquired has a small crack on the slide near one of the rails.

Hopefully S&W will help him out. Overall, a nicely done video overview.

 

[Skeptic 9c]

Dead opposite of popular. Go with the 357 SIG round in the duty size pistol. I have doubts about the execution of the round, but according to the FBI it is the best for self defense, then they bought the 10mm and .40 S&W.
Geoff
Who figures it's your tax dollars at work.

 

[Fastbolt]

FWIW, I heard of an apparent early machining issue which resulted in a couple of cracked slides at the slide stop notch, similar in appearance to what appears in the linked/posted picture.

I'd suspect S&W will replace it and I wouldn't worry about it as a matter of common occurrence.

As far as the .357SIG being considered the "best for defense" by the FBI?

The last info I read from them (admittedly a bit dated) indicated that while it did acceptably well enough in their ballistic testing, it wasn't considered to demonstrate any significant improvement over existing cartridges/calibers in common LE usage in their testing. They continue to use the .40 S&W as their primary service round (although they also apparently still permit some of their people to use 9mm weapons, hence their purchase of the bonded 147gr JHP's along with their .40 bonded load).

Maybe you came across something more recent, though. I haven't kept up on the FBI testing once they started restricting access to their ballistic testing by requiring letterhead requests for the info, signed by someone of at least supervisor rank.