WHY DID YOU BUY A M&P COMPACT 9MM OVER OTHERS?

I have a Glock 19 which I really like, but let's face it, it's ugly. When I saw the M&P9C I fell in love. It's a slick looking gun. I had to have one. Of course they are off the California roster, so I couldn't buy one because gun stores can't sell them any longer. But I recently found someone who had a new-in-the-box, never fired 9C and I bought it.

For me, the 9C is accurate, it's smaller and easier to carry, and has performed flawlessly. I have many different guns with many different triggers. They all go bang when I pull the trigger, and that's all I ask.
 
I bought my M&P9c because I'd earlier got into a pile of M&P9c mags for $10 apiece and a Raven holster for $25, so I had to get one since I already had 8 mags and the holster. I found a lightly used one here in MA with no mag safety, and an APEX sear already installed, for a good price. So I have a nice shooter for short money.
 
Ten dollar mags! That's painful to think about considering what I just paid for a spare Californiarific 10 round 9C magazine.
 
Xader said:
I don't know what all the fuss about triggers is about. I love the trigger on my 9c WAAAAY better than that of any Glock I've fired. Nice and light, and relatively crisp.
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I'm with you. My early edition 9c has a trigger that I much prefer to Glock. I see no need for a kit to improve anything on my 9c, and besides that, I won't alter a "carry" gun in the event I actually and to use it and go to court.

The reason I bought the 9c was the size, as it's between the G-26 and the G-19. Like Goldilocks said, "this one's just right". I also prefer the grip shape over the Glocks. It's just plain old more comfortable than the 2x4 grip shape of any Glock. I like the XD compact grip shape, but they just don't have a graceful look to the slide, and just appear strange to me. I do like the SA Service Models and larger sized guns, as they don't look so "blockish".

I've had my 9c for quite a while now, and I'm quite happy with it.
 
Marathon, if I might? Try an newer "H" series M&Pc. Newer trigger and reset set up for M&P's. Right out of the box, shorter take up, very crisp snap, and good, just right reset on the trigger. With a few rounds down range for break in, the new trigger system that S&W is using gets really nice.
While a persons property is just that, and a person can do as they please with that property, this trend toward "Get an M&P and immediately order and install an APEX sear" w/o even trying the pistol bothers me. S&W really re-engineered the triggers on newer M&P's just to address the concerns of the public about mushy, crunchy triggers on M&P's. The new "H" series sear is almost a dead copy of the APEX sear, and improvements with the trigger bar and slide stop improve the triggers immensely. And, like Glocks, shooting breaks in the trigger parts quite nicely after several rounds fired thru the gun. New Glock Gen4's are a different "cat", compared to their Gen3 brothers. Glock changed their triggers, as well, and Gen4's are much better in hand fit and trigger control, too. Try a newer M&P "H" series gun and see. If you still don't like the trigger, get a Glock and stop worrying about trying to make a striker fired duty gun trigger feel like a high end target 1911. M&P's and Glock's weren't designed for that, they were designed to be dropped into a Police Officer's holster, and to give him the best of ease of immediate use with a good safe trigger.
IMHO, anyway.
 
Being new to the sport, and only having real experience shooting my .22's, i was in the market for a 9mm to use as a learning tool and a potential SD gun. A deal on a 9c popped up that was too good to not grab, and i'm glad i have it. Sure the trigger is far different then my buckmark or old colt, but so is the grip, feel, and kick. But it's been great to learn on, working on my hold and stance which has made my .22 shooting more consistent as well. And for what i'll use it for (range and home defense, not sure if i'll ever carry) i see no reason to mess with modifications. Maybe it's a bit easier for me as a newer shooter, to adapt to how a gun feels rather then someone who has many years of experience and may have certain "expectations" they want/need in a gun.

I should add i do understand those who modify things to improve on something; I've done so with cars. I just feel i need to spend a lot of time with this 9c before coming to any thought of having to update it.
 
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My MP 9c has a good trigger. Not too light and not too heavy. Mine does not have a external safety so I don't want the trigger too light since it is sometimes a carry gun.
Awhile back I had to send my compact back to S & W twice because of a problem of not feeding the last round in the magazine. That seemed to be a common problem with the compact back then. I think they have corrected it on newer guns. For my trouble they gave me a free magazine and it seems like the trigger is a lot smoother since I got it back but, maybe it's just my imagination. Anyway, I like the trigger.
I used to not like the blockyness of the Glock, but I gotta admit, the new Gen 4 looks pretty good.:cool:
 
I already have an M&P FS that I like. I wanted to have some consistency with the full size and the compact.
 
My MP9c was my first S&W. Had a friend who had one, let me shoot it, had to have one. Saw the MP9 FS with the 17 rd capacity, had to have one, bought it. Liked the reliability of the MP line so much, I saw the MP-15 and MP 15-22 for plinking, had to have them, bought them. Test fired a Shield, loved the feel, wanted a 40 in compact, so I got one. At this point I figured I'd get a mini 380 for my wife to put in her purse, so I got the Body Guard. Big mistake! Was totally unlike the the other S&W's from the MP line in terms of reliability, but S&W replaced it with an MP BG, and the jury is still out with verdict, but it looks good so far for an acquittal.

What's next, maybe a .45 compact in the MP line? :D
But I blame this MP addiction on my first, the MP9c......:o
 
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marathonrunner said:
Guys, I always get great advice on this forum. If it wasn't for the trigger, my M&P 9C would be a favorite as I think the build quality, especially the frame is so much stronger than say a Glock 19. I think the stainless reinforced chassis is also stiffer, thus inherently more accurate than Glock pistols. However, the stock trigger is so horrible, it basically ruins the gun. I find it amazing that some love the hinged stock trigger and the huge sloppy under and over travel of the MP.

I was thinking, had I bought the Glock 19, the trigger job would have also been a lot less, something like $24 for a 3.5 connector and $24 for a polished safety plunger. The apex was $76 which is not too bad but the apex is a lot more difficult to do.
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I felt the same way about my 45C. I said "if it had a decent trigger it would be a great gun". I shot it a lot and it never really smoothed out enough so I took it to a S&W warranty gun smith and it is now the great gun I expected.

If you have a gun you like, except for the trigger, that's an easy fix. Either fix it yourself or take it to a pro. It doesn't cost that much. No it doesn't break like my 1911 triggers, but that's not the nature of the beast.
 
I have a Glock 22,23 and my wife has a Shield. I've tried the M & P 9 but my carry pistol is a Walther PPQM2, best out of the box striker fired trigger I've tried and the ergos are excellent. YMMV
 
I like the trigger on mine just fine, a lot better than my 92FC or FS. It was previously owned by an LE, so I don't know if the trigger is stock or not, but it's a good shooter nonetheless.
 
Don 73 said:
The trigger is a matter of personal preference/opinion. I personally find the trigger on my 9c to be great as is, it was never gritty or rough. That being said, I have been a S&W fan from the time I first fired a model 66 when I was 7 years old and a model 39-2 when I was 12.

Plus I just don't like the way the Glocks feel in my hand, and I have big hands. And I don't find my M&P's trigger to be sloppy with excessive over/under travel at all.
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I agree with all of the above.
 
ocinsomniac said:
My MP9c was my first S&W. Had a friend who had one, let me shoot it, had to have one. Saw the MP9 FS with the 17 rd capacity, had to have one, bought it. Liked the reliability of the MP line so much, I saw the MP-15 and MP 15-22 for plinking, had to have them, bought them. Test fired a Shield, loved the feel, wanted a 40 in compact, so I got one. At this point I figured I'd get a mini 380 for my wife to put in her purse, so I got the Body Guard. Big mistake! Was totally unlike the the other S&W's from the MP line in terms of reliability, but S&W replaced it with an MP BG, and the jury is still out with verdict, but it looks good so far for an acquittal.

What's next, maybe a .45 compact in the MP line? :D
But I blame this MP addiction on my first, the MP9c......:o
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You've got the start of a good collection there... Once I got them all I started duplicating them and then getting the AR's with different furniture, anything to tell the wife, "it's a different gun honey!!! "

Do you have any third gens? Oh boy are they fun to collect too!! :D

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Gentlemen; look down inside the ejection port w/ the slide locked back. Look at the front inside bend of the trigger bar. You should be able to see a small letter stamped into the trigger bar. If no letter is there, you have an early trigger bar. If you see an "H", you have the newer trigger bar and should also have the new style slide stop and sear. Much better trigger system for the M&P, IMHO. S&W learned to make the trigger better when the Engineers designed the Shield. Carried the engineering upgrades over to M&P pistol line. Although I have not seen anything done for the .45 yet. And they really don't need it, as with a little very light trigger bar tweaking, you can make a .45 trigger work very well. Feels almost like a 1911. Very close, anyhow.
 
I bought my M&P 9c as a carry option. Important reasons for me are, American made, lifetime warranty, has the new trigger and is a solid pistol with no real weaknesses. Yes there are better pistols, at twice the price. The 9c is plenty good enough for it's intended purpose. If it were not a good pistol, I wouldn't carry it.
 
Ofc.JL said:
Gentlemen; look down inside the ejection port w/ the slide locked back. Look at the front inside bend of the trigger bar. You should be able to see a small letter stamped into the trigger bar. If no letter is there, you have an early trigger bar. If you see an "H", you have the newer trigger bar and should also have the new style slide stop and sear. Much better trigger system for the M&P, IMHO. S&W learned to make the trigger better when the Engineers designed the Shield. Carried the engineering upgrades over to M&P pistol line. Although I have not seen anything done for the .45 yet. And they really don't need it, as with a little very light trigger bar tweaking, you can make a .45 trigger work very well. Feels almost like a 1911. Very close, anyhow.
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Good to know. :) Thank you. Looks like my 9c is one of the newer ones. :D
 
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