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Recently just obtained my first handgun, an M&P9 range kit. I like the gun and all that is included but right off the bat I know I want a new trigger. The trigger on this gun is gritty almost and I find the pull too long for my liking. Have heard a lot of good things about the Apex trigger kits for them so I do believe I will purchase one of these. Also would like to put some night sights on it but searched the forum and found nothing in regard to night sights on these guns? Anyone have any experience with good quality night sights on their M&P, if so would love to hear your feedback on what I should purchase.

Thanks.
 
apex dcaek is good. why do you want night sights though? they are a bad choice if you only shoot during the daylight.
Hellbroke said:
Recently just obtained my first handgun, an M&P9 range kit. I like the gun and all that is included but right off the bat I know I want a new trigger. The trigger on this gun is gritty almost and I find the pull too long for my liking. Have heard a lot of good things about the Apex trigger kits for them so I do believe I will purchase one of these. Also would like to put some night sights on it but searched the forum and found nothing in regard to night sights on these guns? Anyone have any experience with good quality night sights on their M&P, if so would love to hear your feedback on what I should purchase.

Thanks.
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Brownells sells a wide variety of night and fibre optic (and even night/fibre optic) sights for the M&P, the hot set up these days seems to be a TFO (tritium fibre optic) front with a plain rear sight. The trigger can be fixed by switching out the sear and firing pin block with an Apex DCAEK. The scratchy feel is caused by the rough edges on the FPB, and the long release is caused by the geometry of the Smith sear. What you'll end up with using the Apex kit is a light take-up with a clean break - sort of like a 2 stage rifle trigger.
 
Upgrades to my first M&P were the Apex DCAEK but kept the stock trigger spring for a lighter pull. APEX Ram to give the trigger a audible and tactile trigger reset. Good for dry fire, but don't notice it as much doing live fire drills.

Replaced the front sight with a Warren Tacital fiber optic, nice thin sight for a good sight picture. Filled in the rear dots with permanent marker.

Cut down the followers in the magazines so 10 rounds could load and feed nicely.

So far that's it, now I can really only blame myself for bad aim! :redface:
 
I have a M&P 9mm range kit as well and I installed the Trijicon HD Yellow Night Sight on it. Its quite a difference and easier to aim compare to the stock 3 white dots. Cause your eye will focus on the front yellow dot much easier. I find the stock rear two white dots a bit distracting but maybe thats just because I am a new shooter as well. Anyway, love the HD sight though its quite costly.
 
Rosco19 said:
Can you explain exactly how you did this. Maybe with a pic? I'm having all kind of feeding problems with my magazines and maybe this would help.
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Little off topic. I just picked up the S&W 9mm range kit today, and am having no luck loading more than 7 rounds in any of the mags. Has anyone experienced this?
 
xBushwackerx said:
Little off topic. I just picked up the S&W 9mm range kit today, and am having no luck loading more than 7 rounds in any of the mags. Has anyone experienced this?
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If you are using the Lula loader that come with the range kit, then you should have problem until you try to load the 10th round. You really have to push/press the loader down hard in order to load the 10th round.

By the way, trying to load M&P 9mm's magazine by hand once, I gave that up after few rounds. I just hope I will never forget to bring my Lula loader to the shooting range with me (knock on wood....).
 
GarDian said:
I have a M&P 9mm range kit as well and I installed the Trijicon HD Yellow Night Sight on it. Its quite a difference and easier to aim compare to the stock 3 white dots. Cause your eye will focus on the front yellow dot much easier. I find the stock rear two white dots a bit distracting but maybe thats just because I am a new shooter as well. Anyway, love the HD sight though its quite costly.
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That's the reason a large number of the 'cool kids' are running plain black rear with a bright front - the front pulls your focus and the rear doesn't fight with it.
 
Ameriglo HACK front.
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My 9mm CORE has a 17 rd mag;)

The new M&P's don't need the APEX triggers as much as the older ones -- my M&P45T trigger was horrible -- the CORE is a performance center gun, and was great out of the Box, but even my wife's SHIELD has a pretty good trigger, better than her G19 that while stock has around 35K rounds on it.
 
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