- Location
- Niagara Region, Ontario. For now
Well i will get right to it.........
FREAKING AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Having owned an M&P 9, I can say this is a very close replica, and would make a great trainer.
Fit and finish is just as good as the originals, and the quality of the gun is obvious when you take it apart. Nothing about it felt cheap, and I was very impressed as I was expecting something along the lines of a P22.
The mags are very well made, and really impressed me, but you have to be careful loading them, making sure rounds are settling properly as you go.
The only downside is the safety which is a little out of place, but it really didn't bother me, and I may chop it off, but we will see what happens.
I have owned several .22 pistols(Ruger 22/45, Sig Mosquito, Norc M93, CZ Kadet), but I think that this has to be the favourite so far, or at least a close second to the CZ Kadet, but after price is considered the M&P wins.
I put over 200 rounds of various ammo through it without a single failure. I had 100 rounds of Blazer, and 100 rounds of CCI Standard Velocity, as well as a handful of Winchester Expert HV, and they all worked just fine. The Blazer seemed pretty hard hitting compared to the others, but even the Standard Velocity cycled just fine which was impressive.
This was in no way a test for accuracy, and I didn't bother adjusting the sights as I had no idea which ammo she would like. The sights seemed to be a little off, and shots were slightly left, but it could have been me not being used to the heavier, mushy trigger. Accuracy was very good, the best being with the Standard Velocity with some one hole groups at 5 meters.
Bottom line is, if you are considering a .22 pistol, and don't like the space-guns that are the typical performers on the market, then the M&P 22 is a hell of a good deal.
Of course I have not torture tested it, but the reports all over the internet are very promising.
I am working on some pictures as we speak, so hold your horses!
1000 UPDATE:
Well I have just gone over 1000 rounds today, and still haven't cleaned the gun!!!
Full disclosure - I did have to run a bore brush through it to clean out some leading left by some Blazer today. I have put a box of Blazer through it on it's first trip without issue, but today I put 100 rounds of Blazer through it, and after about 60 rounds noticed accuracy was gone, and of course the bore was leaded real bad with the ####ty Blazer... After that it ran fine with the remaining 40, and then another couple hundred of the Winchester Xpert HV.
Anyways, it still has not been oiled since the original cleaning, and I haven't cleaned any of the gunk off the rails, or out of the action. It is absolutely caked in powder residue at this point, as cheap bulk .22 will do that, so I think she deserves a cleaning at this point.
Most of the 1000 rounds has been the Winchester Xpert HV Bulk packs, but it has seen about 100 rounds of CCI Standard Velocity, 150 Rounds of CCI Blazer, and a couple 50 round boxes of various ammo in initial testing.
It really seems to love the Winchester Xpert, and runs great with pretty good groupings, but the most consistent groups tend to come from the CCI Standard Velocity.
Couldn't tell you which ammo is which in these groups, but these are just some of the best 5 round groups from the last few trips.
All shot between 7 and 10 meters......
Anyways I am extremely happy so far, and the gun has only had a 2 failures in 1000 rounds, both of which seemed to be underloaded rounds that did not cycle the slide enough for the next round to strip off of the mag. Regardless for a .22 this thing is absolutely amazing! The fact that it is yet to be cleaned is even more amazing IMHO.
Only complaint that I have is the damn mags are impossible to find and I need more! LOL
If you are on the fence about this gun, do yourself a favour, and go buy it now!!!!!!!
FREAKING AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Having owned an M&P 9, I can say this is a very close replica, and would make a great trainer.
Fit and finish is just as good as the originals, and the quality of the gun is obvious when you take it apart. Nothing about it felt cheap, and I was very impressed as I was expecting something along the lines of a P22.
The mags are very well made, and really impressed me, but you have to be careful loading them, making sure rounds are settling properly as you go.
The only downside is the safety which is a little out of place, but it really didn't bother me, and I may chop it off, but we will see what happens.
I have owned several .22 pistols(Ruger 22/45, Sig Mosquito, Norc M93, CZ Kadet), but I think that this has to be the favourite so far, or at least a close second to the CZ Kadet, but after price is considered the M&P wins.
I put over 200 rounds of various ammo through it without a single failure. I had 100 rounds of Blazer, and 100 rounds of CCI Standard Velocity, as well as a handful of Winchester Expert HV, and they all worked just fine. The Blazer seemed pretty hard hitting compared to the others, but even the Standard Velocity cycled just fine which was impressive.
This was in no way a test for accuracy, and I didn't bother adjusting the sights as I had no idea which ammo she would like. The sights seemed to be a little off, and shots were slightly left, but it could have been me not being used to the heavier, mushy trigger. Accuracy was very good, the best being with the Standard Velocity with some one hole groups at 5 meters.
Bottom line is, if you are considering a .22 pistol, and don't like the space-guns that are the typical performers on the market, then the M&P 22 is a hell of a good deal.
Of course I have not torture tested it, but the reports all over the internet are very promising.
I am working on some pictures as we speak, so hold your horses!
1000 UPDATE:
Well I have just gone over 1000 rounds today, and still haven't cleaned the gun!!!
Full disclosure - I did have to run a bore brush through it to clean out some leading left by some Blazer today. I have put a box of Blazer through it on it's first trip without issue, but today I put 100 rounds of Blazer through it, and after about 60 rounds noticed accuracy was gone, and of course the bore was leaded real bad with the ####ty Blazer... After that it ran fine with the remaining 40, and then another couple hundred of the Winchester Xpert HV.
Anyways, it still has not been oiled since the original cleaning, and I haven't cleaned any of the gunk off the rails, or out of the action. It is absolutely caked in powder residue at this point, as cheap bulk .22 will do that, so I think she deserves a cleaning at this point.
Most of the 1000 rounds has been the Winchester Xpert HV Bulk packs, but it has seen about 100 rounds of CCI Standard Velocity, 150 Rounds of CCI Blazer, and a couple 50 round boxes of various ammo in initial testing.
It really seems to love the Winchester Xpert, and runs great with pretty good groupings, but the most consistent groups tend to come from the CCI Standard Velocity.
Couldn't tell you which ammo is which in these groups, but these are just some of the best 5 round groups from the last few trips.
All shot between 7 and 10 meters......
Anyways I am extremely happy so far, and the gun has only had a 2 failures in 1000 rounds, both of which seemed to be underloaded rounds that did not cycle the slide enough for the next round to strip off of the mag. Regardless for a .22 this thing is absolutely amazing! The fact that it is yet to be cleaned is even more amazing IMHO.
Only complaint that I have is the damn mags are impossible to find and I need more! LOL
If you are on the fence about this gun, do yourself a favour, and go buy it now!!!!!!!
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