Shot my M&P9 and -22 for the first time!

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Loved them! Got my ATT today, shot today at Target Sports/Grange Firearms.

Except the sights on the 22 are a bit dim with blade type rear sites and only a white dot in the fore sight. Also it shot a little to the left, so I need to adjust the sights a bit. No problem with any of the 4 types of ammo I tried.

The 9 was great even with the factory trigger. Got some decent groups.

Question now is should I clean them after only 200 and 240 rounds through each? Especially the rim fire since it seems smokier than the 9mm.
 
nugunner, make sure it's not technique that's causing your aim to be off. that is something you should work to correct with training, not artificially with iron sight adjustment.

I'd put a target at the 5 yard line and see where your shots place and figure if it's the gun or you. shooting more than one guy will help as well as if you have a problem, they'll all exhibit the symptoms. :yingyang:

I'm really bad for up and to the left. I've been shooting for 7 years now, but infrequently during that time, so I'm still not done the bangbangbangbangbangbang andrenalin rush phase yet. :D
 
I don't advise on technique. I still consider myself a noob in that regard.

I clean my pistols after every shoot. Some don't need it. Some REALLY do.

My 1911 .45 went through 500 rounds one weekend, not a hitch. Same for my 9mm Jericho. But my 1911 .22 has a hard time once I hit 100 rounds or so of Rimfire.The M&P's could be different..

Still. Old adage I heard from my dad as a kid.

A clean gun is a happy gun.
 
I generally clean whatever I'm shooting that night, but I shoot corrosive ammo for the most so while I clean my Red's I'll clean the M&P while I have my gear out. I find handguns quick to clean anyway so it's not a hassle.
 
Being new it's more than likely your technique than the gun. Wait a while and see if you can get some help or at least hints first instead of moving the sights and then cementing the poor technique in place to make it shoot.

There's a lot of excellent videos on proper grip technique on You Tube. My favorite can be found with a search there using the key words "travis haley hand gun grip". But there's a lot of others too.
 
Mr. Friendly said:
nugunner, make sure it's not technique that's causing your aim to be off. that is something you should work to correct with training, not artificially with iron sight adjustment.

I'd put a target at the 5 yard line and see where your shots place and figure if it's the gun or you. shooting more than one guy will help as well as if you have a problem, they'll all exhibit the symptoms. :yingyang:

I'm really bad for up and to the left. I've been shooting for 7 years now, but infrequently during that time, so I'm still not done the bangbangbangbangbangbang andrenalin rush phase yet. :D
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It's not the first time we've shot an M&P, though not a 22 before. And we shot other range guns before my ATT arrived. The M&P9 has good white dots on both the foresight and the rear sight. The M&P22 only has a white dot on the foresight which seems a lot harder to see. My sight is not as good, even with glasses, as my friend's and she had the same problem with the 22 as I did. We were both shooting pretty well with the 9.

These were brand-new, out-of-the-box, except for having been cleaned and oiled. The sights on the 9 seemed right on. She was able to hit the intersections of the vertical and horizontal lines of the target in a straight line up and down with the 22 once she allowed for the "leftage".
 
Whether I shoot 10 rounds or 500, I always clean my guns either that night or the day after. Sometimes if I'm bored and have spare time I'll clean a gun that's already clean while watching some TV. Can't stand a dirty gun.
 
nugunner said:
Loved them! Got my ATT today, shot today at Target Sports/Grange Firearms.

Except the sights on the 22 are a bit dim with blade type rear sites and only a white dot in the fore sight. Also it shot a little to the left, so I need to adjust the sights a bit. No problem with any of the 4 types of ammo I tried.

The 9 was great even with the factory trigger. Got some decent groups.

Question now is should I clean them after only 200 and 240 rounds through each? Especially the rim fire since it seems smokier than the 9mm.
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I got 10-8 precision rears and painted the front sight orange to fix the sighting problem. Now it mimics the Trijicon HD's I have on my 9mm.





The 9mm can probably fire more rounds without cleaning than you're likely ever to put through it so clean it when you feel inclined to. In my experience with the 22, it will function well with bulk for at least 500 and even 1000 rounds without cleaning or re-applying lube (I use FireClean). When it starts to choke on the cheap stuff, it will still fire mini mags with stubborn reliability.
 
nugunner said:
She was able to hit the intersections of the vertical and horizontal lines of the target in a straight line up and down with the 22 once she allowed for the "leftage".
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If you are aiming to the right of the target to hit the bulls eye because your shooting left, your not doing yourself a favour, you are not improving your accuracy you are picking up some very bad habits that are hard to correct the longer you do it. Try dry firing on target with a laser attached to your gun. The best thing you can do is get some instruction from a trainer that can watch you shoot, and then work on correcting your form as to his or hers instructions.
 
coldshot said:
If you are aiming to the right of the target to hit the bulls eye because your shooting left, your not doing yourself a favour, you are not improving your accuracy you are picking up some very bad habits that are hard to correct the longer you do it. Try dry firing on target with a laser attached to your gun. The best thing you can do is get some instruction from a trainer that can watch you shoot, and then work on correcting your form as to his or hers instructions.
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As I said, it was our first time firing them. So we didn't know how they would shoot until we did.
 
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