Should I get a M&P 9mm range kit?

It was my first semi and I still own it with over 15000 rounds through it. Every bit as good as a Glock, which I also own...
 
Yes ! Great gun, great value ! I also have the SR9, which is also great, but the M&P has more options for modding if you want. Both guns are great to shoot, manage recoil real well. The SR9 has a smaller grip that might fit more hands. My hand is considered large and I have no problem with the SR9. You picked two very nice guns !
 
Get the M&P kit. Great value and the kit will get you up and running.

Comparing the M&P to the Glock is like comparing apples to oranges. It's not a BETTER pistol - It's simply a DIFFERENT pistol. You're gonna get cool aid drinkers from both sides telling you one is better than the other. I've had Glocks and keep coming back to my stock M&P 9, while others on this forum will tell you the opposite.

Best advice I can give is to run the gun stock and spend your money on ammo. If this is your first handgun you'll quickly realize how much more difficult it is to shoot than your rifles. Focus on the fundamentals and take some lessons. Disregard what everyone is saying about the M&P trigger. Once it breaks in it's fine. Swapping out to the Apex early on will only mask your deficiencies, and to be blunt, if you can't shoot accurately with the stock M&P trigger you're doing something wrong. Do lots of dry fire practice. Work on manipulations (draw, reloads, malfunctions, etc). Learn to shoot it well before moving on.
 
As others have mentioned the trigger works itself out with round count. I put the Apex set up in my well used M&P and it really wasn't worth it. Stock parts can be modified as mentioned.

Why shoot .40 in a polymer when 9 gets the job done on paper?
 
I drink the Glock Kool-Aid, but the M&P Range Kit is such a good deal. Not only do M&Ps retail lower, you get mag pouches, holster and loader. Not saying that that's the route I'd go, if I did it all over again; I love my Glocks, but you're immediately ready to go shooting.
 
gooch said:
Get the M&P kit. Great value and the kit will get you up and running.

Comparing the M&P to the Glock is like comparing apples to oranges. It's not a BETTER pistol - It's simply a DIFFERENT pistol. You're gonna get cool aid drinkers from both sides telling you one is better than the other. I've had Glocks and keep coming back to my stock M&P 9, while others on this forum will tell you the opposite.

Best advice I can give is to run the gun stock and spend your money on ammo. If this is your first handgun you'll quickly realize how much more difficult it is to shoot than your rifles. Focus on the fundamentals and take some lessons. Disregard what everyone is saying about the M&P trigger. Once it breaks in it's fine. Swapping out to the Apex early on will only mask your deficiencies, and to be blunt, if you can't shoot accurately with the stock M&P trigger you're doing something wrong. Do lots of dry fire practice. Work on manipulations (draw, reloads, malfunctions, etc). Learn to shoot it well before moving on.
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thanks for the tips man.. I used to shoot handguns and lots of revolvers when I was younger about 12 years ago.. So it's been a long time since I have fired one. And already since I took my ATT course and doing my probationary shoots I was thinking holy cow this is so much harder than shooting rifles... I defenitly plan to do lots of dry firing and practice trigger control I shoot to the top left a lot!

thanks for the tips!
 
gooch said:
Get the M&P kit. Great value and the kit will get you up and running.

Comparing the M&P to the Glock is like comparing apples to oranges. It's not a BETTER pistol - It's simply a DIFFERENT pistol. You're gonna get cool aid drinkers from both sides telling you one is better than the other. I've had Glocks and keep coming back to my stock M&P 9, while others on this forum will tell you the opposite.

Best advice I can give is to run the gun stock and spend your money on ammo. If this is your first handgun you'll quickly realize how much more difficult it is to shoot than your rifles. Focus on the fundamentals and take some lessons. Disregard what everyone is saying about the M&P trigger. Once it breaks in it's fine. Swapping out to the Apex early on will only mask your deficiencies, and to be blunt, if you can't shoot accurately with the stock M&P trigger you're doing something wrong. Do lots of dry fire practice. Work on manipulations (draw, reloads, malfunctions, etc). Learn to shoot it well before moving on.
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I don't personally care for the M&P trigger, but it's not terrible and not bad to learn on especially if someone is a new pistol shooter and hasn't been "spoiled" by another pistol trigger. I agree, don't buy an Apex kit right away, learn to shoot the gun stock first.
 
I have both the Glock and the M&P 9 and the trigger is not an issue on my 5" Pro Series. Ergonomics of the M&P is way better than the Glock IMO. Reliability, about the same. Basically comes down to preference and how much you want to spend.
 
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