Smith and Wesson M and P 9 2.0
- Thread starter kmarsh
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Awesome! Play with the back straps to get the right grip for you, so custom! Now ask us about reloading pistol ammo...
I'm scared... but also intrigued.
I have minimal experience reloading from when I was a kid with the old man. The thought has crossed my mind but I feel like that's a whole new world.
Mine wasn't my first pistol, but I have done multiple courses with it, never had an issue that wasn't the ammunition. I'm over 55K now - still going, still hitting. As far as trigger travel goes, if you're riding the reset properly it's not hard to get splits down to .18-.14 and get good hits. The trigger does get better and like all guns, you'll get better with it.
Gets better...
I shot the stock trigger to good! I know that it's not a favourite and lots of folks diss it but I didn't mind it. For the sake of learning I put some Apex goodies in my M&P 9. It felt better but not that much, not worth the $$$ much for me anyways. I felt that the sear profile was likely the best tweak and that can be done on the stock piece. Regardless I found that my M&P got better with use, likely at about 26000 to 28000 rounds to date.
I shot the stock trigger to good! I know that it's not a favourite and lots of folks diss it but I didn't mind it. For the sake of learning I put some Apex goodies in my M&P 9. It felt better but not that much, not worth the $$$ much for me anyways. I felt that the sear profile was likely the best tweak and that can be done on the stock piece. Regardless I found that my M&P got better with use, likely at about 26000 to 28000 rounds to date.
If you can tie your shoes 4 out of 10 times or better you can reload pistol rounds There really is not much to it. Lyman publishes two reloading manuals that are excellent reads for anyone contemplating getting into reloading. You won;t save much money reloading but you will do a whole lot more shooting,
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Bob
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Doing bulk reloading is like committing to a work out routine or habit. To really make it worthwhile, you will need to do it regularly. If you are lazy or unsure, just buy cheap ammo. A lot of people use it as a zen moment. Seeing a pile of shiny ammo that you made gives a sense of pride.
Nothing worst than buying a press, tumbler, scales, powder, bullets, primer etc. etc. and spending $1000s to have everything sit in a corner.
Its an addiction. I have probably 20,000 9MM cases yet if I see a shiny case laying on the ground.....it's mine! I finally threw 5 .41mag cases I had sitting on my desk into the recycle. Saving them, you never know when I might buy a .41 Mag revolver.....not.
Life is good.
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Bob
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You’re an unique individual Bob! Glad it’s an addiction we can all relate to, even if we don’t all reload!
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Uplula for sure! All M&P mags I’ve used are stiff.
Beyond stiff the mag followers sit to deep into the mag making loading 10 rds almost impossible Take your mags apart and file off the legs of the followers. If you do you will find loading the 10th round much easier I have some .40cal mags that simply will not load a 10th rd. I will be taking them apart this evening and taking a file to the followers. Why S&W won;t change suppliers or adjust the injection mold for the followers is beyond me. I have four high capacity mags in 9MM I use in the US and they load to their capacity just fine. The problem seems to be with the neutered mags designed for Canada , California and I believe Mass.
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Bob
First time you use one, you think, why the hell did I not get one before.
As far as mounting a red dot, the easiest is to buy a gun that the slide is already milled for one.
But you can buy plates , you take the back sight off, and they mount in the dovetail and then you bolt on the red dot.
I have one a 1911 45.
It would be nice to have a extra slide with open sights and one with Red dot, but in Canada that is hard to do.
I don't have a clue what a smith bare slide would be worth.
A red dot will not help you shoot better, it will help you shot faster, bulls eye , I don't see a difference .
It did help me before I had my laser eye surgery, as open sights where a blur, after wards I see the sights very good
As far as mounting a red dot, the easiest is to buy a gun that the slide is already milled for one.
But you can buy plates , you take the back sight off, and they mount in the dovetail and then you bolt on the red dot.
I have one a 1911 45.
It would be nice to have a extra slide with open sights and one with Red dot, but in Canada that is hard to do.
I don't have a clue what a smith bare slide would be worth.
A red dot will not help you shoot better, it will help you shot faster, bulls eye , I don't see a difference .
It did help me before I had my laser eye surgery, as open sights where a blur, after wards I see the sights very good
