What Are You Shooting in Your M&P9?

Hokus Grey

Hokus Grey

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I have a Smith and Wesson M&P9 on the way from Badger Arms and I'm just wndering what kind of ammo folks are running in theirs. I've heard of very few issues and they seem to like the Remington UMC from what I've read, but I figured a few testimonials might be good before I go buying a few cases.

What's good?

What to avoid?

Thanks in advance!
 
Anything works. Premium hollow-points work best.

Hokus Grey said:
I have a Smith and Wesson M&P9 on the way from Badger Arms and I'm just wndering what kind of ammo folks are running in theirs. I've heard of very few issues and they seem to like the Remington UMC from what I've read, but I figured a few testimonials might be good before I go buying a few cases. What's good? What to avoid? Thanks in advance!
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I've tried many different brands, weights, and profiles, shot by many different (new) shooters. All fed, extracted, and ejected without a single failure whatsoever. It's one reliable* gun.

Best accuracy is found with premium defensive ammunition.

*The M&P9 has a known striker breakage issue. You should always carry a back-up pistol and keep a spare striker in your kit.
 
Hokus Grey said:
I read about the striker issue. Since I'll be using it for defensive pistol, I'll look into getting a spare striker assembly.

And a back-up pistol in 9mm...... that's the greatest idea ever!
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you mean you'll be using it as a defensive pistol against those evil paper targets. paper cuts really hurt!
 
Hokus Grey said:
I read about the striker issue. Since I'll be using it for defensive pistol, I'll look into getting a spare striker assembly.

And a back-up pistol in 9mm...... that's the greatest idea ever!
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I believe S&W has addressed this issue.

I just bought an M&P 40 from Badger Arms....great people to deal with.

The Wolf Reload ammo works well...and inexpensive compared to factory ammo if you don't reload yourself at home.
 
I like using 124gr or 147gr. I found the 115gr to be really jumpy through it. With that being said it ate up everything I threw at it. The only major issue is it seems to run out of ammo after ten rounds. But hey, its not a perfect world.
 
I shoot 124gr Combat Masters reloads in my M&P9. I'm at +/- 1500 rounds without a single hiccup. It's great ammo if you don't mind buying 4800 rounds at a time.....

Paul
 
i have shot a lot of brand an diff weight bullets trough mine , also reloads, fmj, lead cast, swc...... not one ftf or fte even wen i made a mistake wile reloading (too long oal , my friend's shadow was ftf each round but my m&p was swallowing them like tik tak's! ) love the gun!!!
 
Another "shoot whatever is cheap" opinion here. I have put ~2000rds of winchester PDX-1, winchester winclean, blazer brass, blazer aluminum, remington UMC, lawman, cheap federal, PMC, american eagle, and S&B, as well as hundreds of rounds of reloads consisting of all sorts of random brass collected at a range through my M&P. Some of the cheap stuff I got was so crappy that I was getting bits of the copper jackets impacting all over my targets like a shotgun blast.

I have never had my M&P malfunction in any way, even when going 600 rounds between cleanings.
 
I shoot cast bullets 124 and 156 gr bullets using Lyman dies along with AIM plated 124 grainers and factory 124 & 147 gr.

Gun works flawlessly.

Take Care

Bob
 
Well, I got my M&P9 on Tuesday last week and ran it for Defensive Pistol on Wednesday. Put 100 rnds of Remington UMC and about 150-200 rounds of American Eagle through it with no issues other than the neutered mags being a b*tch to load. I took my wife out yesterday and we probably put 250 rounds of American Eagle through it with no issues. I've got some 147 grain Winchester Law Enforcement rounds, some Win-Clean and some hollowpoint Winchester that I'll run on Wednesday's Defensive night this week.

I'm beginning to think that as the trigger smooths out, this is one reliable, well built and generally bad ass pistol to shoot.

A++++!!!!
 
Hokus Grey said:
........I'm beginning to think that as the trigger smooths out, this is one reliable, well built and generally bad ass pistol to shoot.
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There's a website out there somewhere with a procedure for a fairly simple trigger job. Try some Googling for it. Sorry, but I didn't keep the site URL when I found it but it wasn't hard to find.

All this M&P lovin' is making me think harder about getting one as my first plastic pistol.
 
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