What's a better quality pistol? Glock or M&P

tazik said:
A full metal gun is THE better quality !

Other than that is a personal choice.
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That's not even close to true... But feel free to like what you like. Just give some consideration to ceasing the spreading of misinformation. ;)

Oh and on the original topics, I have owns both and shot both extensively. I can't quite explain why, but I definitely shoot my M&P much better than the Glock. But I would rank the overall quality of both guns as fairly equal.
 
I've had both, I like both. M&P feels higher quality with a very nice smooth action and good out of the box sights, trigger is crap. With that said, I sold my M&P and heavily modded my Glock, which I shoot better. Oh and you never asked, but SR9 gets overlooked a lot, which is also a good gun.
 
I asked this same question when I first joined. I have both now. Both are great pistols but have slightly different ergonomics... so a personal choice of which feels better in your hand. Stock Glock trigger is better as mentioned above. Apex in the M&P will fix that as mentioned above. One thing to consider is M&P22, which is a decent trainer for the M&P9/40. Considering a pistol caliber carbine? Glock mags fit most of the options out there (JRC/SUB2K/Etc).

Both guns are great but I seem to go to the Glock more often... which i just seem to shoot better. Personal choice.

Cheers
 
The Glock definitely feels higher quality then the M&P to me.. and I am no Glock fanboy. The M&P's I have felt the slide kind of felt sloppy and just of lower quality.
 
I sold my mp9 after playing with it for a bit. I hated how annoying it is to take apart. Having to take the rear sight off to get the fpb out is not my thing.
 
Always wanted a Glock until I shot one. I personally can't stand any of those triggers with the little safety lever IN the middle of the trigger! That includes rifles ( I exempt my marlin XL7 due to the accuracy outweighing the stupid little trigger safety lever thing). The irony of my pet peeve is that I ordered an M&P in haste and accidentally bought a MA compliant model with a 10lb trigger pull and had to pay extra and order a Glock trigger spring to lighten it! Before you ask.....NO I refuse to shell out $100 for the Apex kit. My shooting prowess simply does not deserve THAT sort of expenditure!.........and I'm very cheap!
 
The Glock is a better gun. I have seen a lot of M&P jams in 9mm, have yet to see a Glock 17 jam when it wasn't the shooters fault. Plus it's easier to field strip.
 
Adub said:
I wouldn't really used the LEO's "long use" as much to stand on. All those guns do is sit in a holster and a yearly qualification, That's not much use IMO. As to which one is better I'm not sure I own one of each and like both.
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I've read lots of reports on guns with >10k through them with no troubles. Also, many with >15k.
Both brands have some problems on single guns, but both can run quite a while reliably.

The only thing I would shy away from (other than personal fit) is glock models that don't have fully supported chambers.
 
I prefer the trigger on the Glock. To me it feels like Smith was trying to imitate a more traditional trigger pull with a striker fired gun and IMO it just feels weird. The Glock trigger is mush,stiff mush and break. Ive gotten used to it and works great.

Having said that ive fired a buddy's MP9 and It has one huge advantage over the Glock. It feels great in the hands. Like your holding a well balanced gun not a bulky hunk of plastic.

Both are great guns. See which one fits you better.
 
Familygunnutz said:
Walther PPQ, enough said
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100% agree and would own Walther again if their frames came in men sizes :p I dont understand why both the p99 and ppq are a compact size pistols :( Got afew nasty blood blister from mag bite while doing speed reloads :( If walther fixed that the PPQ would be the top dog of polymers
 
Phat Eagle said:
Some cops are... Don't know of any military units that are switching to the M&P, though I could be unaware.

Brits cashed in their BHPs for Glocks; even the bloody Swiss have started replacing their vaunted Sig-Sauers with Glocks in some units...
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Quite often when police forces or military units switch from one sidearm to another type/brand/make has more to do with money and the service contract than the guns' performance. I know this personally as I have been privy to such discussions. I have also talked to police armorers who were part of testing the Glock for their police service and liked the gun, but said that they have placed an intensive maintenance schedule on them at the armory level to keep them in front line shape. They are extremely reliable guns, but have issues around servicing, etc. just like every modern handgun out there. I know that Smith and Wesson was courting a very large police force with very inexpensive M&P's, but the service contract (including parts, etc.) was astronomically expensive and thus a decision was made based purely on money. The Brits' Brownings were very old (as are the Canadian ones that are still in service) and Glock likely presented Britain with an offer that they could not afford to turn down.

To say that Glocks are a better gun because someone has seen a lot of M&P's jam is likely BS. I would venture to say that these modern handguns just plain work - even in the most dire conditions. I have put hundreds of rounds down range with a Glock 17. It plain worked very, very well. I did not like the "feeling of the gun". It was a tad too utilitarian for me - no character or personality. That is probably fine for most folks. The M&P feels better in the hand - to me. Better handgun? Who knows? Who cares? It is always going to come down to what you personally like in a modern handgun. If we are talking plastic guns, I personally like the P07.
 
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