first pistol?

[Bronko]

M&P9 is a great gun. A ton of people have them and love them. It is a big gun however. Will this be a range gun or a carry gun?
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[tysdad115]

The M&P 9 is great in the full size, or compact model. They eat anything you feed it and wont break the bank.The one exception is the MA trigger. The factory pull is terrible and the reset is worse. Apex makes a real nice "tactical carry" kit for the m&p line that makes the gun shootable. For a first gun its a great choice.
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[Rockport24]

thanks. this will be a range and home defense gun, not planning on carrying anytime soon, would want to have a lot more training for that and mass laws are just ridiculous..
I hear this about the trigger a lot as well, can you explain what you mean by that? Does that mean the trigger pull is long, meaning you have to pull for a while before it fires? By reset I assume that means it just doesn't snap back to firing positing quickly enough to be comfortable?

[tysdad115]

Exactly, a MA compliant trigger is supposed to be 10# to pull, I think most of them are more between 11-13# ,the "length" of pull is terrible in my opinion from factory. I was ready to use my M&P .45 as a door stop, until I read up on it. Apex (there are other companies also) makes a trigger kit, that reduces trigger pull to around 5# and reduces trigger reset which is exactly as you wrote, return forward trigger travel in order to fire another round. There are a few gunsmiths up your way that can do the work also. It makes night and day difference.

[redlite]

Originally Posted by tysdad115

Exactly, a MA compliant trigger is supposed to be 10# to pull, I think most of them are more between 11-13# ,the "length" of pull is terrible in my opinion from factory. I was ready to use my M&P .45 as a door stop, until I read up on it. Apex (there are other companies also) makes a trigger kit, that reduces trigger pull to around 5# and reduces trigger reset which is exactly as you wrote, return forward trigger travel in order to fire another round. There are a few gunsmiths up your way that can do the work also. It makes night and day difference.

I have the full size M&P in .40. Hate it. Now i know what to do with it. Use it as a door stopper
The triggers on them suck. I tried to explain to my dad about how the recoil transfer through the trigger felt like someone smashed my finger with a hammer everytime i pulled the trigger. He thought i was smokin crack till he tried it and went ouchie. Answer is glock
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[tysdad115]

I'm still very much a novice shooter and the stock trigger really magnified my "trigger flinch" it's better now but still not great. I'm a member of Old Colony in Pembroke if anyone wants to put some rounds down range, now to find ammo..never enough.
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[Rockport24]

hey guys, Follow up: after shooting pretty much anything I could get my hands on (including all of the 9mm you guys mentioned here and then some more) I ended up going with the M&P. Just fit the best in my hand. I've put a couple hundred rounds through it and even with the bad stock trigger (which I'll get fixed), it feels good.

Honestly, I liked the gen 4 glock the best, but thanks to the Commenwealth I couldn't find one at even close to a good price (say, like under $900!) and the prices are just absurd for the older ones. Heartbreaking that if I was in any other state, I could have a brand new one for under 5 bills. Oh well at least I like to fish here!

Thanks again for all the help guys.

[tysdad115]

Nice choice, a gun you can afford and shoot. The trigger job will be a huge improvement once you get that done. After that you'll be ready for one of these. A Guncrafter Industries "No Name" 1911 ..it can be all yours for a measley $2800.00 . If I had that kind of $$ for a gun, this would be the one.

[Rockport24]

Damn, can that really be that much better than a S&W one at about half the price?

[tysdad115]

No idea, I'm told those are the cats ass of guns..and that one is used.
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