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My wife has shot our compact quite a bit and I don't recall her having a problem with the slide but I just asked her and she thought she did. She has no problem racking the SR40, so I'm doubting her recall. Somebody taught her to actively use both hands/arms when racking (hands close to body - one hand pushing on slide, the other pushing on the frame) and that was an extremely effective tip.

What she doesn't like about the M&P is the trigger, but not because of the 'feel'. Her finger seems to wind up on the lower part of the trigger and it gets pinched between the end of the trigger and the guard. I have no such problem, so I need to work with her on finger placement.

The M&P 9 compact is my primary carry piece. Here's a video of me putting the very first magazine through our then new M&P. The serrations (grip) on the rear of the slide are the best I've ever handled, it's really easy to field-strip and I seem to have a natural point of aim with it. I have never had a single feed/eject issue for the 500-600 rounds we've put through it except:

At the recent Texas Concealed Hand Assn convention I signed up for the Saturday morning fun shoot and while shooting at one timed target, I had a couple of fail to feeds. I was flabbergasted since the M&P has performed like a Rolex, now I'm wondering if I was limp-wristing it under the pressure of the timer and competition. Another trip or three to the range will tell the tale.

FWIW, I had a bad primer on one casing (fail to fire) and now I'm wondering if the FTFeed was the ammo. It's Remington UMC target but I only have 800 rounds of it left .