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Greybeard wrote:I've used the M&P 9 Compact for the past few years as one of our "workhorse" training/rentals guns. Overall, very pleased with it's performance in that role. Only recently, did we experience a few misfires, but that I believe was more of an ammo problem than a striker problem.

Just this past Thursday, one of our Freedom Plan members called my cell phone to admit that he had just had a "negligent discharge" with his M&P. Yes, he did use the word "negligent" discharge and explained that he had just transitioned from shooting his XD to the M&P and there was enough of a difference in the trigger reset that he had a brain fart and put a .45 round into the perforated metal and insulation below the (bulletproofed) ceiling just a few feet downrange from our shoting stall #2.

One of my recent lady students liked the M&P better than anything she shot at DCSA and plans to buy one shortly. In checking availability and pricing for her at the Lewisville gun show today, there were only 4 of them available. Prices there were $460, $490 and one dealer who had 2 in stock and asking $546. She had planned to be there at 10:00 a.m. but her dog got snakebit early this morning and it sounded like she was dropping some even bigger $ at the Emergency Cinic instead.

gigag04 wrote:

wgoforth wrote:

gigag04 wrote:Regularly carry my wife's.

Even with knowing how to properly rack, there are many handguns my wife has problems manipulating the slide (and she teaches ladies the proper way to do it in class). Is the slide easy for your wife to rack?

She does it easy. Just saw this post so sorry for the delay in response.

If you're in town, feel free to borrow it and take it out for a bit.

The one I have I bought from A-R. He's a good person to get info from. He's the biggest M&P guy I know.

A-R wrote:... oh and if you buy any M&P, definitely consider the fine trigger action upgrade parts from Apex Tactical

https://apextactical.com/store/product- ... cid11.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Reasonably easy self-install with good YouTube How-To videos direct from the manufacturer. Definitely improves the gritty, stiff factory trigger action.

johncanfield wrote: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.

gigag04 wrote:Regularly carry my wife's.

Crossfire wrote:Have one, but don't carry it.

Nothing wrong with the gun. Lots of people like them. But, as a Glock person, I just can't get used to that weird M&P trigger.