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Smith and Wesson M&P 45

roderickp
Wondering what folks thoughts on the M&P 45 are? How is reliability, accuracy, handling, etc.?

Thanks,
Pete
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  • pikepole20
    I have an M&P 45 with night sights and a M&P 9mm. I like them both a lot. They are fast becoming my favorite carry semi auto.
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  • quickmajik
    I have a fullsize M&P-45, It is a very nice gun, ergonomics and controlability is great, fits my hand better then the glock 21 or springfeild xd, The trigger is good and fast, the Trijicon sights are the way to go.

    I'd tell you to get the model with trijicon night sights.

    not sure if they make a model without a thumb safty, but get the thumb safty model, an extra safty is always good. On my gun the safety is very easy to disengage.

    Accuracy of my gun is better then I am most days at 25 yards I can shoot 2" or 3" groups with cheapy ball.


    More comfy to carry then a 1911, weights less and its not a hole lot wider.

    The picatinny rail on the distcover is very good for mounting lights or lasers as rigid as possible, better then the glovk style light rail IMHO.

    another bet if advice look into a couple extra 14 round mags, you never know BOTUS might get banhappy.


    Edit

    As of the time I bought mine, a few years ago, all 45s where comming w/ external safeties... the M&P external safties are ambi, and as stated the safety is set up to be very easy to disengage.

    and as to safety or no safety it is a personal preference, but with my experiance with this particular gun, it is no henderance, just an added level of safety for the user.
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  • beantownshootah
    Everthing Quikmajik said, but:

    -There definitely is an MP45 without a thumb safety, ie:

    http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=11101&storeId=10001&productId=67947&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=15711&isFirearm=Y

    -More safeties are not always "good".

    Working a safety is one more step you have to go through to get the gun to fire (in an emergency, when your life is on the line, the adrenaline is pumping, you've got tunnel vision and loss of fine motor control, etc).

    Not only is it possible to forget to disengage the safety when you need it, its also possible to accidentally engage it.

    Non-ambidextrous safeties can be hard to manipulate with the left hand, and when the chips are down, you may not have the ready use of your right hand to shoot with. Also, while unlikely in any quality gun, an added external safety is another set of mechanical parts that could conceivably fail.

    My point is, external safety levers have their downsides too, and many individuals don't like them on defensive guns. Like many other gun features, I'd chalk this up to "personal preference".

    If you like an external safety get one, but I don't think picking the one without is "wrong".
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