S&W MP Durability Compared to Glock

[mizer67]

I had an early FS .40 S&W M&P I put about 12K through. I had some light strikes, a few failures to reset and broke a slide release. I had a .40 C that didn't have any issues, but it had a low round count. They had the smaller sear spring, old strikers, etc.

I had a couple 2009-2010 era 9mms, a FS I shot heavily (15K+) and a Pro. Both had severe accuracy issues at 25 yards. I sold the Pro relatively quickly after I found it was barn-door accurate at 25. The FS I had a bunch of Apex goodies in so I held onto it for a long time. Eventually took a loss when the Apex barrel was vaporware for ~4 years. The cut in the slide on the FS for the rear sight dovetail was out of spec. Front sight paint shot out of both early on. I believe the slide was out of spec on the FS as well. Still had some other issues too.

I hope their new guns are better than the garbage they were putting out early on, but their shoddy machining and quality would make me hesitant before jumping back into the M&P world.

[yhmspecter]

I have an 07 production M&P9 with north of 25k with no part replacement other then a recoil spring, once. It did have some issues with extraction of spent cases but scraping the extractor claw and removing the crap fixed that issue. I has had an Apex duty kit as well as the RAM and it has always shot good for me. I went to Glock for a short time but the M&P shoots better for me. It has been a good pistol through out the years I have been shooting it, I am doing an Apex Barrel and Flat FSS kit

[zibby43]

I owned an M&P 9 and I chalk up my selling it to S&W cranking out some lemons.

I really, really wanted to like the M&P series. A few years ago, I bought two (M&P 9 and Shield). Both the full size M&P 9 and the Shield felt great in my hands.

Sadly, I had to send both guns back to S&W for repairs.

Out of the box, the M&P 9 produced non-stop light strikes and failures to feed. I experienced more malfunctions than rounds on target. Furthermore, the particular specimen I had was peculiarly inaccurate. The groupings were horrid. I pulled out my P229 just to make sure I wasn't having an off day (I wasn't . . . the M&P 9 was though).

Although S&W customer service handled the situation admirably, I never fully trusted the pistol. Consequently, I sold it.

I gave the Shield a try (was able to snag one of the early production run models). This gun had zero malfunctions and was far more accurate than my previous full-size M&P (baffling) but during my first range session, the front sight dot "fell out."

In short, I like the way the M&P handguns look and feel. They simply did not perform for me. Sadly, those two lemons made me abort my M&P experiment for a while.

[Rotorhead84]

M&P9 4" - My first M&P. I had to file quite a bit of material out of the magwell to get empty mags to drop free. Trigger was mush, replaced with apex.

Runs like a raped ape though. When I bought it several years ago either I didn't know about USA glocks or USA glocks weren't available yet. Not sure which. But I bought the S&W because it was made in the USA. Don't have a lot of experience with glocks, but my brother has had a few and I like the M&P better, but I'd still buy a USA made glock.

M&P Shield - I have 2. Great guns. Zero issues.

[jmoore]

Old 1911 shooter here.
Tried an M&P 9 a few years back, then sold it.
Great ergos compared to the Glocks I was shooting at the time.
Actually made the Glock look accurate!!!
Really dislike the fact it would auto-forward most of the time on reloads. Coming from 1911s which never auto-forwarded, and Glocks that rarely did it - - decided to get rid of it.
So - can't speak to the long term reliabilty, just ranked it below a Glock in general.
john

[rebelsooner]

Old 1911 shooter here.
Tried an M&P 9 a few years back, then sold it.
Great ergos compared to the Glocks I was shooting at the time.
Actually made the Glock look accurate!!!
Really dislike the fact it would auto-forward most of the time on reloads. Coming from 1911s which never auto-forwarded, and Glocks that rarely did it - - decided to get rid of it.
So - can't speak to the long term reliabilty, just ranked it below a Glock in general.
john

I also came from the 1911 and that was one of my biggest reasons for getting the m&p. I agree with your assessment and will be getting a new G17.
Now my debate is gen 3 vs gen 4....


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[SCSU74]

I recently was reading the thread "The M&P Series So Far," and from what I can gather, they aren't real well liked, at least compared to the Glock Series. I bought a 2012 manufactured M&P9 recently, becuase I don't like the grip angle of the Glock. I previously owned a 22 and a 21. I like what I see so far in the M&P. It points much more naturally (for me at least) than a Glock. For those here that have owned both the M&P and the Glock, how does the M&P hold up durability-wise compared to it's Glock counterpart in areas like parts breakage, etc.?

M&P is a POS compared to Glock. Before being forced into one for work I'd never experienced a malfunction with my duty gun. M&P completely different story..

[akssdude]

Anyone have a Shield that has had issues with getting the slide to stay locked back? I got the 9mm version (thumb safety model), and when I go to bring the slide back all the way and then lock it in place, it's a struggle and doesn't want to engage half the time. I am wondering what would cause this?

[notorious_ar15]

Anyone have a Shield that has had issues with getting the slide to stay locked back? I got the 9mm version (thumb safety model), and when I go to bring the slide back all the way and then lock it in place, it's a struggle and doesn't want to engage half the time. I am wondering what would cause this?

A family member's did this when new. Non-TS model though. Difficult at first, so used an empty mag to lock slide back, but slide release has gotten easier as pistol breaks in.

[Pi3]

So, ft it's reliable, acceptably accurate & doesn't auto forward is it good to go?