Idempotent
Zombies' Worst Nightmare
- Apr 12, 2010
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I don't really have a photo ready, but heck, if you've seen one M&P9c you've seen 'em all.
At first I thought I wanted one without a thumb safety, but I found a great deal at Kentucky Gun Co ($412 shipped) and they only had the models with the thumb safeties, and now that I have it on hand, I actually kind of like the thumb safety, just because it means I can use exactly the same thumbs-forward grip as I use on my 1911. Without that safety to rest my upper thumb on I don't think I'd be as confident in the grip.
And secondly, I just found out about these X-GRIP adapters to use a 17-round full-size M&P magazine with an M&P9c. Anyone have experience with these? Do they work well? They seem like a great idea for range use and home defense (more weight = less recoil, larger grip = better control over recoil, higher capacity = better for defense). If they actually do work well I'll definitely get a couple.
This is my first polymer-framed pistol as well. I'm excited for a chance to bring it out to the range, and it's also my lightest handgun by far, so hopefully the women I've tried to take shooting will be able to handle it better (they've all complained so far about how heavy my 1911 and S&W 617 are, even though it's the weight that keeps the felt recoil down).
At first I thought I wanted one without a thumb safety, but I found a great deal at Kentucky Gun Co ($412 shipped) and they only had the models with the thumb safeties, and now that I have it on hand, I actually kind of like the thumb safety, just because it means I can use exactly the same thumbs-forward grip as I use on my 1911. Without that safety to rest my upper thumb on I don't think I'd be as confident in the grip.
And secondly, I just found out about these X-GRIP adapters to use a 17-round full-size M&P magazine with an M&P9c. Anyone have experience with these? Do they work well? They seem like a great idea for range use and home defense (more weight = less recoil, larger grip = better control over recoil, higher capacity = better for defense). If they actually do work well I'll definitely get a couple.
This is my first polymer-framed pistol as well. I'm excited for a chance to bring it out to the range, and it's also my lightest handgun by far, so hopefully the women I've tried to take shooting will be able to handle it better (they've all complained so far about how heavy my 1911 and S&W 617 are, even though it's the weight that keeps the felt recoil down).