- Jun 30, 2015
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Finally arrived today and picked it up from the FFL. I'm planning on shooting it tomorrow so I spent the last few hours casting bullets and cooking up recipes to try.
It felt good in my hand and the trigger is light and crisp; much lighter than my XDS. Haven't tested it, but I'd guess it's around 4.5lbs. Better than my last Glock's trigger and on par with my S&W M&P pistols; even a little crisper and lighter, perhaps.
I bought this to replace my current woods carry pistols, which alternated between a S&W M&P40C, S&W M&P40, and stainless Ruger Blackhawk Bisley with a 5.5" barrel in .45 Colt.
The Ruger is big medicine and a beautiful piece of metal. I have developed some handloads for it using hard cast 300gr bullets going 1200fps. They WILL put some serious hurt on a big bear.
But, I found myself usually carrying my compact M&P with 10 rounds of handloaded hard cast 180gr .40 S&W going around 950fps. Good enough for most critters except Grizzly and big black bears.
The smaller M&P was so much easier to carry in the woods with the multitude of holsters available and it's smaller size.
A few months ago, someone asked me why I didn't carry a Glock G29 in 10mm and I really didn't have a good reason why not. It's only half an inch longer than the compact M&P, holds the same number of rounds, offers a couple hundred FPS more in performance and approaches lighter .44 magnum loads in performance.
My partner at work wanted/needed a good all around pistol for self-defense and I told him how happy I was with my M&P40C. He couldn't afford a new one, so seeing the opportunity for the excuse to get a G29, I sold him mine for $300 and am taking payments. Threw in some ammo, $70 Don Hume holster, X-Grip adapter, and extra 15-round full size magazine. He got a great deal and I was able to finally justify getting a 10mm.
Can't wait to shoot it tomorrow; cooked up some 180gr hard cast loads for it going around 1240fps.
It felt good in my hand and the trigger is light and crisp; much lighter than my XDS. Haven't tested it, but I'd guess it's around 4.5lbs. Better than my last Glock's trigger and on par with my S&W M&P pistols; even a little crisper and lighter, perhaps.
I bought this to replace my current woods carry pistols, which alternated between a S&W M&P40C, S&W M&P40, and stainless Ruger Blackhawk Bisley with a 5.5" barrel in .45 Colt.
The Ruger is big medicine and a beautiful piece of metal. I have developed some handloads for it using hard cast 300gr bullets going 1200fps. They WILL put some serious hurt on a big bear.
But, I found myself usually carrying my compact M&P with 10 rounds of handloaded hard cast 180gr .40 S&W going around 950fps. Good enough for most critters except Grizzly and big black bears.
The smaller M&P was so much easier to carry in the woods with the multitude of holsters available and it's smaller size.
A few months ago, someone asked me why I didn't carry a Glock G29 in 10mm and I really didn't have a good reason why not. It's only half an inch longer than the compact M&P, holds the same number of rounds, offers a couple hundred FPS more in performance and approaches lighter .44 magnum loads in performance.
My partner at work wanted/needed a good all around pistol for self-defense and I told him how happy I was with my M&P40C. He couldn't afford a new one, so seeing the opportunity for the excuse to get a G29, I sold him mine for $300 and am taking payments. Threw in some ammo, $70 Don Hume holster, X-Grip adapter, and extra 15-round full size magazine. He got a great deal and I was able to finally justify getting a 10mm.
Can't wait to shoot it tomorrow; cooked up some 180gr hard cast loads for it going around 1240fps.