The Caracal I've played with has the single best striker-fired trigger out of the box of anything I've ever touched. The sights, as Pablo says, are rotten though-- and AFAIK, there's no other options out there just yet.
A good machinist could fix all of that pretty easily, though-- at least in terms of that seemingly easy-to-swap rear (or centrally located) "block" that holds the notch.
They are odd internally, but I'd be interested to see exactly how well they do in regards to durability and reliability in adverse/hard use conditions.
Which begs the question... why is he no longer working for those august firms???
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Remember how awesome the Steyr M9 was???? No wait.... Nevermind.
I have been wondering what all the hype over the M&P's is all about.
I have fondled several of them and dont like the weight and balance of the weapon in my hand.
I think one of the most comforable hand guns i have held next to the 1911 is the Walther P99 ...That thing feels like it was made from a mold of my hand.
May get one tomorrow
I got the M&P over the glock because I liked the grip and grip angle better. When I did some experimental target acquisition before buying I noticed that the sights and target alligned up almost perfectly as I brought the gun up. When I tried the same with the glock i was always looking at the top of the extraction port. Also liked the walther PPQ but I figured that mags, parts, and accessories were more available for the M&P.
Somehow, I was more accurate with my wife's m&p 9c than I was with my G17 at the same range.
A lot of people get frame drag on the Glock with the trigger finger, and because the weight of the pull begins notably forward in the travel, it often magnifies the push or creates an issue of its own.
Once the rotten factory pull is done away with, most folks tend to shoot the M&P better by default than they do a Glock. But it's not a substitute for fundamentals-- no one who can really put either gun through its full paces has a ton of trouble with the other platform, although the oddities of the hand-to-frame-and-trigger interaction can still be an issue, albeit a lesser one.
I've still yet to so much as hear of a Glock that could match a fully doctored M&P in trigger pull-- although in a near-stock, SD/HD/hard use configuration, I wouldn't say that one is any better than the other. Different of course, but relatively equal.
Could be that my Glock was still relatively new (under 600 rounds) and the M&P 9c was in the 2000s.
Good call on the M&P! I absolutely love mine, even more so after an Apex makeover. Tried a couple Glocks they all felt like I was holding a 2"x2" at a weird angle. I had to go with what felt right and Made in USA sealed the deal. Hell, I will only buy New Balance shoes because they are the only ones left Made in USA.
Here's mine with some elbow grease put into it.View attachment 31794