Posted: 10/23/2012 3:29:19 PM EDT
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Just got it today. Bought it from Grant. Thanks again Grant. New Production. Audible and tactile reset if it matters. Shot it right away. No upgrades except Ameriglo I-Dots. 5 10rd mags.
Ended up shooting 200 rds of 115gr PMC at shoot-n-c targets. Shot 10 at 10yds, 10 at 15yds, about 50-60 at 3-5 yds, 10 at 25 yds prone and 100 at 25 yds on a hard flat surface on the mag base plate. I switched from medium to large back straps and back. Groups at 3,5 and 10 yds standing were fine for my 1st time shooting the gun. At 25, it was horrendous. I did notice toward the end, more and more hits toward the center of the target. I don't know if I started getting the trigger down, a proper support and grip, sight alignment and POA for these sights and the MP, all of the above or it was a fluke. It was enough for me to hold on to the gun and buy some different Ammo and get many more rds down range. Not sure if its the Indian, arrow or both. I'm admittedly bad at 25 standing but felt I had good support on the bench. Although the slight progress gives me hope. Otherwise this gun needs no upgrades and is a kitten to shoot. I could see it being my go to if I get it to shoot consistently accurate and spent rds stop hitting me in the head. 
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Your pistol looks the same as mine [purchased a year ago] and you are traveling down the same road.
The accuracy will improve as you get used to the pistol. Furthermore, my M&P smoothed out a lot in the first 1000 rounds making it much more docile. I also had the problem of getting hit in the face with mties. [That's empty cases for the socially illiterate.] I called S&W Tech Services [800.331.0852] and described the problem. They e-mailed me a call tag and UPS picked up the pistol the next day. About 2 weeks later my pistol was back. It now dumps the mties about 3' to the right of my right foot. Good enough. In my [never to be humble] opinion, a pistol should only touch your hand when shooting. That is why they call them handguns. The reason for this is that the gun begins to move in recoil before the bullet gets all the way down the barrel. If the gun is touching something hard it will not move the same way as it will when you shoot it by hand. That means the end of the barrel will not necessarily be pointing the same way. Learn to shoot hand held and you will end up a better shot. Others will have their own opinions and that is fine. This works for me out to about 600 yards. Get to know your M&P and you will come to really love it. It is a tremendous pistol. Hardbawl |
| Thanks man. I have another 1900 rds of ammo to get more used to it at the moment. I've been told ejection will fix itself after a 4-500 rds as it is a stiff spring. If not ill send it to Smith. Ill take your advice and shoot it offhand instead and compare it to my HK45s |