Smith and Wesson M&P 2.0 Compact 9mm - Finally. I'm home.
- Thread starter Tactical Jackalope
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Congrats on your 2.0.
I've been a solid M&P fan for quite some time and much prefer them over my many Glocks. The M&P40 and M&P40C are easily my favorite defense pistols.
The hinged M&P trigger feels great to me, and I am not a fan of the dongle thingy on the Glock triggers.
Of my five M&Ps (45C, 40, two 40C's, and one 9C), only the 45 needed a trigger improvement. All that took was an Apex hard sear and Ultimate Striker block to bring the M&P45C trigger down to a very nice 4.5#. I'm very happy with these triggers and understand that the 2.0 models are even nicer.
If I wasn't so well set with M&Ps that I love already, I'd snag a .40S&W 2.0 Compact in a heartbeat. Perhaps, someday, I ultimately will.
The pistol I would most want to have in my hand, if I had to rely on a pistol for defense, would be the M&P40 with 16-rounds of 180 gr HST ready to roll.
It looks like S&W is discontinuing their earlier Compact models in favor of the slightly larger 2.0 Compact. I'm very happy to be well-set with first gen 40C and 9C models! They are 'keepers'. The 2.0 Compact is a 'keeper' as well.
I've been a solid M&P fan for quite some time and much prefer them over my many Glocks. The M&P40 and M&P40C are easily my favorite defense pistols.
The hinged M&P trigger feels great to me, and I am not a fan of the dongle thingy on the Glock triggers.
Of my five M&Ps (45C, 40, two 40C's, and one 9C), only the 45 needed a trigger improvement. All that took was an Apex hard sear and Ultimate Striker block to bring the M&P45C trigger down to a very nice 4.5#. I'm very happy with these triggers and understand that the 2.0 models are even nicer.
If I wasn't so well set with M&Ps that I love already, I'd snag a .40S&W 2.0 Compact in a heartbeat. Perhaps, someday, I ultimately will.
The pistol I would most want to have in my hand, if I had to rely on a pistol for defense, would be the M&P40 with 16-rounds of 180 gr HST ready to roll.
It looks like S&W is discontinuing their earlier Compact models in favor of the slightly larger 2.0 Compact. I'm very happy to be well-set with first gen 40C and 9C models! They are 'keepers'. The 2.0 Compact is a 'keeper' as well.
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Elliottsdad
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I've been thinking about getting one of these. Do all three fingers fit on the grip (does pinky ride half on/half off the bottom)?
Psychedelic Bang
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I actually bought the full size. Found my pinky was doing the half on/half off on the compact...
Elliottsdad
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I've watched a few videos and it looked like that was happening in some of them. I'd prefer the full size if that's truly the case, but will definitely handle both before I make the call (obviously
)Spats McGee
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Constantine, what kind of round count did you run in that course?Constantine said:
Tactical Jackalope
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That was a 1,000 round, 2-day pistol course!
Full size M&P is an awesome pistol. But the original Compact model does offer a full finger hold, as well, with the finger-shelf magazine base plate. I use this finger shelf magazine base plate with holster carry and the flat baseplate when I pocket carry with the Compacts.
I'm glad that I snagged a few v1 Compacts in .40S&W and 9mm, on sale recently, as they are not making this size any longer.
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Psychedelic Bang
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Pardon, I'm confused by the statement. Will no long be making what? V1 M&P, or M&P 2.0?
It seems odd that a 2.0 Compact would be discontinued. Maybe not too odd - the full size is not all that much bigger than the compact.
I think he means they won’t be making the 1.0 Compact.
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Yes, I meant that the smaller “original” Compact models (like in my photo above) are not being made anymore (but some are still available from sellers) now that the larger (G19-sized) 2.0 Compact is being made. There have been some great sales recently on the original Compacts.
I think the new 2.0 Compacts are awesome, but they are not a suitable replacement (size-wise) for the original Compact models, in my view. I think S&W could still sell the smaller original Compact size right along with their new 2.0 Compact size. The original Compact models are awesome guns.
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Tactical Jackalope
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My issue with the pseudo compacts that are actually sub compact ::HK USP 9 C:: is that, sure. You can get all 4 fingers on the front of the grip, but drop that mag and you're down to 3 while the palm of your (my) hand is in between the grip / frame and a fresh new mag to nicely pinch the ever-living out of me. Which is bad not only because it hurts like a bitch, but because the mag won't go in as smoothly as intended. Which is a no-go.
I still have my USP 9 C, but that is a downfall of it. I see the same ringing true with the 1.0 9 compact.
I still have my USP 9 C, but that is a downfall of it. I see the same ringing true with the 1.0 9 compact.
Tactical Jackalope
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I would honestly love that.
My old setup was a 34, 17, 19, and 26.
Now it's like I don't need the full-sized M&P since I'm perfectly fine in my adoration for the long slide 9L, I have the real compact in 2.0 (G19), and a back up of the 1.0 compact (G26) would be great.
carguychris
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I'm not so sure. The 12rd M&P9c "1.0" is close in size to the 15rd M&P9 M2.0 Compact, but if they shrank it down to 10rd G26 size, it would be really close to the 8rd M&P9 Shield M2.0.Sharkbite said:
Either way, S&W may become concerned with cannibalizing their own sales. I guess it's a question of how far they want to go in pursuing small niches in the CCW market.