There is a lot of emotion around S&W. Now that they are defunct (acquired by Arizona company for 15M) maybe some of their better qualities will be found in another brand, or maybe the S&W name will be retained.
I picked up a 9mm Sigma this year because it is a high cap (17+1)9mm for $350.00. Got two 10 round mags and picked up two factory 17 round mags.
The trigger is, admittedly, pretty bad. It took me a lot of getting used to in order to get good accuracy from the pistol. The pistol can be shot accurately if you work at it. Held on a shooting bag and fired slowly I have found it to be very accurate. I don't believe there is anything inherently wrong with the pistol. I get acceptable accuracy off hand or in a two hand stance. Any inaccuracy is from me pulling to one side with the trigger pull.
I have only fired winchester 9mm from mine but it has been absolutely reliable. I have no idea how it would behave with +P ammo.
So, it is a fairly cheap, hi cap 9mm. However, I also picked up a CZ this year for about the same money. It is also a high cap 9mm and it has a very smooth trigger that makes accurate shooting relatively easy.