I just spent time on the range today with my M&P 9 (full size) and my buddies Glock 17 (gen 3). My M&P has the APEX mods to the Sear and striker but I haven't put the replacement trigger in....yet. As far as I know, the only mods to the G17 (gen 3) is the Ghost Spring kit.
My M&P has the factory trit night sights and the Glock has the stock whatever-you-want to call them. Seems some folks like those Glock sights but I do not. As far as sights go, I'm a real fan of the matte notch and FO post that my XDm 5.25 wears.
I picked the M&P after a head-to-head shootout with rentals at Oak Ridge gun club in Gulf Breeze. The target told me most of the tale as I just seemed to shoot the M&P ‘better’. That’s probably because of the better fit and feel of the M&P. Again, those Glock sights probably didn’t help it much.
So grip angle gets thrown in the discussion somewhere and that’s where Fit and Feel came in. The M&P was a more natural point and shoot. There is no other way I know to explain it. Sure, the GEN 4 Glocks come with Backstraps but there is more than just the BACK to a grip. Even the XDm could take a little lesson from the M&P in the grip department. I understand H&K is doing some neat stuff with their side panels and all, but H&K is a little outside my budget when it comes to a gun for IDPA and other weekend gaming.
So what’s left? Aftermarket mods. Well, it seems Glock is to the gun world what iPhone is to mobile devices. There’s a ton of STUFF for Glocks. I guess it all depends on how many holsters or magazines you need in rainbow colors.
As far the VTAC goes I only know what I’ve read – no shooting experience. The sight upgrade on the VTAC ‘sounds’ nice but I think a 6 dot system may be a little too busy for me. I can see the attraction of having both an FO and trit system and I’m sure once I shoot some kind of low-light stage with my FO sights I’ll be begging for trit inserts….
That’s my two cents.
Between the two. If I had to have a polymer gun id go fnh fns...
Between the two. If I had to have a polymer gun id go fnh fns...