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I took my recently acquired m&p2.0 5" core to a L.E. class and as part of malfunction drills we set up a double feed and then tried to rapidly clear it. I found my m&p extractor would not snap over a chambered case even when allowed to slide forward from slide stop under spring pressure. I talked to customer service and they sounded like that is normal, though my other guns all will. I know doing this is hard on extractors, but is part of emergency malfunction drills and sure beats having to pull out a pocket knife and pry a round out of the chamber. Will other m&p 2.0 have the same issue?

Looks like standard p14 para mags. I have a para about the same age and have had no trouble running any other generation of mags. They all seem to work okay but you may need to try some diffrent base pads to work with the mag well depending on the maker of the mag well. You could buy one and if it doesn't work as is, pull the base pad and see if it locks in. If it does modify the plastic pad so it will seat. Factory base pads are cheap if you mess one up.

I will interject some thoughts on the "tactical" holstering without looking at the holster. I have not, nor will I ever recomend it. Most law enforcement holsters still have parts like thumb breaks or hoods which can be moved in the way of holstering or even into the trigger guard while holstering causing a not secured gun or even an accidental discharge while holstering. That being said, I have encountered situations going from a possible deadly force situation (gun out) to hands on (handcuffing suspects) where I did not divert much attention to holstering my firearm. I do teach (it goes mostly ignored) to holster by keeping the gun pointed down range (with the barrel mostly horizontal) while rotating your strong side hip forward slightly (as to not let the barrel go behind any part of your body) then placing the barrel in the top of the holster above the trigger guard area of the holster and then rotating the gun down and into the holster keeping a firm grip till the gun bottoms out in the holster. Then check for retention (on self locking holsters) by lifting slightly to confirm it locked in. Hope the wording accurately describes the method. Entering from the rear of the holster prevents getting hung up on thumb straps or other retention parts. Having the skill/muscle memory to do it with very little more than a glance down to confirm the holster is clear of debry or other problems could be a good thing. No point can be gained from me for speed reholstering. Any thought on this?

I have to say I was supprised at how much of my reloading stuff gets pulled into service for pine wood derbys.

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I have been curious as to what unusual guns people have seen show up at matches. It could be a newbie that has something different or even someone that has a new/old "blaster" that they want to play with and show off. How did it go for them? Hopefully they had fun with it, maybe did better then they thought they would. I have shot stages were a Luger with the artillery sights may be useful, just saying.

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