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I have issues with both eyes open shooting with my handgun but have no problem with my AR-15s open sights. I still spend time practicing trying to get my eyes used to the idea but my right eye over dominates the left so bad it makes it hard.

I always practice dry fire drills. It will help when it comes to the comps and everyday shooting.

I was just wondering if anyone has been using the arredondo 140mm base pads for limited? If so do they work good or is it worth the extra money and go with taylors?

I have seen the slots done on the M&Ps and was wondering if there is any cons to doing it? I have shot the glocks with slots and they seem to shoot smoother and of course are lighter. Let me know what you guys think.

What are you guys using for competition? I was looking for something that will work with my vests and molle gear.

I have one of the first year runs from the M&P line up and it has over ten thousand rounds without a hickup one so I don't know why they would make a pro model that simply does not perform. I shoot .40 so the pro won't be on my buying list for a while. All the M&Ps I own I have had no problems at all.

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Are you trying to say you can't buy any parts or much less work on an M&P yourself? There is much flawed with your comment starting with Hello. JMHO

I used to shoot Glock then went to the XD when it came out then picked up the M&P and have never liked a handgun out of the box more. Truth is there is much to like about the M&P and with more after market parts making their way to the market it is much better than the glock. A big plus is not having the plastic guide rod like the glocks do. I have over 5,000 rounds through mine without a hickup. M&Ps are made in the USA unlike glock and XD so thats a good reason also.

When I purchased this it said semi-drop in and to have a gunsmith fit to right size before shooting. I see their web site sais now to drop in and see if it works if not then take to gunsmith. Worse thing is when you pay for a service by a gunsmith you don't expect them to butcher your item. The only thing I was wondering is if Storm lake made the chamber too tight?

Like I said my camera is not working the greatest so these are the best I could get. Notice in picture four that the top has been grinded on making the chamber not perfectly round upon the entrance.

Hello, I purchased a Storm Lake 4.95" two port barrel for my .40 M&P and well I took it to a gunsmith in town who said he builds custom handguns and had him fit the barrel to my gun. He took what looks to be too much from the ramp and well it loads the rounds to high up (Too sharp of an angle into the chamber) causing them to jam. I also noticed the chamber is much tighter than my stock barrel. Stock barrel is showing 0.431" and the storm lake is showing o.420" I know that storm lake won't take anything that has been modified back and now I am thinking the gun smith screwed up and won't admit to his fault just saying he didn't like the barrel. The chamber is tight enough to the point I can only get some factory ammo to fit while others jam tightly into the chamber. What should I do? If its the gunsmith then he cost me $200 between the barrel and his costs. Any input would be great! I will try to get some pics up here soon but my camera is freaking out. Thanks

How do you guys keep from leaving marks on your sights with the brass punch? I have always had the brass rub off on the sight. Any tricks?

+1 @$19.95 they are hard to beat. http://www.botachtactical.com/smwempma.html If anyone buys from these guys its at your own risk. My brother has been waiting for some mags for over five weeks now without any reason from Botachtactical. I ordered some from 44mag and they got here in under a week.

Joe, I'm not sure about the OP's gun, but mine was simply an incredibly tight fit. If you have a large punch and a heavy, heavy hammer and hit it repeatedly while mounted in a good vice without it moving it can't be an adhesive holding it :-) Smith uses a large press to install the sights...and I'm sure the fixture the slide sits on offers perfect support so they can use a lot of pressure. The good thing is they never come loose. The bad thing is many are impossible/next to impossible to adjust or remove. Actually, they do come loose, we had a couple almost lose the front sight in the first 100 rounds. They had to go back because they were so loose in the cut, the owner could not re-install them. I have also seen pics of the front sight installed backwards on the M&P web site. This is one feature I wished they had copied from Glock as I have yet to lose a front sight on any of those with a little blue (not red) Loctite on the threads. Pro/9L or fullsize/compact models came loose? The long slide guns have a reputation for being much tighter, for some reason, and lots of folks have had to cut theirs out. That could be because it's an entirely different front sight, in the same dovetail. I'm thrilled they didn't copy Glock on the front sight! I am also thrilled they didn't copy glock on this one. I replaced my front sight which was tight as hell and took some serious force to get off. I replaced it with a HI-VIZ FO front sight which was way oversized and even with some serious fitting still was a pain in the ass to get on. It makes it hard not to ding or damage a sight with a brass drift so some things are best fitted for a gunsmith. The hi-viz has such a little area to connect with to get on. I did find that freezing the slide and heating the sight up a little did help.

Hello my name is Jedidiah Kent and I am an avid shooter. I have always looked at the great things this sight has offered and decided to join. Thanks to everyone for keeping forums like this going and for giving people like me the mass amount of information that places like this offer. Jed Kent