Claar1

I inserted mags a few dozen times and now they seat reliably. I think the problem is that S&W tightened tolerances with the new frame that does not have the plug and it took some wear for everything to work well together. Regardless it function as it should now and I cancelled the return of the gun to S&W. Thanks for all the advice.

I tried another mag release from my other M&P 9 and it still did the same thing. So it must be in the frame itself. Going to send it back to S&W and have them work on it. This is definitely not what I've seen with my other M&P's. This is my fifth over the last 6 years and the first that has needed work. I hope S&W service is as good as everyone says it is.

I just picked up a new M&P 9 FS today. I am having difficulties getting mags to catch when inserted unless really slammed home or extreme pressure is applied to the floor plate. This is slide open or closed. It seems like the catch is too high. Has anyone else experienced this?

The head of The Smith & Wesson Performance Center replied to my email by saying "We should reach the production numbers in the next couple of months. -Tony".

I received a response from Julie G. and she was in contact with the performance department manager. It seems the information from Customer Service was not correct. The Pro 40 5" still does not have the numbers. I am emailing the head of the performance center to see if he has an estimate on when they will finish the 2000th Pro 40. Stay tuned.

Smith & Wesson Customer Service rep emailed back to confirm that the M&P Pro 40 5" has reached the 2000 unit requirement for USPSA Production Division. Although he had no idea about the approval process. Just an update for all of us that have been waiting.

I emailed S&W once again tonight asking them for clarification on when they will be submitting the paperwork, and if they actually will submit the paperwork. I think those of us that bought this gun instead of an XDM or Glock 35 deserve to know the truth about how many they have produced and when the 2000 mark will be hit. If it goes as it has in the past, they will not bother to reply.

While I thought about doing that when I first got mine I wanted to stay within the rules. However the waiting got to me and its now a Limited/L10 gun. I think we have been approaching this problem the wrong way. Instead of waiting for S&W to produce enough guns of this particular model, we should encourage USPSA to change the rule so that the guns that are on the production list are based on product families. If the 5" 9mm pro is on the list, which it is, then the 40 automatically qualifies because the only difference between the guns is in caliber. This would eliminate the problem for those of us that have been waiting for years now for this guns to qualify. I wrote a letter to the president of USPSA asking that there be a rule change so that production numbers for the list are based on product families, instead of SKUs. Everyone should also write to the president of USPSA and perhaps the combined voices of the shooter will make a difference. However, my letter to the president has gone unanswered. My inquiries to S&W have gone unanswered. The only person I have gotten to respond is Julie G, and she has no authority. She is a great shooter, but I doubt she has any influence over the production schedule at S&W, or the drafting of rules at USPSA.

i was really looking forward to shooting my 40 pro in production this year. Looks like I'll have to shoot my 40 full size another year. USPSA needs to get it together. This gun is just a variant and should be treated as such.

I did mention my own concerns that perhaps S&W was intentionally not submitting the paperwork to keep the M&P Pro 40 out of Production Class and force it into Limited, but Julie G. assured me that there was no sinister plot to keep the gun out of USPSA Production. Where the truth exists, I do not know. I only know that if it is not approved soon, then I will go to my original plan, a G35. If the M&P did not shoot as well as it did, I would have done so already. I also find it hard to believe they have not made 2000 of this model. If not just to ensure that it could be approved for what I thought was the guns original intention, competitive shooting. I am starting to feel like I made a bad choice with the M&P 40 Pro 5", and I do not like that. And if it turns out that we have been lied to all this time, then we need to ensure that S&W pay for dishonoring their loyal fans through negative publicity at the very least. I bought this gun to use in production on Julie's assurance that it would eventually get approved. If it doesn't, then I have been duped into spending over $500 that could have gone to a Glock.

I've been emailing with Julie G for the last 6 months about this issue and she says she understands our frustration but that the Performance Center still hasn't got the production numbers to submit the paperwork. She forwarded this issue on to Smith & Wesson for me again this last week. Hopefully they will get the gun approved soon. It sure seems like they have to be dang close to 2000, or someone miscounted. I sure wish that USPSA would revise the way they approve guns so that this type of thing would not happen.