Hello, I've been a casual shooter for most of my life starting from when I was 10. I managed to learn many bad habits over that time period, and broke most of them when I decided to dedicate a lot of time to shooting and later when I became a NRA Instructor. I've shot USPSA 2.5 times now. The first two times were sporadic where I went just to see some friends and shoot. This past Saturday I went and did half of the stages as my squad was running late and we got a late start. However, I made the decision that I wanted to start shooting USPSA more seriously and regularly.
Then came my dillema... What division do I take up? I had shot Limited 10 and SS Major. I like 1911's and I like my Glocks, but all of my Glocks have grip modifications not legal for Production. I also didn't want to shoot .45 for SS, nor is my 1911 setup for competition use.
So, I decided that I would buy a M&P Pro 9mm and start shooting Production with it. Now that I've made the decision (don't have the gun yet) I'm reading about a lot of accuracy problems. It looks like a new barrel design in 2014 has fixed the issue. Is there anything else that I should know other than looking for the newer barrel?
I plan on buying the Apex parts to fix up the trigger. I've also read that shooting lead in the M&P is fine, so I'm assuming the barrels aren't polygonal? The lead bullets I've been loading are from Precision Bullets and have the moly coating, so I assume even if the barrel is polygonal it would be fine.
Thanks in advance!