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Re: The SR9 is BACK!
« Reply #70 on: October 22, 2008, 08:00:44 PM »
As said on Box O' Truth....brown truck of happiness!

Give her a good work out!
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Re: The SR9 is BACK!
« Reply #71 on: October 22, 2008, 08:05:48 PM »
Quote from: jaybethel on October 22, 2008, 07:55:43 PM
Got home from my double shift tonight to find a box with a S&W M&P 10 round mag in it.
AND I don't have any more doubles lined up so tomorrow after work is RANGE TRIP!!!!
I'll start taking pictures and we'll see how this puppy barks!



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Re: The SR9 is BACK!
« Reply #72 on: October 22, 2008, 09:45:01 PM »
Just as an aside...I got my SR9 back from Ruger about a week ago. The trigger has a shorter pull and breaks (in my estimation) from 6-7 lbs! I'm glad that I've got it!
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Re: The SR9 is BACK!
« Reply #73 on: October 23, 2008, 07:25:08 PM »
Well, like I said a few posts back, I finally got the low cap mag for the M&P...do we really have to go from 17 rounds to 10? couldn't they get 12 or 14?

Anyway, some of you may recall my clever yet incessant bitching and whining about my SR9 when it came back from Ruger with the new trigger. MB offered to trade me his well broken-in M&P9 for the SR9. After about 1000 rounds of trying I couldn't make the SR9 fit and took him up on his gracious offer, and I AM HAPPY, as you can see in this photo.


Yes I finally got it out to the range and, although it wasn't as miraculous a difference as I thought, I much prefer the M&P, although they are very similar pistols in look and feel. I think the SR9 has a more sleek look to it and maybe feels a little better in the hand, but the operation of the M&P is more smooth with less recoil, and the trigger is very comfortable. I also think that the balance on the M&P is really great, maybe the best of any semi I've ever fired. Michael never told me about any work that might have been done on the gun, only that he went through Gunsite 250 with it and it performed flawlessly.
Here's the little puppy:



Now for the best part...I complained about the trigger on the SR9. Rightly or wrongly, it didn't work for me- felt stiff and very hard to pull. Here is the BEST target from my last day of firing the SR9- keep in mind I had fired about 1000 rounds through it over about a month.




Now here a target showing the SECOND GROUP of five rounds EVER I fired from the M&P (that's rounds 6 through 10)


As you can see...instant control, I suppose from not having to yank on the damn trigger.
I rest my case.

I like the way this pistol feels, and again, it is really well balanced. With a longer barrel this thing would probably be incredibly accurate, although it's pretty good as it is. The target represents some intent shooting, but I could not concentrate ENOUGH to get a group like that with the SR9 after shooting all my ammo in it for a month. It simply did not work for me. I've seen other people post that they love the triggers, etc. and that's great, but after this I would take the M&P over the SR9 every time. But that's me.

Except for remembering the little squiggly wire thing in the breach it's a very easy breakdown and cleaning it is no problem.

Thanks Michael...I think I got the better end of the deal, but who knows.
That SR9 IS a looker though.
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Re: The SR9 is BACK!
« Reply #74 on: October 23, 2008, 07:43:53 PM »
Sniff, I love a happy ending.  And as a former unhappy SR9 owner I am just a little jealous as well.

It's good to know that people of integrity like MB are still out there.
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Re: The SR9 is BACK!
« Reply #75 on: October 23, 2008, 07:51:22 PM »
That's your 'happy face'?  Looks constipated to me!    ;D


Seriously.  I'm happy for ya dude and I have to give BIG kudos to MB.  Real stand up guy!

Idea.....Give away of the 'bad' SR9.  ;)

That will give us all an idea of how 'personal' guns are.
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Re: The SR9 is BACK!
« Reply #76 on: October 23, 2008, 08:14:47 PM »
Jaybeth,... Amen,.. I could think of some Jerry Garcia type Zen type Kharma thing, but I won't.... ;)

You went on a long trip with your SR-9, and MB (like the Godfather), made you a an offer you couldn't refuse,...

It looks like it worked out brilliantly, and as an M+P owner myself, it just felt and fired great (for me) right out of the box also. Kinda like your favorite guitar, you can always pick it up and go with it.

Live long and Prosper with your M+P.

Congrats.
Tom W.
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Re: The SR9 is BACK!
« Reply #77 on: October 23, 2008, 10:25:44 PM »
Quote from: Hazcat on October 23, 2008, 07:51:22 PM
That's your 'happy face'?  Looks constipated to me!    ;D


Seriously.  I'm happy for ya dude and I have to give BIG kudos to MB.  Real stand up guy!

Idea.....Give away of the 'bad' SR9.  ;)

That will give us all an idea of how 'personal' guns are.
I said I was happy, not pretty.

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Re: The SR9 is BACK!
« Reply #78 on: October 24, 2008, 12:53:55 AM »
Cool , Nice looking pistol. Nice group too ;D
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Re: The SR9 is BACK!
« Reply #79 on: October 24, 2008, 01:34:39 AM »
Nice group. I would be happy with the new pistol too.
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