redneckrepairs
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I just spent an enjoyable weekend with our S&W sales rep ( he came down to hunt and brought a few toys from the lineup . After a suitable amount of arm twisting by him I did concede and agree to burn up a bit of Smiths ammo and a few of his pre made (no I don't know where he got them ) tannerite targets. I came away EXTREMELY impressed with the M & P auto line, In fact being handed the 9, and the .40 blind I honestly could not tell which cal I was shooting (the old hands here know I dislike .40 s&w as a rule ) and rumor has it next shot show will introduce the .45 acp M&P . The 1911's are about all a man could want in that design, universally shot well . Smiths AR 15 shortys are great , I especially liked the flat top with the full length tac rail , thou I could loose the rails on side and bottom and never miss them LOL. IMHO sigmas are still junk, as is the walther p99 in .40 (sorry to any who have the misfortune to have purchased same LOL ) The revolver lineup is about what you would expect from smith, great quality, fair action that could benefit from either being shot in more or a bit of gunsmithing, or both LOL.
Notable thou are the smith big bores, and the M&P .357 . I put a box of ammo thru both the .50 and the .460 revolvers .. Well folks recoil is best described as brisk, but at the same time pleasant . You dammed sure know something happened out front, and as soon as the " flash bulb " effect from the fireball goes away evidence is usually still hanging in air LOL . My pick of the two is the 460 honestly even thou
it's recoil is sharper than the .50 to me . I had little trouble keeping it on roughly milk jug sized targets at 100 to 150 ( roughly ) yards . Its a flat shooting powerhouse .
The 50 is fun with 325 grn rounds , but out here on the plains the .460 just blows it out of the water when the ranges start extending in my opinion . Both are fun guns but not on my shopping list LOL .
The M&P.357 is notable simply because they finally did it ... Some dammed fool hung a " porch light " off of a revolver LOL A little too " tacticool " for me but a fine shooting revolver none the less .
Anyway a good weekend , Possibly have him back next month depending on scedules LOL
.. Without further adiew on to some of the pics , lol .
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Notable thou are the smith big bores, and the M&P .357 . I put a box of ammo thru both the .50 and the .460 revolvers .. Well folks recoil is best described as brisk, but at the same time pleasant . You dammed sure know something happened out front, and as soon as the " flash bulb " effect from the fireball goes away evidence is usually still hanging in air LOL . My pick of the two is the 460 honestly even thou
it's recoil is sharper than the .50 to me . I had little trouble keeping it on roughly milk jug sized targets at 100 to 150 ( roughly ) yards . Its a flat shooting powerhouse .
The 50 is fun with 325 grn rounds , but out here on the plains the .460 just blows it out of the water when the ranges start extending in my opinion . Both are fun guns but not on my shopping list LOL .
The M&P.357 is notable simply because they finally did it ... Some dammed fool hung a " porch light " off of a revolver LOL A little too " tacticool " for me but a fine shooting revolver none the less .
Anyway a good weekend , Possibly have him back next month depending on scedules LOL
.. Without further adiew on to some of the pics , lol .
Placed in the thread by BW
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