sevt_chevelle
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So I took my newly acquired DWX and Smith Wesson metal competitor out to the range today for the first shoots. I'd say each one got 200 rds.
My club has an indoor range, but it's a janky dim light building and only lacks the screams of help from a 19yr girl. So I went to the outside pistol bay, it was 35 degrees out.
I reload, haven't shot factory 9mm ammo in years. The bullets are precesion delta 124 V1.
The barrel has a tight chamber and very short leade, it's about .015 shorter than my Shadow 2, so if you reload be mindful.
I'll start with the Smith, not a fan of poly framed striker guns. I do own a gen 1 shield, shield plus and gen 1 compact M&P, always wanted a 5in model but was never that interested.
Now, the new metal MPs got my attention, personally I think it looks cool. I like the slide cuts, the color looks great, all black pistols just look boring.
The gun comes with 4 mags and personally I think they missed the mark on this. Has extended mag plates but doesn't add any rounds. Has have a nice mag well that's easily removed, but do to its shape limits aftermarket mag exts if one to add capacity.
The competitor also comes with a nice extended mag release, and non ext version. I can reach the release without breaking my grip, it's easy to activate force wise. Also threaded for possible aftermarket upgrades.
Now for the shooting experience, it was kinda.... just meh. Am not sure which pistol was a bigger letdown this or the Beretta 92x performance. Maybe I was expecting too much or just spoiled from having nicer guns. And honestly am not sure but what's the point of the alloy frame, kiddos to Smith for doing something different, but why not a steel frame.
In shooting I could feel the backstrap hitting my hand with each shot. Was it due to some weird recoil impulse or just me with freezing hands, I don't know. But just holding it, feels very good in the hand, has a nice undercut on the trigger guard.
Things that turned me off, the trigger sucks and this thing is labeled "competitor". According to my scale the pull weight is 6.8 lb.
My shield plus has around 3.5lb trigger, it's smooth with a fast positive reset. You can feel and hear the grit on this gun, not impressed.
The front sight is fiber optic but because the fiber doesn't go from end to end its completely dim. IMO, if this wanna be an iron sighted gun the front sight would get replaced.
The rear sight is very good, it's my preferred black rear. With an optic mounted one doesn't see the irons at all, which I really like. Can't stand irons that block the view.
A nice feature, Smith included 5 mounting plates, albeit they're plastic.
Can't speak to its accuracy, I just shot steel plates and didn't zero the red dot. At 20 yds I was hitting a 1/3 torso with ease.
I guess it boils down to this, I paid 1k for this pistol and it's not a 1k gun. You CAN literally throw another 100 bucks and buy a superior CZ shadow 2. I just don't see the performance difference between this and the poly framed gun.
My club has an indoor range, but it's a janky dim light building and only lacks the screams of help from a 19yr girl. So I went to the outside pistol bay, it was 35 degrees out.
I reload, haven't shot factory 9mm ammo in years. The bullets are precesion delta 124 V1.
The barrel has a tight chamber and very short leade, it's about .015 shorter than my Shadow 2, so if you reload be mindful.
I'll start with the Smith, not a fan of poly framed striker guns. I do own a gen 1 shield, shield plus and gen 1 compact M&P, always wanted a 5in model but was never that interested.
Now, the new metal MPs got my attention, personally I think it looks cool. I like the slide cuts, the color looks great, all black pistols just look boring.
The gun comes with 4 mags and personally I think they missed the mark on this. Has extended mag plates but doesn't add any rounds. Has have a nice mag well that's easily removed, but do to its shape limits aftermarket mag exts if one to add capacity.
The competitor also comes with a nice extended mag release, and non ext version. I can reach the release without breaking my grip, it's easy to activate force wise. Also threaded for possible aftermarket upgrades.
Now for the shooting experience, it was kinda.... just meh. Am not sure which pistol was a bigger letdown this or the Beretta 92x performance. Maybe I was expecting too much or just spoiled from having nicer guns. And honestly am not sure but what's the point of the alloy frame, kiddos to Smith for doing something different, but why not a steel frame.
In shooting I could feel the backstrap hitting my hand with each shot. Was it due to some weird recoil impulse or just me with freezing hands, I don't know. But just holding it, feels very good in the hand, has a nice undercut on the trigger guard.
Things that turned me off, the trigger sucks and this thing is labeled "competitor". According to my scale the pull weight is 6.8 lb.
My shield plus has around 3.5lb trigger, it's smooth with a fast positive reset. You can feel and hear the grit on this gun, not impressed.
The front sight is fiber optic but because the fiber doesn't go from end to end its completely dim. IMO, if this wanna be an iron sighted gun the front sight would get replaced.
The rear sight is very good, it's my preferred black rear. With an optic mounted one doesn't see the irons at all, which I really like. Can't stand irons that block the view.
A nice feature, Smith included 5 mounting plates, albeit they're plastic.
Can't speak to its accuracy, I just shot steel plates and didn't zero the red dot. At 20 yds I was hitting a 1/3 torso with ease.
I guess it boils down to this, I paid 1k for this pistol and it's not a 1k gun. You CAN literally throw another 100 bucks and buy a superior CZ shadow 2. I just don't see the performance difference between this and the poly framed gun.
