M&P -trigger bite/sting?

[redneck]

I got a chance to shoot an M&P in 9mm yesterday. Don't know for certain which variant, but it had a 4" barrel. I put 100 rounds through it and liked it quite a bit. It shot to POA for me on the first shot and every shot, and it seemed pretty accurate.
My only complaint is that the trigger seemed to have a bite to it in recoil. The recoil was manageable, and I was able to stay on target just fine with it. It wasnt painful at all, but there was a definite sting to my trigger finger that I don't normally get from other guns. (I guess I should also note it was about 25 deg F, and I was outside, with no gloves....)

I haven't shot any other polymer guns like the M&P so I was left wondering if this sting is common to guns this size, due to the light weight and increased muzzle flip? Or is this just an M&P thing?

It wasn't a big deal either way. I want to handle/shoot an FNP9 first, but I will probably buy an M&P sometime anyhow. They're nice guns.

 

[WARPARTY36]

(I guess I should also note it was about 25 deg F, and I was outside, with no gloves....)


I think that would be the answer. Only other reason could be a burr(sharp point) on the trigger. There is not much recoil to these guns.

 

[357WheelGun]

I haven't noticed this with my M&P .40. I think the cold might have had something to do with it.

 

[Jordan85]

I own an m&P and put more than 200 rounds through it at a time w/ no sting....

In other words, its the cold

 

[Paul Calligaro]

I had it with a Glock 26 but my m&p9c is fine

 

[Jason_G]

No trigger sting in either the M&P 9mm or the M&P compact 9mm for me, even with +P+ loads. Maybe it's the temperature outside, like others suggested. I guess if your fingers get cold enough they will sting from just about anything though.

Jason

 

[kd7nqb]

Never had that issue with my M&P .40, I vote its because you shot in the cold.

 

[Lonestar49]

It's not the only gun with cold trigger sting

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Bought a Beretta Px4 40cal last Feb 07, and trigger sting started happening after around 800 rounds, sometime in late March 07. Seemed like I wasn't the only one, but a fix for it was to use Gun grease, Tetra white gun grease in my case, and put a light coating over the entire exterior of the barrel and on the rotating barrel slot and main return housing that snapped on top of it.

Also, just a light spread on the interior top and sides of the slide that cycled over the barrel, and it solved any sting issues UNTIL this Jan/Feb 08, when anytime it got at or below 59F, my indoor, all cement range, was at least 49F or colder inside with the fans blowing and nothing stopped it, unless I put on a full fingered semi thin cotton glove..

IMO, something about the Cold temps and plastic and metal getting tight, no flex, as one thing I know, as the gun heats up, the sting decreases as the metal starts to expand a tad, along with the plastic starts to flex a tad. But when it's that cold, I can't get thru anymore than 50 rounds, it just hurts way too much, and last hours after with the trigger finger, throb.

Seems like the 9mm's aren't having this problem, at all, but many of the 40cal Px4's and, I have heard that some of the new Px4 45cals are doing the same thing, mainly in cold temps, as well.

Shame, but IMO, Beretta, and other makes, IMO, haven't really tested out these guns in "all weather use"


Ls

 

[redneck]

Thanks for the info guys, I'll have to see if I can shoot one in warmer conditions then and see if that makes a difference. I'm a member of an outdoor range and have been going pretty much once a week all winter long regardless of weather. I've put about 500 rounds through a PT92, and 1500 rounds through a buckmark camper in the last 2 months and I don't think its been above 30 degrees a single time. Neither of these guns has bothered me, so I attributed the sting to the M&P.


Lonestar
Glad I'm not the only one who's experienced it. I've shot lots of harder hitting guns (derringers with .410 slugs come to mind), and its not just a matter of recoil. I've never shot a gun with this sort of sting to it before.
Since you mentioned it, the gun did seem to get better as I shot it, but I didn't know if I was just getting used to it or what the deal was. The gun warming up, is probably the cause. I guess the saving grace would be that CCW pieces are usually kept close to your body, and the gun would hopefully not be as bad as one that was sitting out in the cold.