greencobra
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i never see them mentioned much except in the classifieds. i picked up one pre-owned at fourseasons several years ago. i was looking for a compact 9, the glock 26 was more than i wanted to pay then, and saw carl had the 9c showing on his used page. the price was too good to be true, i figured it was a typo. iirc, i paid like 329 for it but it came with 4 extra mags and all had those after market pinky extenders. so with the 2 factory mags and 4 extras, all with the extenders...no box...but i thought i did very well. i called smith and they sent a new blue plastic box and all papers that would have came with it. i got a blank box inventory tag also, of course minus the bar code. i had to write in my own info and stick it to the box if i wanted. oh, and in the box were the 3 backstraps. my gun game without a large and small, the med was on it. i fully expected to pay, gave them a card over the phone but they never rolled it. so right off the bat i was happy and hadn't fired a shot yet. oddly, i never carried it because i got a shield soon after. but shot the hell out of it at the range and will start to use it as a daily driver as soon as my new holster comes in.
i then got a bug up my butt for a .357sig m&p compact and hunted around. those seemed to be all down south sitting used in shops. and every shop i contacted wanted a walk in sale, they wouldn't ship to a ffl. i ended up buying a .40c and got a storm lake .357sig barrel. i like the concept of the little compact in .357sig and it's a whipper snapper to shoot with loaded up .357's but a ton of fun. ballistically, (is that a word?) you don't really gain anything but the mentioned fun.
both are super accurate for my purposes out to 25 yards but i wouldn't call either tack drivers. i think next range trip i'll rest them to 50 for fun. my 2 pistols, both the 9 and 357sig, are very reliable feeders and get the spent cases up and out with no strain. factory and reloads. all the 357 sees is reloads now with new starline brass. and mostly reloads in the 9 now also. my plan is to carry with hornady critical defense just because i have a bunch, they feed well and groups are tight. good enough reasons i guess.
and for the record, i hate the full size m&p's. can't pin it down, just never took to them. although i own one of those walther made full size m&p .22's. it's alright as far as plinkers go.
i then got a bug up my butt for a .357sig m&p compact and hunted around. those seemed to be all down south sitting used in shops. and every shop i contacted wanted a walk in sale, they wouldn't ship to a ffl. i ended up buying a .40c and got a storm lake .357sig barrel. i like the concept of the little compact in .357sig and it's a whipper snapper to shoot with loaded up .357's but a ton of fun. ballistically, (is that a word?) you don't really gain anything but the mentioned fun.
both are super accurate for my purposes out to 25 yards but i wouldn't call either tack drivers. i think next range trip i'll rest them to 50 for fun. my 2 pistols, both the 9 and 357sig, are very reliable feeders and get the spent cases up and out with no strain. factory and reloads. all the 357 sees is reloads now with new starline brass. and mostly reloads in the 9 now also. my plan is to carry with hornady critical defense just because i have a bunch, they feed well and groups are tight. good enough reasons i guess.
and for the record, i hate the full size m&p's. can't pin it down, just never took to them. although i own one of those walther made full size m&p .22's. it's alright as far as plinkers go.