Smith & Wesson has just announced a new color option for their M&P9 Metal frame model, Flat Dark Earth (FDE). This offering also includes a threaded barrel and also comes optics-ready from the factory. The new S&W M&P9 Metal FDE frame still retains the [Read More…]
Smith & Wesson just released a new edition of the M&P with the Performance Center Metal M&P9 M2.0, featuring an OD green Cerakote finish, Faxon compensator and suppressor height sights. The new Performance Center Metal framed M&P9 kit will also include [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: Just a few months ago Smith & Wesson announced the release of M&P9 M2.0 METAL. The pistol features an optics-ready T6 Aluminum frame in a Tungsten Gray Cerakote finish. Externally it’s similar to its polymer counterpart with full [Read More…]
Smith & Wesson has just announced the release of a new iteration of their M&P9 M2.0 pistol dubbed M&P9 M2.0 METAL. As the model name suggests, the new pistol features a metal frame. The aluminum frame of the new M&P9 M2.0 METAL pistol is externally [Read More…]
It seems that every time we start taking about unique, interesting and useful firearms in the U.S., we are also forced to discuss the irritating, irrational and unnecessary legal pitfalls that surround gun ownership. The two most referenced laws, 18 U.S.C. 922r and the [Read More…]
My friend Scott H., the guy with a lot of machine guns, told me about this unicorn that Altra Firearms recently acquired. It is a Ruger MP9. For those not familiar with this gun, it was designed by the father of the UZI, Uziel Gal. Ruger bought the rights to the Uzi in [Read More…]
In the article about the KGB Operational Briefcase I promised to dig deeper with regards to the solution from B&T. I saw this at the B&T Police Days in Thun, Switzerland, in 2015 and took some pictures that I managed to dig out from my computer. Thinking about [Read More…]
B&T has a handy loader for their B&T MP9 and it works for HK MP5 magazines as well. As a CZ Scorpion Evo3 owner, I would love to see this design made for the Scorpion mags. I wonder if this could work for the SIG MPX Lancer mags too? You can buy the speed [Read More…]
According to IHS Jane’s, the Swiss Armed Forces have adopted the B&T MP9-N as a personal defense weapon (PDW) for its echelon troops: The Swiss Armed Forces have selected the 9 mm Mp 14 submachine gun and the 40 mm single shot grenade launcher Mzw 14 from [Read More…]
Promag has come out with a 32rd 9mm magazine for the S&W M&P9. The steel bodied magazine retails for around $40. In the picture below you can see how much taller the Promag magazine is compared to the Glock factory 32 rd magazine. I was able to squeeze 37 rds [Read More…]
Chris Costa posted this on his Facebook page. The past few handgun classes I’ve taught I’ve seen a quality issue with Smith an Wesson M&P handguns. This is the 3rd gun in 9mm I’ve seen shotgun the target at 7 yards. Barrels are breaking apart at [Read More…]
Recently Brügger & Thomet (B&T) updated their international distributor list to include the new US importer ARMATI. Unlike prior importations of B&T accessories, ARMATI will be distributing B&T parts and accessories through local distributors and [Read More…]
Smith & Wesson M&P is considered one of the main competitors for Glocks on the market of relatively cheap polymer frame pistols. Recently, I had a chance to lay my hands on an M&P 9mm and to compare it to its rival. Below is the detailed review. First, let [Read More…]
Earlier this week I blogged about new Brügger & Thomet APC9. The company has also launched two new version of the MP9/TP9. The MP45, as the name suggests, is chambered in .45 ACP. The second is called the MP9N (N as in Nato) and has a few different internal parts [Read More…]
Eagle-eyed reader Sean spotted a recent photo showing Marines with the Maritime Interception Operations (MIO) assault force using blue/training Brügger & Thomet MP9 submachine guns. The caption of the photo is … Marines with the 26th Marine Expeditionary [Read More…]
Anthony Williams has written a fascinating account of his time spent shooting the Brugger & Thomet MP9 chambered in the diminutive 6.5x25mm CBJ round. The standard 6.5x25mm CBJ Ball1 round consists of a necked down 9x19mm NATO case with a 4mm (0.157″) tungsten [Read More…]
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