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Video- Smith & Wesson M&P Pro Catastrophic Failure ( 10 Minutes )

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There are two things I don't like about the S&WM&P gun: Striker fired and plastic. An all metal gun would not have split its frame open. It may have blown the grips off but the frame would have survived. Another no-no is buying re-manufactured ammo. I reload my own and yes I could make a mistake but at least my life is in my hands, not the hands of some minimum wage no-nothing paid to watch an automatic machine or someone who is so disinterested in their job that they let less than optimum brass get through their system.

I"ll take a CZ75B or a 1911 or SIG or any one of other all metal, hammer fired guns. Plastic guns are plastic to be cheap. Striker fired guns are an easier design and therefore cheaper to design. Its all about cheap with plastic guns.

I am sorry this guy got hurt and lost his gun. I'm also glad to see he is happy with the accommodation made. But I don't think I'd go back to a flawed design as a replacement especially with the knowledge that the gun design suffers firing out of battery problems as related to these guys by several gunsmiths.

LDBennett
 
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Yet another reason not to use someone else's reloads...
and only use Quality ammo or your own reloads.
Being OCD is a GOOD thing when it comes to reloading!!
 
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These guys put their guns under a lot of stress. I have seen quite a few of their other videos. Most of these are not realistic either. For example, they did tests on a few pistols where they stuffed mud in the chamber and quite a few guns failed with that. I don't think I'm ever going to do that, or fire underwater. That being said, I'll take something like a 1911 or a Hi Power over a Glock/XD/M&P any day of the week. They're tried and true on the battlefield.
 
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