That has to be one real hard hitting rifle on both ends!
Good thing that somebody smart Magnaported it!
This rifle has some seriously good looking wood! Ditto for the checkering!
It also looks like it has a good recoil pad on it!
I myself would be very wary as a lot of these Airborne Rifles have a well earned & dodgy reputation. So be very careful out there, when one comes up for sale! Grumpy
Sig Sauer provided more details this week on the release of the M17-Commemorative Edition, a near-exact replica of the P320 variant that won the U.S. Army contract for the modular handgun system last year.
Sig has only produced 5,000 of these handguns, and they’re selling for $1,220 a pop.
“The U.S. Army’s selection of the M17 earned the SIG SAUER P320 a place in history. It’s regarded as one of the world’s most influential firearms as it enters service with America’s Armed Forces across the globe,” said Tom Taylor, Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President, Sig Sauer, Inc.
“The M17 is the culmination of Sig Sauer’s steadfast commitment to providing the military with the very best, and our determination to never settle. We are excited that collectors and civilians have an opportunity to participate in this history.”
Each handgun will arrive in the same plain cardboard box Sig uses to ship the M17 to the U.S. Army. The package will include one 17-round magazine and two 21-round magazines.
All the components, coatings, and markings will match the M17, including a cutout for the Leupold DeltaPoint Pro sight. The gun also ships with the SIGLITE front night sight and removable Night Sight rear plate.
Besides the DeltaPoint cutout, the M17-Commemorative Edition differs from the commercial Sig P320 in its inclusion of a manual safety, which the Army required in its contract. As Clay pointed out at SHOT Show, the M17 also includes internal coatings that help resist corrosion not included on the P320.
The M17-Commemorative Edition differs from the actual M17 only in the absence of anti-tamper devices.
Once customers register their M17 with Sig, they’ll receive an official certificate of authenticity and commemorative challenge coin, both with serial numbers matching the purchased pistol.
Sig is also producing collector’s cases with cutouts for the handgun, certificate, and challenge coin. The cases are being sold separately for $199.
Each pistol will be serialized M17-0001 through M17-5000 and include the Army’s required unique identifier (UID).
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Sorry fellow Happy Campers out there! But I think that this is one SERIOUSLY UGLY looking Pistol!
As the overall color of this Lead thrower shown here. Looks like something that I threw up a week or so ago. Steming from an evening of some very nasty nachos. With a keg or two of some super discount beer of unknown origins thrown in for good measure.
But that is just my humble opinion. – Grumpy
I myself would not shoot this Puppy unless they are coming thru the window. Or it has be one hell of a big bet.
The M2.0 left) features a full-length steel chassis visible through openings in the side of the dustcover. Shown next to an M&P9 1.0 (right).
Let’s start with what I see as the most radical change. The polymer on the 1.0 M&P was not as stiff as on a Glock, and because of that, you felt more recoil on the M&P. It’s not a well-known fact, but the frame of a Glock actually twists under recoil, which absorbs some of the recoil force.
Less stiff should make more twist, i.e. less recoil, but it didn’t really work out that way in the M&P 1.0. Something was slightly “off” in the equation when it came to perceived recoil.
Maybe some minor element of the geometry of the frame’s shape, or something else. It was subtle, but if you held a Glock and an M&P side by side, you would feel more recoil in the Smith.
The M2.0 features numerous enhancements over the already popular original M&P. As with the original, a manual thumb safety is offered as an option.
The 2.0 version now has a steel skeleton that extends the length of the frame, underneath the polymer. The frame is much more rigid now, and recoil is noticeably lessened. I am not an engineer, but I am assuming this acts like rebar in concrete.
Whatever the magic, it is working. The new frame is a huge step forward. It is easy to identify the new M2.0, since the steel frame is visible via windows on either side of the dust cover near the rails. In fact, that is now where the serial number is located.
The second most radical change is the texture of the grip. The M2.0 features a grip surface that is deeply reminiscent of Glock’s RTF2, aka “rough texture finish 2”.
It doesn’t look the same, but it feels the same, and I love it. The new texture is by far one of the most aggressive of any production polymer pistol on the market, and really helps you hang on to the gun.
Step one for me with new guns is generally to wrap the grip in skateboard deck tape, but I feel no need on the M2.0. It is fantastic, and something I recommend you put in your hands before you decide on your next pistol.
Also involving the grip, the M2.0 retains the same style of grip inserts as before. Now, however, you have four options instead of three. Small, Medium, Large, and a mid size between medium and large, called Medium/Large.
I am guessing this addressed the hand size of a big segment of the population, but it is my one complaint about the M2.0. Given my hand size and the grip of the M&P, I wish they had gone with an XL instead. Oh well … .
The author really liked the new grip texturing of the M2.0, noting that it gave him a solid and firm grip on the pistol.
Next, the slide profile has changed. Lightening slides have become one of the more popular treatments for all the polymer guns, enough to create an entire cottage industry of gun shops that do just that. The M&P guys decided, “Why not ship them from the factory that way?”.
The M2.0 has shaved every away every ounce of slide it seemed prudent to do, while retaining the old shape. You have to look close, but the new version is noticeably thinner. I would put in a weight difference here, but my 1.0 is a CORE version, so it is not an exact comparison.
An additional upgrade to the M2.0 is the inclusion of four total grip inserts, with the new one being a medium/large option. Standard 4.25-inch-barrel model in black shown.
The new trigger is going to make some people very happy. I was confused a few months ago when I was raving about the M&P trigger, and many of the readers expressed that I must have lost my marbles.
My M&P 1.0 pistol is a Pro Series, and it turns out they have a different trigger than the regular 1.0. The new 2.0 series all feature the Pro Series trigger, and it is the best factory trigger of any striker-fired gun I have shot. This is a massive point in Smith and Wesson’s favor.
The frame of the M2.0 features more rigidity than the 1.0 due to the internal, full-length steel chassis.
What else is new? There are a few other changes, but none as radical as those mentioned above. The slide release mechanism has changed, but is in the same place and is the same shape.
The ejection port now has a recessed, rounded segment taken out of the top of the slide. I never heard of an M&P with ejection problems, so this may be purely cosmetic. The front of the slide now has cocking serrations, though they don’t extend all the way up the slide like the rear ones do.
A 5-inch barrel model is now available in the M2.0, which before was only available in the Pro Series. The 5-inch has a loaded chamber indicator on top of the slide, which seems to be 5-inch unique.
My other 4.25 inch M2.0 does not have this feature. Important to me, all the M2.0 models currently available do not have a magazine safety disconnect.
The author tested both a 5-inch-barrel “longslide” model (bottom) and a standard 4.25-inch barrel model (top).
As important, what has not changed? Smith and Wesson did a real solid to the consumer on this one. Unlike future generation pistols we have seen from other manufacturers, all prior accessories from the M&P line still work. Yes, it is backward compatible.
I tested this myself on magazines and holsters. Magazines still function flawlessly, and visually are indistinguishable from the 1.0. My Safariland retention holster holds the new guns just as secure as the old one, no problems.
It is really nice to be able to buy a new gun without needing to invest in a pile of adds-ons, when you already spent the money once.
The new M2.0 models represent a significant improvement in the well-established M&P line, and I am excited to see how they continue to grow.
The line-up has some really great weapons with a solid track record. S&W has kept the option of a thumb safety as well, should you desire one. Available from day one, most of the SKUs come in flat dark earth as well as black, to add some color to your collection. 9mm and .40 are available now, with .45 ACP slated for the near future.
This is a leap forward for Smith and Wesson I am happy to have gotten my hands on it.
For more information, visit https://www.smith-wesson.com.
Sorry for the prolonged absence. Work’s been busy. But banking that sweet sweet over time so as to bring y’all more quality gun content. And I’ve been devoting a lot of online time towards pushing various links to download 3d guns. Because don’t tell me what to do. Death to tyrants. Justice for Lavoy.
All that aside; enjoy the following. Bud is a dozen State Troopers I’ve known. He’s some how related to Jim and Jake, just not sure how yet.
The State Patrolman was clad in khaki. Not pressed per say but obviously well tended. He wore a Smith and Wesson Model 27 in a low slung basket weave holster. The holster hung low but not ostentatiously so. It was worn at the location a man who might have to draw in a hurry just as soon as he hopped out of a car might wear his gun. Or by a man who might have to shuck his gun to jump in a rain swollen river after a small child might have to do. Bud Charles had done both. And lived to tell about it. Bud was man who wore a gun to work every day. Actually, we wore three. The Model 27, which he still referred to as the Highway Patrolman because, damn it, Smith and Wesson made good guns with good descriptive names. Damn lawyers. On his left ankle was an airweight Model 642, not quite a Chief’s Special but just as reliable. And with the current collector frenzy of good working guns, Bud couldn’t quite bring himself to actually wear his Chief’s Special on his ankle anymore. But if anyone asked it was because the old Model 36 (those damn numbers again) was a heavy sumbitch with an exposed hammer. The 642 and 27 could share ammo if it came to it. Bud kept six Federal 125 grn .357 JHP in his Model 27.
Yes, the rest of the patrol was carrying a Glock in either .40 S&W (worthless) or in .357 Sig (damn near worthless), but, Bud in his career had been more frequently to put down hurt moose than shoot bad guys and that’s where the old magnum six shooter reigned supreme. He carried three HKS speed load which were loaded with 158 grn .38 Special +P LSWCHP, the old FBI load, which was probably the best damn people stopper this side of 230 grn .45 ACP or that new fangled 10mm Buffalo Bore stuff. Sidenote, Bud, when having consumed a beer or eight, would go on at length how the 10mm was the best pistol cartridge ever, how the S&W 1076 was the best duty pistol ever, with apologies to John Browning, and how those damn women FBI agents should have just been given old Model 15s if they couldn’t handle the 1076. He also would go on and say that he would probably be called Stumpy before too long because of how much fun the 10mm was to reload for. A face full of Glock parts would be totally worth it for 2,000 FPS out of an autoloading handgun in a real cartridge. Oh, yeah, his third gun. His jesus gun. His “shit if I ever use this things are bad” and also “damn, it came down to me using a Glock” gun. He stuck a Glock 43 in his vest. If he was in a fight, shot both his wheel guns dry, what have you, he could get the itty bitty Glock out and have seven rounds of .380 ACP to make a last stand of it with. Bud considered the .380 ACP about useless, but hell, putting a small fast bullet in somebodies belly might make them reconsider bashing his skull in or something.
So those were the three guns that Bud carried. He had carried an M-9 Beretta in the Army as an MP (hated it) and carried a M-1911A1(loved it) as a National Guard MP. Until he deployed to the Sandbox after 9/11. He then carried an M-11. Which, for a 9mm autoloader wasn’t terrible. He also used to great effect on a couple of supposedly friendly a Benelli auto loading 12 gauge. Which damn, did thing end a fight in a hurry.
Which brings us to our present situation.
Bud’s khaki shirt was covered in mud and blood. His 642 was dry. His Model 27 had no shit been shot out his hand by the jihadi fuck with an AK clone inside the school. The fucking local cops, more used to giving tickets to passing motorists than real police work, had fled. Things were pretty damn bad for Bud. A beer seemed really damn good right now. But hell, it was only 11 o’clock in the morning on a Tuesday. His Dad, a legend on the Patrol had served with a man who had policed the state with old Captain Dillard, who might have been the meanest sumbitch to ever wear a star on his chest and the big hat. Somewhere deep down in Bud, something called duty rose up. He took off his tie and bandaged his hand. Thankfully, it was his right hand, which he could still use his trigger finger and not fuck up what he had to do next. After bandaging his hand, he fished out his jesus gun. Seven rounds of .380 were sent pretty damn quickly towards the main door way of the small school. Bud rolled out from his concealment behind the bushed. Beating feet to his cruiser he yanked the Mossberg M590 out from its dash rack. He dumped two boxes of double ought buck in his pockets, hoping it wouldn’t come to that because of all the kids. He quickly worked the pump to eject the eight rounds of buck out and threaded in 8 slugs. Big .67 caliber chunks of lead that fucking ended fights in a blast of brimstone that instantly sent a miscreant to the diety of his choice. More importantly, the Remington Sluggers defeated most body armor, which those damn jihadi bastards seemed to be wearing the way they had taken round after round from the school resource officer’s .40 S&W pistol. Damn, Dennis was dead. Shit, they were going fishing Saturday and Dennis owned the boat. Fucking goat fuckers.
Bud rose from the cover of his cruiser. A jihadi was moving forward with his AK-whatever the fuck torwards him. The big ghost ring sights made the shot easy. The boom from a real mankilling weapon was deafening. But Bud had put on his electronic ear muffs. One dead bad guy for sure. Bud was pretty sure that he had killed one with a .357 JHP to the head earlier. And Dennis was most concise when he said six terrorist had hit his school. Good man, Dennis. That meant the odds were a bit better. Bud had gone up against three men once and lived to tell it. Hell, and the boys from A Barracks and there damn tactarded AR-15s couldn’t be too far away by this point. Bud stepped through the glass door frame. The glass having already been shot away by the Jihadis when they made their entrance. Screams down the main long hall guided him. He took a guess and assumed that the bad guys, after suffering two causalities, would retreat inwards.
One very strangely cut stock you got there Buddy. But if it works for you. Well Good luck & God Bless!
It does have some wood & grain there though!
But I would change the Scope & Rings though.
