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well the infobox image is definatly jacked from IMFDB.org and it's copyrighted there so it needs to go. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.30.21.179 (talk) 03:45, 28 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Recent changes

Can one of the admins who are doign the various moves and deletions etc please post something on the talk page explaining what they're doing? I'm seeing move, deletion etc with no discussion, no explanation etc. How about an edit summary at the least??????--Lepeu1999 (talk) 01:40, 30 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

double action only?

Is the M+P dao? CorvetteZ51 (talk) 10:57, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Trigger (firearms) article describes pre-set triggers. The article mentions the M&P is striker fired and contains an internal link to the pre-set trigger part of the previously mentioned article.--Francis Flinch (talk) 15:29, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The term DAO literally translates as 'double action only'. Early striker fired pistols such as the Smith & Wesson Sigma can be tagged with this label as the act of pulling the trigger moved the striker rearward then forward as the hook was released by the sear hence the double movement or double action. The M&P by nature of the action of the slide cycling preloads the strikes and no further reqarward movement is evident before sear release so the term 'DAO' would not apply in this case. The term 'striker fired' is more accurate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.142.24.239 (talk) 06:33, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

M&P 22

The sidebar for this weapon lists 22lr as one of the available chamberings, but this is not mentioned elsewhere in the article, such as the chart of variants. I have one of these beside me and it varies considerably in its internals from the main M&P line. It fires from an internal hammer, not a striker. It has a thumb safety. It does not have interchangeable back-straps. It comes with only one mag. Should this be added here or should there be (is there?) a separate entry for the M&P 22? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.168.200.196 (talk) 16:43, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I went ahead and added the paragraph under variants since no one commented. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.168.200.196 (talk) 01:25, 13 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I've noticed that Francis Flinch came along and added a lengthier segment describing the function of the M&P22 in some detail. This description is in the middle of a list of variants that mostly just list the differences rather than describe the details of the function. This lengthy description seems out of place in the list. Perhaps the M&P22, being a substantially different design that is even manufactured by a different company ought to have its own page? If no one objects I will make a new page and move much of that commentary to the new page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.168.200.196 (talk) 21:01, 12 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

FDE Frames

Hi, I updated the M&P Compact information in the table. FDE frames are available in 9mm, .40 S&W, and .45 ACP. Morgan Phoenix (talk) 01:28, 10 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Recent edit

Preserving here by providing this link. My rationale was: "excessive list on nn variants in infobox; uncited wp:promo; unneeded bolding; mv tag". --K.e.coffman (talk) 01:30, 22 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Another recent edit

I did the edit with this timestamp: 01:32, 24 September 2023‎. I don't know if it conflicts with sources cited, but I made the edit because the sentence stating, "At this point, the sear is held back in a partially cocked condition," is factually incorrect--sears are not cocked. A sear is what holds back a striker or hammer, and is what moves to release said striker or hammer when the trigger is pulled. The striker however can indeed be cocked, as is already noted later in the paragraph. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.174.16.190 (talk)

Panama

Panama's national police has chosen it as new sidearm. 181.197.53.254 (talk) 03:01, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]