This is a 4-1/2 inch barrel
.45acp pistol made by Smith & Wesson. The
frame is made from Zytel polymer with Stainless
Steel Structural Components. S&W calls
this color Dark Earth Brown but it looks green
in many of these pictures. The Barrel and
Slide are made of Stainless Steel and
finished with Black Melonite. The overall length
is 7-3/4 inches and weighs 1 pound 13.3 ounces
when empty. Loading it with ten rounds of hydroshock
.45acp ammunition adds 6 ounces. This pistol
is well made with quality components,and is
backed by the Smith & Wesson
lifetime service policy.
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This M&P 45 ships with
two 10 round magazines. Other S&W M&Ps
ship with different magazine options
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The S&W M&P come with
a storage box, with foam cut out for
the pistol and two magazines and the
extra backstraps. They also come with
two extra backstraps in other sizes,
two magazines, user manual, gun lock
and a spent shell
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To change the backstrap,
first remove the magazine and make
sure the pistol is not loaded
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Once the M&P is unloaded
twist the part at the bottom of the
magazine well 90 degrees. This will
unlock it and let it come out and release
the backstrap. The backstrap can now
pivot out of the frame
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The lanyard loop locks
into the frame with the backstrap
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Three sizes of backstrap;
small, medium and large offer choices
for different size hands
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Here is the Smith & Wesson
M&P side by side with a Springfield
XD45 both in Dark Earth color
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They look similar but
many things set these two Double Action
Only (DAO) polymer pistols apart The
XD has a grip safety, the M&P has an
external ambidextrous 1911 style
safety at the rear of the slide
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These two are about the
same width and overall size but their
grips are different so they feel much
different in the hand. While the sights
are not the same they look and work
pretty much the same. The XD45 has
it's standard sights, the S&W M&P45
has Trijicon night sights
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More angles of the Springfield
XD45 and Smith & Wesson M&P45 side
by side. Differences include the accessory
rail, trigger guard, top of rear grip
and ambidextrous controls for the
safety and slide stop on the S&W M&P45
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The Smith & Wesson M&P45
in dark earth along side the Glock
in OD Green and the Springfield XD45
in Dark Earth
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The M&P is between the
XD and Glock
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The S&W M&P45 and XD45
both shoot .45acp this Glock shoots
.40s&w. Under Ultra Violet (UV) light
the two Dark Earth colored guns react
the same with no reaction, while the
OD Green Glock looks blue
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The Smith & Wesson M&P45
weighs one pound 13.3 ounces (empty),
it's loaded 10 round magazine w/ 9
rounds, weighs 8.5 ounces. The empty
10 round magazine weighs 3.2 ounces
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The Springfield XD45
weighs one pound 13.8 ounces (empty)
the loaded 13 round magazine weighs
9.5 ounces (6.5 empty)
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Ten rounds of .45acp
Hollow Point ammunition weighs about
6 ounces
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This .40s&w Glock 35
weighs one pound 11.5 ounces (empty)
and it's loaded magazine weighs 7.9
ounces
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Ten rounds of .40s&w
weighs 5.3 ounces
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