A couple of 22s that fell short of my expectations

Post by **KYgundude** » Sat May 19, 2012 12:04 pm

I had figured I would just love the M&P 22 seeing as I'm a huge M&P fan. I found it to be too small. The safety was actually digging into my thumb when I held it. Not in a painful way but in a "I don't like this" kinda way. What a bummer.

The 22/45. Looks awesome. My expectation was that it would feel like a 1911 in my hands. I was mistaken. The grip felt quite small. Bummer number 2.

MkIII with a bull barrel and a front fiber optic was win! feels like a full sized gun and makes my hand happy. I guess this will be the direction I'm heading.

Post by **guncrank1** » Sat May 19, 2012 2:19 pm

Put thicker grips in 22/45 problem solved.

Post by **jackalo626** » Sat May 19, 2012 3:28 pm

22/45 without adding 1911 grips does feel too small. I am searching for grips to put on mine but the hassle of sanding down the texture on the frame has made me procrastinate.

Post by **KYgundude** » Sat May 19, 2012 4:02 pm

Good idea in grips but is there something wrong with the mkiii?

Post by **SNL** » Sat May 19, 2012 8:58 pm

jackalo626 wrote:22/45 without adding 1911 grips does feel too small. I am searching for grips to put on mine but the hassle of sanding down the texture on the frame has made me procrastinate.

Ask col what he put on mine

http://www.youtube.com/user/ssracer02 · Post by **ssracer** » Sat May 19, 2012 9:19 pm

Yup...it's a pain to do but 1911 grips are a must on the 22/45. Without them it heels like holding a piece of 1x

Post by **Ar-Rob** » Sun May 20, 2012 4:30 am

sucks they won't make a factory provision

Post by **nemo** » Sun May 20, 2012 8:09 am

KYgundude wrote:Good idea in grips but is there something wrong with the mkiii?

These are cool and NO MODS -- http://www.tech-custom.com/

http://www.youtube.com/user/ssracer02 · Post by **ssracer** » Sun May 20, 2012 11:03 am

Ar-Rob wrote:sucks they won't make a factory provision

they eventually did. the newer ones have removable grips.

I looked at the ones nemo posted. most of the reviews I read said they were taking weeks to months to get....I'm not that patient...lol

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