Glock 19 and 17 Gen 6 vs S&W M&P 2.0: compact and full size compared

Key points: Glock 19 17 Gen

• Prices sit close together: the hosts put the Glock Gen 6 at about $725 MSRP and roughly $600 in stores, and the M&P 2.0 at about $699 MSRP and usually a little over $500.
• The Gen 6 frame ships with upgrades Glock owners used to pay a gunsmith for: an extended beavertail, an undercut trigger guard, a support-hand thumb shelf, more aggressive texture and deeper front serrations.
• The M&P 2.0 has offered aggressive grip texture for years, with four interchangeable palm swells and an optics-ready slide, but it has no thumb shelf and its rear serrations let fingers slip.
• The full-size M&P 2.0 had one unexplained stoppage, going to slide lock without feeding the next round, and the hosts could not pin down a cause.
• In the compact pairing, Jason chose the M&P 2.0 Compact for how its texture holds it in the hand, while Eliza chose the Glock 19 Gen 6 for the beavertail's purchase and a softer recoil impulse.
• In the full-size pairing, Eliza preferred the Glock 17's smoother recoil, but Jason, a longtime Glock 17 carrier, gave the edge to the M&P because the Gen 6 trigger feels spongy with long pre-travel.
• Their advice is to rent and shoot both before buying, since the choice comes down to how each grip fits your hand.

About this Gun Review video

Glock Gen 6 vs Smith & Wesson M&P 2.0, shot back to back in both sizes: the Glock 19 against the M&P 2.0 Compact and the Glock 17 against the full-size M&P 2.0. Classic Firearms' Jason and Eliza weigh the Gen 6's factory beavertail, thumb shelf and aggressive texture against the M&P's palm-swell inserts and hinged trigger, and split their verdicts, with the Gen 6 trigger the dealbreaker for one of them.

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