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TEX wrote:To CompVest,

I must respectfully disagree. No doubt the M&P trigger safety is more comfortable and ergonomic that either the Glock or XD (in my opinion), but I believe the latter ones to be superior, safety wise, in this regard. In order to move the trigger back on the Glock or XD a foreign object would have to hit the exact center line of the trigger or cross through it, were as on the M&P it only has to catch any part of the lower half. Has anyone accidently been shot because of this, I really doubt it, but I do think the design presents a slightly greater possibility for an AD. However, I would feel perfectly safe carrying an M&P if it were in a proper holster. On the XD, the trigger face safety is redundant if the grip safety is functioning properly - making the point is moot.

TEX

TEX wrote: Trigger Face Safety – this is a device that prevent the trigger from moving back unless the bar or hinge on the face of the trigger has been depressed. If a pistol with such a safety were dropped, something would have to hit just the right spot on the trigger to make the gun discharge. I don’t think they work all that well. The ones on a Glock or XD are pretty good, but the one on the Smith and Wesson M&P and Sigma are a joke. On these, if anything caught the lower half of the trigger the piece will fire. I feel most pistols don’t need them, but as long as they don’t affect the trigger pull, I suppose they are a benefit.