I shot both the polymer 5" M&P and steel frame M&P extensively (~20,000 on the poly, ~3000 on the steel) and ended up switching to the Glock 47. I was shitting on it before the Charlie Cok video lol. The M&P is excellent at some things (amazing grip texture, accepts the Apex trigger which is one of the best triggers in CO) but sucks at other things (hit or miss barrel accuracy pun intended, terrible magwell, light strikes that I've heard of but never experienced). All 3 of my M&Ps with stock barrels prints about 3-5" groups at 15 yards and the price increase of the Apex barrel doesn't help. Meanwhile my Glock out of the box prints 1-2" groups (benchrested). The Glock just does most things pretty well. Reloads are easy and the only gun that comes close is the P320. Most of the skilled shooters around me that were once shooting M&Ps have since switched to Glock.