Quote Originally Posted by funkymonkey1111 View Post
Aim surplus has .40 SW M&P police trade ins for $299. Would you choose an original with an apex trigger or a 2.0?

(or, a 2.0 with an apex?)
$299 seems like a good deal and leaves you room to upgrade to your liking without having a lot of money tied up in the thing. Of course I say that but with $300 in the pistol and if you dump another $150 into upgrades then you're right at the cost of a brand new 2.0.

In a nutshell, what you don't get with the original M&P is the extra metal reinforcement in the frame, the longer frame rails, the different grip texture, the fourth backstrap, and a steel magazine release. You do get the built in beaver tail on the original version that is no longer present on the 2.0 but I always hated that beaver tail and have actually removed it on my last M&P.

Personally, I'm not a 40 caliber kind of a guy so all of the trade in handguns flooding the market right now aren't tempting me. Although I'm tempted to pick up a Sig P229 and swap the 40 cal barrel,out for a 357 Sig barrel.