New For 2024: Smith & Wesson Performance Center M&P Carry Comp Series

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posted on July 17, 2024
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Images courtesy of Smith & Wesson.

Smith & Wesson’s Performance Center allows the company to give custom-level features to factory-built firearms, from the company’s M1911s to its M&P 15 rifles to its revolvers. The company's popular line of M&P polymer-frame, striker-fired pistols have often received the Performance Center treatment. New for 2024, Smith & Wesson is introducing the Performance Center M&P Carry Comp Series. 

The Smith & Wesson Carry Comp pistol being fired.The Performance Center Carry Comp series uses the newly designed Power Port system to control recoil.

While ported Performance Center versions of the M&P have been offered in the past, the Carry Comp series has unique features. A newly designed “Power Port” system places a port at the 12 o’clock position in the barrel, with a corresponding port in the slide, to divert gas upward to control recoil.

A man holding a Smith & Wesson Carry Comp Series pistol.The optic-ready slide uses a ClearSight cut to keep the sight picture clear when using electronic optics.

The new “ClearSight Cut” on the optics-ready slide diverts gas away from the optic’s sight picture. Iron sights are a tritium front night sight and blacked-out serrated rear. Additionally, all new Carry Comp models feature a new slide profile with front and rear serrations, Performance Center flat-faced triggers, and a gray Armornite finish on the slide.   

A Smith & Wesson Shield Plus Carry Comp pistol.The Shield Plus Carry Comp uses a 4” barrel.

The Performance Center Carry Comp treatment will be given to three popular S&W 9 mm Luger M&P 2.0 models in micro-compact, compact and full-size versions. The micro-compact version is the Shield Plus. This compact carry pistol, with a 10-round capacity with a flush-fit magazine (it also ships with a 13-round and a 15-round extended magazines), has a 4” barrel for an overall length of 7” and a weight of 17.9 ozs. It has an MSRP of $649.

An M&P Compact pistol with the Carry Comp treatment.The M&P Compact Carry Comp uses a polymer frame.

The Performance Center M&P Compact Carry Comp has a 4.22” barrel and a weight of 25.4 ozs., with a magazine capacity of 15 rounds. It has an MSRP of $799.

A full-size version of the Smith & Wesson M&P Carry Comp.The full-size Carry Compact has an aluminum alloy frame with polymer interchangeable palm swells.

The Performance Center M&P Full-Size Carry Comp uses an aluminum-alloy frame and a 5” barrel with a weight of 28.1 ozs. and a 17-round capacity. Its MSRP is $999. For more details on this new series, visit Smith & Wesson's website here.

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