Description
If there is a flagship among the four Competitor builds, the Smith Wesson MP9 Competitor 2 Tone 17rd is it: full capacity, metal frame, five-inch barrel and a factory optic cut, wearing a black Armornite slide over tungsten gray Cerakote. Smith & Wesson designed this pistol for match use rather than adapting a duty gun to it, and that shows in the details. MAG5 Firearms LLC, family owned in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, has it in stock.

Seventeen Rounds and a Metal Frame
Capacity and weight are the two things a competition shooter cannot easily add later. The Smith Wesson MP9 Competitor 2 Tone 17rd arrives with both, holding seventeen in a grip built around full-size magazines and carrying an aluminum frame that puts mass exactly where muzzle rise starts.
The practical effect shows up in split times rather than in felt recoil. Sights settle instead of bouncing, the second shot of a pair lands where the first one did, and long stages run without a reload written into the plan.
Grip texture is machined into the aluminum rather than molded onto a panel, so the Smith Wesson MP9 Competitor 2 Tone 17rd feels the same on the fortieth magazine as it did on the first. Nothing peels, nothing polishes smooth, and a bare hand survives a full day without tape.
Slide, Barrel and Optic Mounting
The five-inch barrel and matching slide give the Smith Wesson MP9 Competitor 2 Tone 17rd a sight radius that rewards precise work at distance, while the black Armornite treatment resists the wear a heavily used competition gun collects at the serrations. Front and rear cocking serrations are cut deep enough to run with wet or gloved hands.
An optic cut sits under the rear sight from the factory, so a red dot mounts with a plate and nothing else. That matters because optic choice changes with division rules, and a milled slide locks a shooter into one footprint.
Takedown follows the familiar M&P pattern, which keeps cleaning simple after a weekend of steel. Nothing about the Smith Wesson MP9 Competitor 2 Tone 17rd requires a special tool or a proprietary procedure to strip down to its major components.
Trigger, Sights and Controls
A flat-faced Performance Center trigger breaks clean and resets short, which is what lets a shooter call a shot rather than confirm it afterward. The fiber optic front sight is bright enough to run on its own, and it stays useful as a backup once an optic is mounted on the Smith Wesson MP9 Competitor 2 Tone 17rd.
Controls are ambidextrous where it counts. The slide stop works from either side, the magazine release reverses without tools, and the Picatinny rail under the dust cover accepts a light or a tungsten weight depending on what the division allows.
Smith Wesson MP9 Competitor 2 Tone 17rd Specifications
| Manufacturer | Smith & Wesson Performance Center |
|---|---|
| Model | M&P9 M2.0 Competitor |
| Manufacturer Part | 13718 |
| UPC | 022188892901 |
| Caliber | 9mm Luger |
| Capacity | 17+1 rounds |
| Barrel | 5 in. black Armornite steel |
| Slide | Black Armornite stainless, optic ready, serrated |
| Frame | Tungsten gray Cerakote aluminum with Picatinny rail |
| Sights | Fiber optic front |
| Controls | Ambidextrous slide stop, reversible magazine release |
| Action | Striker fired, semi-automatic |
| Category | Firearms / Handguns / Semi-Automatics |
Divisions and Shooters the Smith Wesson MP9 Competitor 2 Tone 17rd Suits
USPSA Carry Optics is the natural home, and the Smith Wesson MP9 Competitor 2 Tone 17rd fits the box on weight and dimensions with a red dot installed. Limited and three-gun shooters get the same benefit, and Steel Challenge competitors will care more about how flat it tracks than about the round count.
Away from a timer it is a comfortable high-volume range pistol. The metal frame absorbs a long session, the full-size grip suits larger hands, and seventeen rounds means fewer interruptions when the goal is repetitions rather than scores.
Buyers cross-shopping a custom build usually land here for one reason. Assembling the barrel, the optic cut, the trigger and a metal frame separately costs more than the Smith Wesson MP9 Competitor 2 Tone 17rd does complete, and takes months longer.
Buying the Smith Wesson MP9 Competitor 2 Tone 17rd from MAG5 Firearms
Firearms go to a licensed dealer, never to a doorstep. Send us the FFL for the shop you want to receive the Smith Wesson MP9 Competitor 2 Tone 17rd, we take care of the dealer-to-dealer paperwork, and the federal form and background check are completed in person at pickup. Local buyers can transfer with us here.
Being family owned means the phone reaches someone who can look at the shelf. MAG5 Firearms does not hold an SOT, so suppressor-ready and short-barreled configurations have to be arranged with a Class 3 dealer near you.
Browse more Smith & Wesson handguns in stock at MAG5 Firearms, or see the manufacturer page for the Smith & Wesson Performance Center line.
Competitor production comes in short runs, and the full-capacity two-tone is the version that clears first. If the Smith Wesson MP9 Competitor 2 Tone 17rd shows as in stock here, it is physically on our shelf and ready to ship to your dealer.






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