Description
The Smith Wesson M P FPC 9mm 23 Round is The Smith Wesson M P FPC 9mm 23 Round is the full capacity version of the 9mm carbine that folds in half. The receiver hinges sideways so the sixteen and a quarter inch threaded barrel lies alongside the stock, halving the overall length and letting a complete carbine ride in a backpack or a small case.
It ships with a seventeen round magazine in the gun and two twenty-three round magazines stored in the stock itself, so the rifle and thirty-nine spare rounds travel as one object. It feeds from M and P pistol magazines, which means a household already running those pistols shares magazines between them.
Smith Wesson M P FPC 9mm 23 Round Smith Wesson M P FPC 9mm 23 Round Folding Receiver And Onboard Magazines
Folding is the whole reason the Smith Wesson M P FPC 9mm 23 Round exists. Press the release, swing the barrel and receiver alongside the stock, and a full length carbine becomes a package short enough for a daypack or an unremarkable case. It locks solidly open and closed, needs no tools, and takes a couple of seconds either way. For a vehicle, a camp, a boat or a closet, a long gun that stores in that little space is a long gun that will actually be where you need it.
The two magazine slots in the stock are the detail owners talk about most. Reloads stay attached to the gun rather than rattling around in a bag, so grabbing the case means grabbing everything. With twenty-three round magazines in those slots the carbine carries a serious amount of ammunition on board.
Feeding from M and P pistol magazines simplifies a household considerably. One magazine type, one ammunition type, shared between a handgun and a carbine.
The receiver is cut for optics and the handguard takes accessories, so a red dot and a light bolt straight on.
Smith Wesson M P FPC 9mm 23 Round Ballistics, Action And Honest Limits
A pistol caliber carbine is not a rifle, and it is worth being straightforward about that. The Smith Wesson M P FPC 9mm 23 Round fires ordinary 9mm, picking up some velocity from the longer barrel but nothing approaching an intermediate rifle cartridge. What it gives you instead is a gun that is far easier to shoot well: a shoulder stock, a longer sight radius, and almost no recoil. Inside a house or out to a hundred yards that is a genuine advantage over a handgun.
The action is straight blowback, which means a heavy bolt and a noticeable impulse compared with a gas operated rifle. It is not unpleasant, but it is not as smooth as a locked breech carbine either.
The barrel is threaded from the factory, which makes a suppressor or muzzle device easy to fit. A suppressed 9mm carbine is one of the quieter things you can legally own, though local law on suppressors varies considerably.
A folded carbine cannot be fired. That is a safety feature, but it does mean deployment is a deliberate act. Practice it until it is quick.
Smith Wesson M P FPC 9mm 23 Round Specifications
- Manufacturer part number: 12575
- UPC: 022188892512
- Caliber: 9mm Luger
- Magazines: one 17 round and two 23 round included
- Barrel: 16.25 inches, threaded
- Action: blowback, semi automatic
- Stock: side folding with two magazine storage slots
- Magazines: accepts M and P pistol magazines
- Optics: receiver cut for optic mounting
- Accessory rail: M-LOK handguard slots
Buyers comparing the Smith Wesson FPC against conventional carbines are paying for portability and getting a soft shooting gun along with it. As a Folding Pistol Caliber Carbine it stores where no fixed stock rifle will, and as a 9mm Blowback Carbine it recoils so lightly that technique rather than toughness decides how well you shoot it. The magazines stored in the stock are what most owners mention first.
Why Buyers Choose the Smith Wesson M P FPC 9mm 23 Round
Buy the Smith Wesson M P FPC 9mm 23 Round if you want a capable long gun that stores in a fraction of the space one normally needs. Folded, it goes in a backpack. Deployed, it is a soft shooting carbine that almost any adult can handle well. Onboard storage for two twenty-three round magazines means the gun and its reloads stay together, and shared magazines with M and P pistols simplify a household considerably.
Skip it if you need rifle cartridge performance, because 9mm from a carbine is still 9mm. Skip it if you would rather have a conventional fixed stock carbine and do not value folding enough to pay for it. And skip it if a blowback action feels too heavy for your taste.
Who Should Buy The Smith Wesson M P FPC 9mm 23 Round
The Smith Wesson M P FPC 9mm 23 Round suits This carbine suits home defense buyers, travelers, campers, truck and boat owners, new and recoil-sensitive shooters who find a long gun easier than a handgun, and households already invested in M and P pistols. It also makes an excellent teaching gun for a first centerfire. It is a poor fit for anyone needing rifle cartridge performance and for shooters committed to gas operated designs. All firearm sales ship to a licensed FFL dealer for transfer, and rifle, magazine capacity, threaded barrel and configuration rules vary by state, so confirm your local law before ordering.
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Ammunition, magazines and the threaded muzzle
9mm Luger chamber and pressure limits are published by SAAMI. A 16.25-inch barrel picks up a useful hundred to two hundred feet per second over a pistol with the same load, which is the main practical reason to own a pistol-caliber carbine at all. The Smith Wesson M P FPC 9mm 23 Round is a blowback design, so it prefers full-power ammunition and can be lazy with very light target loads.
For volume, Federal American Eagle 115 gr FMJ is the sensible default. For anything you keep loaded, Hornady Critical Defense 115 gr FTX behaves predictably out of a carbine barrel.
The muzzle is threaded, and the thread pitch is listed because it is a specification of the rifle. MAG5 Firearms does not sell suppressors or other NFA items, and fitting one requires ATF approval and a tax stamp of your own.
Where it sits in the range
If your state caps magazine capacity, the 10-round FPC is the same carbine with compliant magazines. For the pistols that share this magazine pattern, look at the Equalizer; in a different caliber altogether, the M&P 5.7 and the threaded-barrel 5.7 are the alternatives.
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