Description
The Smith Wesson MP9 M2.0 Carry Comp The Smith Wesson MP9 M2.0 Carry Comp is the Performance Center answer to the main complaint about compact carry pistols, which is that they are harder to shoot fast than the full size guns people practice with. It uses a ported barrel and a PowerPort compensator design to take the muzzle rise out, and adds a tuned action and a factory optic cut on top.
Smith Wesson MP9 M2.0 Carry Comp PowerPort Compensator
The Carry Comp system ports the barrel and cuts the slide to match, venting propellant gas upward so it pushes down against the muzzle rising. What distinguishes this design from a plain ported barrel is where the gas goes: Smith and Wesson shaped it to direct gas away from the optic rather than straight up into it. Anyone who has run a ported pistol under a red dot knows how quickly a dot window fouls, and this addresses it directly.
The practical effect is a compact that tracks more like a full size pistol. Recoil energy is unchanged, but less of it goes into rotating the muzzle upward, so the sight or dot returns faster and the second shot comes sooner.
Night sights 15+1 compact pistol: sights, trigger and fit
The pistol carries a night sight front paired with a blacked out serrated rear, which is the correct arrangement for a defensive gun: the eye is drawn to the illuminated front while the rear stays visually quiet. The slide uses the ClearSight cut and is optic ready from the factory, so mounting a dot needs no gunsmithing.
The trigger is a flat faced Performance Center tuned unit rather than the standard M2.0 part, and the frame keeps the four interchangeable palm swell inserts in small, medium, medium large and large. Getting the grip circumference right matters on a ported gun, because a pistol that shifts in the hand under recoil gives back the control the ports were meant to provide.
Living with a ported Performance Center 9mm
Two things worth knowing. Ported barrels build carbon around the ports faster than a plain muzzle does, and if that is left to accumulate it can affect how evenly gas vents. A brush and solvent through the port area as part of normal cleaning is enough to keep it working as designed.
The other consideration is low light. Gas and flash exiting upward are considerably more noticeable in the dark than on a daylight range, and for some shooters that is a genuine drawback on a defensive pistol. It is worth firing a few rounds at dusk before deciding this is the right configuration, rather than discovering it later. Buyers who carry primarily at night may prefer the standard unported compact.
Smith Wesson 13989 specifications
- Model: Performance Center MP9 M2.0 Compact Carry Comp
- Caliber: 9mm
- Capacity: 15+1, two magazines included
- Barrel: 4.25 in. stainless with Armornite, ported
- Twist rate: 1:10
- Compensator: Carry Comp with PowerPort
- Action: Striker fired, Performance Center tuned
- Height: 5.00 in.
- Width: 1.40 in.
- Length: 7.25 in.
- Front sight: Night sight
- Rear sight: Blacked out serrated
- Slide: Optic ready, ClearSight cut
- Grip: Four interchangeable palm swell inserts
- UPC: 022188895841
Why Buyers Choose the Smith Wesson MP9 M2.0 Carry Comp
A Smith Wesson MP9 M2.0 Carry Comp gets carried more and practiced with less, which is exactly backwards from what makes someone shoot well. Anything that closes the gap between how a carry gun handles and how a full size gun handles is worth having, and porting is the most direct way to do it without adding length or weight.
Buying the night sight, the tuned trigger and the optic cut separately on a standard compact would cost more than the difference in price here, and would mean the pistol spending time at a shop.
Who should buy the Smith Wesson MP9 M2.0 Carry Comp
The Smith Wesson MP9 M2.0 Carry Comp suits the concealed carrier who wants a compact that shoots like a duty gun, the shooter running a red dot who wants gas directed away from the window, and anyone who finds compact pistols snappier than they would like. Note that porting vents flash upward, which is more noticeable in low light.
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What is in the Smith Wesson 13989 box, and what is on the gun
Zanders records two 15-round magazines shipping with the Smith Wesson MP9 M2.0 Carry Comp, four interchangeable palmswells and a cleaning kit shipping with the pistol, along with a flat faced trigger and night sights. That is a Performance Center specification rather than a standard M2.0 one, and the night sights in particular are the sort of thing usually charged for separately.
There is no thumb safety on the Smith Wesson MP9 M2.0 Carry Comp. If you want one, the rest of the M2.0 line offers it, and we will point you at the right part number for a Smith Wesson MP9 M2.0 Carry Comp alternative.
An RMSc optic cut compact 9mm
Zanders records the optic footprint as Shield / RMSc, which is the widest supported micro red dot pattern there is. A Holosun HS507K X2 fits that cut directly and we hold over two thousand of them. The night sights 15+1 compact pistol arrangement sits high enough to remain useful under a low mounted dot, which is the arrangement you want for a carry gun.
Ammunition and spares
A ported Performance Center 9mm makes more muzzle blast, so take the first range session in daylight before deciding how you feel about it. Speer Lawman 115 grain TMJ is the volume practice load and we hold over three thousand boxes, with Federal 115 grain FMJ as the alternative.
Where it sits in the M&P M2.0 line
The M2.0 Spec VI bundle is the full size gun with extra magazines. The FDE threaded barrel M2.0 takes a muzzle device instead of ports. The ten round Compact is the capacity-limited version of the Smith Wesson MP9 M2.0 Carry Comp frame, and the M2.0 Metal HD is the aluminum framed range gun if weight is not the concern.
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