With the S&W M&P .45 growing in popularity, we adapted our existing design to fit the larger (.45 ACP) pistol. We’ve recently completed two versions — a +3 for anyone who wants maximum .45 ACP firepower, and a +1 for IDPA competitors. The +3 was our idea, and it’s legal for USPSA’s “Limited” division. The +1 was the brainchild of Ralph “Lin” Edwards, which we’ve dubbed the “Edwards 451.” Get yours now by shopping in the M&P section of our store.

Taylorfreelance is now producing floorplates for M&P’s.  Designed for USPSA’s demanding “Limited Division”, these floorplates, depending on floor model and ammo size, you can expand your magazine by 6-10 rounds!  We can also provide you with a new ISMI spring if you don’t already have one.

Click here to visit the M&P section of our store.

When I first started making floorplates, people asked me about making a solid brass 140mm floorplate, hoping to get more weight and better magazine ejection. “Too expensive,” I said, “plus the brass will damage the mag flooplate lips.” We were looking forward to the Clinton Crime bill back then, so any potential wear on a high-capacity magazine wasn’t a good idea. We settled on Delrin (back when it was cheap! Now it’s four times the price of aluminum bar!), and that was history.

Flash forward 10 years, the Clinton Crime Bill is history, and new mags are just $25. Brass is still expensive (much more so, in fact), but we’ve decided to give these a try.

My favorite “shop manual” for the Glock, the Complete Glock Reference Guide focuses hard on the basic assembly/disassembly and “nuts and bolts” issues. Large blow-up photos of the gun’s sub-assemblies make this one the book you’ll have open on the workbench when you’re tinkering with a malfunctioning pistol.