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I think I said this before but I'm a long time S&W fan and when the M&Ps came out I was skeptical, time has proven them among the best and should be concidered.
I love mine, but everyone has their preferences and these are mine. I prefer the no safety feature and with the safe trigger feature.
All M&Ps I've seen around here are mostly under $600, (The S&W web prices are all high) but you may pay a bit more for S&W than some. But they are not out of range. You shouldn't buy on price anyway, quality, reliability, shootabilityand handleability should all be weighed before price.
Most of the suggestions are great here and it really will come down to which makes you happy, and the feel and shooting are major factors in that, so check them all out, change gripson ones youcan. My buddy and I were checkin out some autoloaders for him at the gun show. I then let him check mine out at home changing out the grips on the FS M&P, He liked the small size and now he wants one really bad.:celebrate
Anyway check them all out first.