Kind'a amazed no one mentioned it - but there's a little lever tool at the base of the hand grip on M&P 2.0's, you can see the end of it on the video, back side of the magazine base. No need for a punch tool to push the take down lever, since you have a tool already built-in to the frame. Thanks for the video!
@@russellrudolph4051 Any instrument would be immediately cleaned and sterilized after use. They have plenty of old broken or dull instruments in storage.
@@paulbrinkley I stand by statement, no Dentist is handing out instruments, and these instruments are not, immediately cleaned and sterilized, you can buy a over the counter version of a Dentist tool at any Dollar store for 1 Dollar.
@@paulbrinkleywhy would they store broken and dull instruments? They dude said they cant be fixed. Why are they not throwing them away? Waiting for us gun owners to come by and ask for them?
Thank you for this video!! I’m currently going through a firearms class for correctional officers and this helped me learn the nomenclature which I’ve been struggling to memorize.
I don't know if you know this or not but the M&P 2.0 has a tool in the butt of the gun. You twist it amd pull it out after you remove the magazine. It's there to push the release pin.
Nice video man i never own a gun befor im about to go order my first gun today i was just looking at videos to see how to clean it when i get it and use it a few times
Great video and thank you for your service sir. I've always been taught less is more when it comes to oiling a gun. If you soak it in oil it will attract debris....I always struggle with this because I want to put more oil on my pistols when I clean them, but I have to resist lol
Same procedure I use when cleaning my pistols. US Navy veteran of 4 years and 25 years Law Enforcement plus I've had guns since I was 12. (I'm 73 now) One thing different is I use Lucas Red bearing grease that I apply with a hobby brush to parts that slide and synthetic machine oil for parts that rotate/pivot. Oil is refined and contains solvents to make it thin. solvents continue to evaporate where as synthetic lubricants do not.
Tom n extantlabs.com We are releasing greases in May! They are designed specifically for firearms and fishing reels, which is relatively low temp/pressure as compared to something like automotive application. What’s your application for high temp?
I hate to be that guy, but I cannot believe the amount of people here who are complaining about not being able to find the take down lever. Yellow, or not yellow these handguns are so damned basic there is only ONE lever inside the gun. So poke at it until something moves or hell just do what the gun is designed to do, push the lock release then pull the trigger to field strip it. This is my first handgun as well you'll be fine. Instead of complaining look up your manual...
I had mine for like 2 years..my first pistol. Great pistol. I made the mistake of oiling the recoil spring heavily..i only shot like 150rds and after 2 years it came apart and was ugly..corroded. i have a new one now and a spare..i wont be cleaning spring anymore lol..i guess just a wipe down like you did
I was told to NEVER put oil in the barrel. Can you confirm this? I have never put oils in my barrels and I’ve never had a problem. I was told not to because liquids cannot be compressed, when the projectile passes through the barrel (if there is oil) that can cause a bulge in the barrel and damage the gun leading to malfunctions . .
The desearing pin fell off in my S&W M&P9 2.0. Just bought it, followed instructions and slide still wouldn't come off, finagled the pin a lil more with the built in tool behind the magazine and the desearing pin came right out. Haven't even fired one shot out of it yet.
Tony thank you for the excellent video on field stripping & cleaning the Smith & Wesson 2.0; This is a big help & I very much appreciate the thoroughness of the video. I just purchased a S&W 9mm shield 2.0 as a carry pistol. My range pistol is a glock 19. Both different hand guns. Only drawback to the shield 2.0 is the tight recoil spring. Any suggestions as to how I can loosen the recoil spring or find a good replacement spring that will work well in the MP Shield 2.0 (any suggestions would be most appreciated)
Mine is different for some reason on the takedown/field strip. I did it exactly like you did, but the slide wouldn't come off. I went exactly how you did as well as the booklet it came with, and neither worked. Then I just squeezed the trigger while I was watching your video trying to figure out what I was doing wrong, then the whole slide slid off and hit the ground. Idk why mine needs me to squeeze the trigger first, but it does. Maybe if other people's pistols are the same way, they'd do good by seeing this comment
You can manually flip the take-down lever or simply pull the trigger. Some peopke arent comfortable pulling the trigger so you can use his method instead. Both work fine.
Is it not recommended to pull the trigger to remove the slide? That's the only way I've done it but I wonder why anyone e would mess with the little lever and tool to remove it unless it damages the pistol to do it the way I do it
one can see crud/residue inside the barrel when looking through the barrel into a light. I have LED shop lights above my cleaning bench and any residue is visible on the lands and grooves when I look through the barrel and at the light.
@@theyeticlutch3486 I don't like it inside the weapon, I should have said... I don't know why S$W did that... Personal preference... Many other newer weapons to choose, just not my cup of tea. I do own many S&W autos (50, 45 Series). Just not these.
I prefer to use a Wilson Combat 718 Universal Channel Cleaning Tool with a patch to clean my slide channel and frame rails. Your oiling areas of the barrel not mention by S&W in the owners manual? Don't like CLP it's been known to contaminate ammo and should use it sparingly. You also forgot a drop of oil on top of the trigger bar ?
completely lost immediately. sorry I just got this gun. trying to learn how to clean it. Take down something with a little yellow I could not find any thing with yellow paint
I'm curious to know if there's any possible way to reassemble the rifle incorrectly and still have it function. Or is this rifle designed to not work no matter what even if you make the smallest error after reassembling.
No offense, but that is way too much oil overall, including in places it shouldn't go, and you missed three important lubrication points (3, 6, and 7 in the manual). Excess oil doesn't help anything. It only collects more carbon, which results in a higher chance of malfunction.
Good video. Just another suggestion, maybe zoom in a little bit closer (you'll need a monitor to see what the camera is filming) and use a light colour mat (beige or lighter) without any drawings or images.
I put my Glocks through a cycle in my dishwasher. I break it down and put the parts in the silverware basket. When it's done I make sure it's dry and spray or squirt quality lube on the metal parts and wipe the exterior with a thin coat of oil just to be safe. Easiest gun cleaning ever.
Cleaning my M&P for first time. This video was unclear. Didn't identify parts, spoke too fast, camera had bad angle on parts being worked on. This video is for experienced people but they wouldn't need this.
No disrespect but damn, Your cameraman sucks. So many times when you were pointing something out about the pistol, your pistol was off-camera...plus, the camera was too far away!
Kind'a amazed no one mentioned it - but there's a little lever tool at the base of the hand grip on M&P 2.0's, you can see the end of it on the video, back side of the magazine base. No need for a punch tool to push the take down lever, since you have a tool already built-in to the frame. Thanks for the video!
No responsible dentist would give anyone a tool 🤔 that has been in a patients mouth, to use outside of his office.
@@russellrudolph4051 Any instrument would be immediately cleaned and sterilized after use. They have plenty of old broken or dull instruments in storage.
@@paulbrinkley I stand by statement, no Dentist is handing out instruments, and these instruments are not, immediately cleaned and sterilized, you can buy a over the counter version of a Dentist tool at any Dollar store for 1 Dollar.
@@paulbrinkleywhy would they store broken and dull instruments? They dude said they cant be fixed. Why are they not throwing them away? Waiting for us gun owners to come by and ask for them?
@James Stadter yeah. I don't understand why they have the lever when this is viable
Thank you for the video but more importantly, I thank you for your service. I'm grateful.
Thank you for this video!! I’m currently going through a firearms class for correctional officers and this helped me learn the nomenclature which I’ve been struggling to memorize.
Great Video! This guy knows his stuff.
Paul A. Heath Thanks!
I don't know if you know this or not but the M&P 2.0 has a tool in the butt of the gun. You twist it amd pull it out after you remove the magazine. It's there to push the release pin.
You don't even have to do that. Just lock the slide open, flip the takedown lever, release the slide, pull the trigger.
Nice video man i never own a gun befor im about to go order my first gun today i was just looking at videos to see how to clean it when i get it and use it a few times
2 year old comment. How addicted have you become? Lol what is your favorite carry gun?
Great video and thank you for your service sir. I've always been taught less is more when it comes to oiling a gun. If you soak it in oil it will attract debris....I always struggle with this because I want to put more oil on my pistols when I clean them, but I have to resist lol
Damn! Great vídeo and camera angle. Thanks for this. Will use for my next cleaning of m&p 9mm 4.25 barrel
Same procedure I use when cleaning my pistols. US Navy veteran of 4 years and 25 years Law Enforcement plus I've had guns since I was 12. (I'm 73 now) One thing different is I use Lucas Red bearing grease that I apply with a hobby brush to parts that slide and synthetic machine oil for parts that rotate/pivot. Oil is refined and contains solvents to make it thin. solvents continue to evaporate where as synthetic lubricants do not.
Tom n Right-o! Thanks for commenting. We use synthetic base-oils in all our lubricants, they same type used in jet engine lubricants, for that reason.
Extant labs: Do you make a synthetic high speed high temp bearing grease? If so, what is your website.
Tom n extantlabs.com We are releasing greases in May! They are designed specifically for firearms and fishing reels, which is relatively low temp/pressure as compared to something like automotive application. What’s your application for high temp?
@@extantlabs3664 What is your first name? I will contact you via website
@@tomn5880 Matt email me matt@extantlabs.com
one more point of lubrication the manual recommends is the detent on the slide stop. think it says 7 points.
Great video! Thank you for taking the time to post.
Thank you. Cleaned mine as I watched
I hate to be that guy, but I cannot believe the amount of people here who are complaining about not being able to find the take down lever. Yellow, or not yellow these handguns are so damned basic there is only ONE lever inside the gun. So poke at it until something moves or hell just do what the gun is designed to do, push the lock release then pull the trigger to field strip it. This is my first handgun as well you'll be fine. Instead of complaining look up your manual...
I had mine for like 2 years..my first pistol. Great pistol. I made the mistake of oiling the recoil spring heavily..i only shot like 150rds and after 2 years it came apart and was ugly..corroded. i have a new one now and a spare..i wont be cleaning spring anymore lol..i guess just a wipe down like you did
Glad I found your comment...
Great video! Thanks.
Thanks for sharing thanks! Wow great content.
I was told to NEVER put oil in the barrel. Can you confirm this? I have never put oils in my barrels and I’ve never had a problem. I was told not to because liquids cannot be compressed, when the projectile passes through the barrel (if there is oil) that can cause a bulge in the barrel and damage the gun leading to malfunctions . .
The desearing pin fell off in my S&W M&P9 2.0. Just bought it, followed instructions and slide still wouldn't come off, finagled the pin a lil more with the built in tool behind the magazine and the desearing pin came right out. Haven't even fired one shot out of it yet.
Tony thank you for the excellent video on field stripping & cleaning the Smith & Wesson 2.0; This is a big help & I very much appreciate the thoroughness of the video.
I just purchased a S&W 9mm shield 2.0 as a carry pistol. My range pistol is a glock 19. Both different hand guns. Only drawback to the shield 2.0 is the tight recoil spring. Any suggestions as to how I can loosen the recoil spring or find a good replacement spring that will work well in the MP Shield 2.0 (any suggestions would be most appreciated)
Mine is different for some reason on the takedown/field strip. I did it exactly like you did, but the slide wouldn't come off. I went exactly how you did as well as the booklet it came with, and neither worked. Then I just squeezed the trigger while I was watching your video trying to figure out what I was doing wrong, then the whole slide slid off and hit the ground. Idk why mine needs me to squeeze the trigger first, but it does. Maybe if other people's pistols are the same way, they'd do good by seeing this comment
You can manually flip the take-down lever or simply pull the trigger. Some peopke arent comfortable pulling the trigger so you can use his method instead. Both work fine.
Is it not recommended to pull the trigger to remove the slide? That's the only way I've done it but I wonder why anyone e would mess with the little lever and tool to remove it unless it damages the pistol to do it the way I do it
I’ve done it on my M&P quite a bit, my buddy has an M&P Shield and that’s the only way we do it
@@jeepsterct
Yeah I figured most people do it that way. That lever seems like a much more complicated way to get the same result
one can see crud/residue inside the barrel when looking through the barrel into a light. I have LED shop lights above my cleaning bench and any residue is visible on the lands and grooves when I look through the barrel and at the light.
There was none today after shooting 250 rounds. Perhaps hickock45’s advice as using a hollow point as the last round you shoot might work.
Works for me. Cleaning is the most important thing you NEED to do. However, my Glocks have become jealous and want more attention now.
Is it required to lower the sear for field stripping, i was able to take the slide off without lowering the sear
Awesome! Thank you.
That takedown lever inside the weapon is the reason I never bought one of those pistols.
Dont even need to use it to take it down. Literally takes 2 seconds to do it without using the lever
@@theyeticlutch3486 I don't like it inside the weapon, I should have said... I don't know why S$W did that... Personal preference... Many other newer weapons to choose, just not my cup of tea. I do own many S&W autos (50, 45 Series). Just not these.
@@on2wheels378 ah I see. I'm not aware of the difference it makes with or without it
@@theyeticlutch3486 neither is he apparently lol
Might help if the "take down lever was shown in video, can't get past that point.
Nathan Marshall yeah sorry bro. First video we did and the photography is terrible. We plan to reshoot it.
I agree but very good for a first video.
I prefer to use a Wilson Combat 718 Universal Channel Cleaning Tool
with a patch to clean my slide channel and frame rails. Your oiling areas of the barrel not mention by S&W in the owners manual? Don't like CLP it's been known to contaminate ammo and should use it sparingly. You also forgot a drop of oil on top of the trigger bar ?
appreciate the time✌🇨🇦
easy to follow, common sense lesson🏆
completely lost immediately. sorry I just got this gun. trying to learn how to clean it. Take down something with a little yellow I could not find any thing with yellow paint
Once the takedown lever is down, hold the trigger
I'm curious to know if there's any possible way to reassemble the rifle incorrectly and still have it function. Or is this rifle designed to not work no matter what even if you make the smallest error after reassembling.
Is this a Rifle?
That little lever inside my m&p 2.0 doesn't release the slide. I have to pull the trigger to release it
i think you can do either and its fine
It is fine with the trigger. Always how I break mine down
No offense, but that is way too much oil overall, including in places it shouldn't go, and you missed three important lubrication points (3, 6, and 7 in the manual). Excess oil doesn't help anything. It only collects more carbon, which results in a higher chance of malfunction.
Absolutely way too much lube
can't see half of what you're doing, you need to rotate your camera up a little
Steve G OK, I rotated the camera up a little. Let me know if that fixes it.
Good video. Just another suggestion, maybe zoom in a little bit closer (you'll need a monitor to see what the camera is filming) and use a light colour mat (beige or lighter) without any drawings or images.
I put my Glocks through a cycle in my dishwasher. I break it down and put the parts in the silverware basket. When it's done I make sure it's dry and spray or squirt quality lube on the metal parts and wipe the exterior with a thin coat of oil just to be safe. Easiest gun cleaning ever.
Lol..That's wild
...........what
That’s a basic clean. You’re better off walking through a car wash with the parts in your hands. Get the deluxe package.
Then put the glock in the dryer!
@@brc1945 THEN PUT IT ON THE MICROWAVE OVEN
Thx. I cant figure out what u r using to pull inside ur barrel please?
bore snake 9mm size
I was exactly the 1,000th like, do I get a gun of my choice?!
S&W? CZ’s real firearms! Viet Vet 68-69.
Cleaning my M&P for first time. This video was unclear. Didn't identify parts, spoke too fast, camera had bad angle on parts being worked on. This video is for experienced people but they wouldn't need this.
I didnt have any issues with the video. WHeRe iS THe taKe DoWn LevEr lol
No disrespect but damn, Your cameraman sucks. So many times when you were pointing something out about the pistol, your pistol was off-camera...plus, the camera was too far away!
Thanks for the suggestion. Floyd was made an example of, and our new cameraman promises not to suck.
Too slow and all said like a robot just trying to give you some pointers no disrespect to you.