Thank you for the video but more importantly, I thank you for your service. I'm grateful.

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!

Great video! Thank you for taking the time to post.

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 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

Great Video! This guy knows his stuff.

Damn! Great vídeo and camera angle. Thanks for this. Will use for my next cleaning of m&p 9mm 4.25 barrel

Thank you. Cleaned mine as I watched

one more point of lubrication the manual recommends is the detent on the slide stop. think it says 7 points.

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

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.

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.

Great video! Thanks.

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)

Awesome! Thank you.

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

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.

appreciate the time✌🇨🇦 easy to follow, common sense lesson🏆

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 . .

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.

Is it required to lower the sear for field stripping, i was able to take the slide off without lowering the sear

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'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.

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

Thx. I cant figure out what u r using to pull inside ur barrel please?

Works for me. Cleaning is the most important thing you NEED to do. However, my Glocks have become jealous and want more attention now.

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 ?

That takedown lever inside the weapon is the reason I never bought one of those pistols.

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...

That little lever inside my m&p 2.0 doesn't release the slide. I have to pull the trigger to release it

Might help if the "take down lever was shown in video, can't get past that point.

can't see half of what you're doing, you need to rotate your camera up a little

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 was exactly the 1,000th like, do I get a gun of my choice?!

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.

S&W? CZ’s real firearms! Viet Vet 68-69.

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.

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!

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.

Too slow and all said like a robot just trying to give you some pointers no disrespect to you.