Despite being one of the oldest American firearm manufacturers, with a catalog of well-established and time-honored models, Smith & Wesson’s recent history has shown the company's willingness to innovate, with its M&P product lineup including everything from rotary-barreled pistols to dual magazine-tube shotguns and folding pistol-caliber carbines. It is the latter that the company has updated with its new-for-2025 M&P FPC in 10 mm Auto.
The original “Folding Pistol-caliber Carbine”, chambered in 9 mm Luger, uses a simple blowback action housed within an aluminum tube receiver and folds horizontally to a length just slightly longer than its barrel. The 10 mm FPC is identical, except with slightly larger dimensions. It weighs 10 ozs. more (5.89 lbs.) and is a quarter inch longer overall. The rifle’s 16.25” barrel, with its muzzle threaded 9/16x24 TPI, takes advantage of the impressive ballistics that the 10 mm cartridge can deliver from a long gun. A tungsten-infused recoil buffer system helps to contain that power.
The rifle’s full-size grip and texturing is borrowed from the M&P “Big Ten” and it uses the same interchangeable backstrap system and Performance Center-style flat-faced trigger. Function and controls are also the same as the 9 mm FPC, with a bilateral bolt release, crossbolt safety, reversible magazine release, and ambidextrous charging handle placed behind the action. The charging handle uses a new latching system and the bolt release levers and magazine release have been extended. Supplied without sights, the FPC is optics ready with a Picatinny rail running the length of its handguard. M-Lok slots on the handguard provide additional places to mount accessories.
Smith & Wesson’s 10 mm Auto-chambered M&P handgun conveniently gives this latest FPC a feed device. The rifle uses 15-round M&P 10 mm M2.0 handgun magazines. Three are supplied with each rifle—one in the action with two spares in the magazine carrier built into the stock. A version equipped with 10-round magazines is also available for those who live in areas with magazine-capacity restrictions. The rifle comes in the same discreet carrying case as the 9 mm version.
The Smith & Wesson M&P FPC 10 mm has an MSRP of $699. For more information, see the company’s website.
