Jeff Cooper was never a fan of the Glock. He considered the 9 mm caliber an antique cartridge and the Glock a disposable, plastic gun. Then, Glocks started to show up at American Pistol Institute, later to be renamed Gunsite.
The Smith & Wesson M&P moniker stands for Military and Police and dates back more than 100 years, when Smith & Wesson first applied it to its double-action, K-frame, service-size .38 Spl. revolvers.