FN Five SeveN pistol

[NuclearSociety]

I doubt that FN wants to rock to boat more than they already have with the FsN pistol.

they damn well should.

[Ewussor]

How would an outright ban on 5.7x28 benefit them?

[NuclearSociety]

How would an outright ban on 5.7x28 benefit them?

was this a question for me? I meant they damn well should come out with a $600 version of the five-seven. Or just make the five-seven less expensive, I mean really $1,000?

[Valorius]

Why would anyone ban the five seven? Lots of rounds can penetrate body armor in several common calibers.

I found factory 9mm+P+ ammo that defeats a IIIA. There are certainly plenty of .38 super, .357 magnum and .357 sig loads that will too.

[Ewussor]

Yeah, but the politicians don't seem to have quite the hard-on for those calibers as they do for the 5.7.

[Valorius]

I can't really remember any pol except for the usual few gun haters even mentioning the five seven any time in the last several years.

[chrisjp]

ive been told the m57 tokarev round is hot enough to be body armor piercing never researched it. reason i bought it was cheap to shoot and a fun gun.

[Valorius]

The Tok 7.62x25mm factory flat nose rounds will penetrate a IIIA vest.

I was just testing some .22 LR rounds from my new M&P 15/22. So far, the best i've found is the Aguila Interceptor 40gr flat nose hypervelocity round. It penetrated 12-15 layers of Kevlar in my tests...should be just enough to defeat a level IIA vest.

I decided to test this Aguila round because the new Federal American eagle 40gr TMJ 5.7x28mm round -when fired from a five seven pistol- is actually only about 75fps faster than the intercepter round will do from my 22" S&W M&P-15/22. The 40gr 5.7x28mm will defeat a level II vest fired from the Five SeveN pistol as shown in video tests i posted in this thread.

American Eagle 5.x7x28mm 40gr TMJ from 4.8" FsN Barrel: 1625fps (online video chrono tests)

Aguila 40gr JFN .22LR from 22" barrel: 1550fps (user chrono reported velocity using 22" rifle)

The extra 75fps difference between the two seems to equate to another half dozen additional layers of Kevlar penetration.

I find it pretty cool that even the hottest 40gr .22 lr round fired from a 22" barrel still falls 75fps short of the slowest 5.7mm 40gr when fired from a 4.8" pistol barrel.

Pic of M&P test rifle:

[Valorius]

WANT SO BAD!!!

New custom slide cover for FsN:



Currently the designer is talking $100 per unit, which is out of my price range...but if the price came down to $50 or $60, i'd be all over it in a HEARTBEAT. I think it looks seriously badass.

It's being made by "S-industries" and is currently still in the prototype stage.

[Shisno]

was this a question for me? I meant they damn well should come out with a $600 version of the five-seven. Or just make the five-seven less expensive, I mean really $1,000?

If they only made one that fit my small girly hands I would be all over it. Even if it was over $1,000. Seriously, small hands are a curse in the firearms world. Can't even get a good grip most double stack 40S&W handguns! Forget about 45, 10mm, and I'm betting the 5.7 is right there with the rest of them.