FN Five-Seven pistol: Long Range Firepower, Part 2

PART 2 of 4:
Nutnfancy's table-top review of this excellent FN sidearm. All indicators point to the innovative FN Five-Seven pistol being an outstanding design. It's the companion pistol to the FN PS/P90 carbine and serves many of its special purpose functions. While more of a rifle caliber than a pistol one, it's advantageous to compare the design against a known and respected standard. Against the Glock 17, the 5-7 stacks up very well indeed. Essentially it has the same incredible light weight, equal firepower, good trigger, good sights (adjustable too!), ruggedness, simplicity, reliability, accuracy, ergonomics, and it's quality-built. But it uses the proprietary FN 5.7x28mm round which brings both good and bad news. The good is it provides laser-like trajectories out to 100 yards, Kevlar penetrating capabilities, amazing velocities (1700 fps for commercial loads), less recoil, and higher magazine capacities due to its small size. The bad news is the ammo is hard to find, it's expensive (compared to pistol ammo), current brass doesn't reload well, and few other guns besides FNs use it. While I don't have trigger time behind either of them at this point, my anecdotal study shows the 5.7x28mm to be a decent manstopper (surprisingly). But other downsides of the 57 is its high cost, wide grip, and limited accessories available at this time. It all others ways I think the design is a hit and would serve well as both a special purpose and all-around full sized defensive (or offensive) handgun. But honestly the jury is still in many ways on both the round and this design. It will have to be proven over time, like the Glock, preferably by adoption by LE and military units for it to gain world acceptance and respect. And for this design to survive, the 5.7x28mm load will have to become more common and popular with other manufacturers chambering for it as well. Sadly, I feel that without that type of support the round is doomed to a marketing failure. . Nutnfancy Likeability Scale: 7 out of 10

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[nutnfancy]

@5386serena go back to the America's Got Talent vids, you are out of your depth here. -- Veri (Nutn's sister)

[kneverr]

@GUNBOSS31 More than a bit off topic, friend? How does the common knowledge of Five-seven's magazine capacity, your limited opinion on relative stopping power & penetration or the number of different companies presently producing the 5.7 x 28 ammunition... how does this have anything to do with what I/we were discussing? Truly trying to understand your reply; are you trying to say you're not inclined to see a development of a sub-compact mouse gun chambered in 5.7 x 28? Thanks for your reply.

[megaohmz]

You can disable the magazine disconnecter easily BTW.

[megaohmz]

5.7 can be ordered from Natchez very easily. They even ship to Hawaii.

[Kev1arFox]

@Fourteen88SoCal I'm moving out of California in a couple months. I'm tired of this crap.

[Clintmccook]

@Fourteen88SoCal I agree. its like California is like a test bed for anti gun legistration.

[Fourteen88SoCal]

@Clintmccook I should have been more clear, here in California the government is going after the private consumer (...everything sucks about California when it comes to guns). I mean shit, they just passed a law here requiring photo ID and a fingerprint just to buy ammo! Not to mention limiting all guns to NO MORE than 10 rounds MAX!

California (in my personal opinion) is the quint essential example of the government implementing it's slow process or getting rid of our guns! >:(

[Clintmccook]

@Fourteen88SoCal its hard for most of the manufacturers to survive without the civilian consumers. whats more is the government doesnt need the manufacturers because if they wanted to they could make their own which is what they'r going to do with the NDAA. anyone arrested under that law will be put into a work camp where they will make weapons for the government... or so I've heard.

[Fourteen88SoCal]

@onlyoneter the government isn't going after the gun companies (the government needs weapons too) but they (the dems) are doing everything in their power to deter people from purchasing them. They're targeting the civilian, not the manufacturers.

[ILITTHEWORLDONFIRE]

i thought i new alot bout guns but i didnt even no the 5.7x29 round existed till now

[MrUSA96]

its cool to watch nutn's old vids then watch his new stuff and see how much his channel has progressed. keep up the great work!