FN ps90- how good?

HK nut- I'm guessing your a guy and probably average height so 5' 10" or so.
That's 9 inches more than me and so what is comfortable for me might seem cramped for you.
 
I have a PS90, and ammo is not a problem. Just order 2k rnds for 710 bucks delivered. Search the web for deals on quantity orders. My local Cabelas had it for under 20 bucks a box 2 weeks ago. Their handgun section was empty except for 60 boxes of 5/7. You can find it on line alot of places but the price
is all over the map.

Enjoy.:)
 
I just saw the Knights Armament PDW 6x35mm on Future Weapons. It was designed cartridge first. That is an impressive weapon. IMHO it kicks the P90 and MP7's butt and hell even the MP5. Not to hijack your thread it isn't a civi weapon but I thought it was cool and had to share.
 
The Knights Armament PDW really really cuts that fine line of why bother replacing a AR15 carbine with it...because by the time you hang all the stuff on it that seems to be in vogue, its going to weigh right back up to what a normal AR is going to weight....the fact that it was a 5 pound gun firing a reduced cartridge that cant be had anywhere, were the only two things that
made it different. Its size was not much different than Regular AR's

PDWs were only made to replace the 9mm submachinegun. And approx baseline 19inches in lenth is what makes PDW's valueble to people thats first duty is NOT shooting small arms, not weight, as long as its reasonable.

On the current USMC Cobra helicopter....a M4 carbine cannot be kept in the cabin, it has to be stowed in a outside bin....A HK or FN can be carried on the crewman, and will be findable in a post shootdown( if the helo is laying on its side and you cant get to the storage bin...then you have a pistol in a blackhawk down situation. The USMC have been testing both the HK and FN pdw's
A communications lineman, is also served better by something really short and handy when up a pole stringing wire.

The other problem/fix of simply cutting assault rifles down to 8-10 inch barrels is that it makes them really rude little bastages to shoot..especialy for a clerk typist,
cook, dentist, etc....as with anything something has to give.
PDW's arent ment for steely eyed commandos, they or made for support troops to have a decent chance at killing steely eyed commandos.
 
Granted the guy on tv is ex special forces it looked easy enough to shoot, they say it has 50% less recoil than the M4.
 
It seems to me that the length of pull on the ps90 is the same as any full size rifle.
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The LOP may be similar to most other rifles, but having my support hand scrunched up so close towards me was weird and uncomfortable for me.

To the OP: The PS90 may be a fine carbine, but to me, it was just a little too compact. It felt like a toy or a youth rifle to me. I tried real hard to like it, because they look kind of neat, but after handling one there's no way I would buy one. Obviously it takes different strokes for different folks and all, so don't be put off by my experience; you may love it. I'm just saying it's one of those that you need to at least handle before buying.

Jason
 
The 55gr only does 1000 fps, so you're talking about a .22lr...or shooting 1/5th of a .45 at someone.

The lighter bullets are the ones hitting 2000+ fps, and they're still closer to .38 Special energy levels than 9mm.

I still don't see why the same gun chambered in cheaper and more effective .223 wouldn't be the obvious choice, instead of paying more for ".223 super short".
 
Jaon G, you're not a 5' 1" woman. small and compact works for me. sure the AK's and sig sauers look good and intimidating but they wre more awkward in my hands.

I did buy it, and it feels really comfortable for me. I can see how it is a little weird to hold since we're use to a space between the two hands, but think how you hold a pistol.

The thing I really like is the ejection port-I'm left handed and was afraid I'd catch the brass in my face. I've heard the British SA-80 has a switchable eject. The FN dropps the brass out the bottom.

I was surprised by the sight. Thanks to the advice here I made sure I had the sight with the black reticule in it, not the white one. I was psyched when I looked at a darker target and the black reticule turned red, damn near lumious in full dark. wow helpful.
 
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Jaon G, you're not a 5' 1" woman.
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Dang, ya caught me! :D

Seriously, I'm glad you like your carbine. I didn't know that about the reticles changing colors like that. Seems like the one I handled had a white ring with a white dot in the middle, but it's been at least a year ago, so I may be wrong on that description.

Jason
 
SnowFox, it has a tridium capsule in it that provides illumination in low light :)

- same mildly radioactive stuff in pistol night sights. lasts about 10 years before you have to replace the tridium element.
 
I'm intrigued by the PS90, but the ammo question put the brakes on it for me, too. I'd like to see FN use that platform for more traditional calibers like 9mm or .22lr as alternative choices.

Either that, or offer reloading dies to those of us who like to experiment... :D
 
Reloading dies are easily availible, I own a set of Hornady ones I picked up at Cabela's Fort Worth store.
 
I have a box of the hornady, what's with the blue tips?

My mag has numbers up to 50 but only loads up to 30 (which is what the owner's manual says) Having disassembled the mag I can see what is stopping it going to 50 but I don't see how I can break that without damaging the mag.
 
There is a replacement baseplate on the market, that gets rid of the plastic spacer, and gives you back the normal 50 shot capacity...except for that insert its a normal 50 shot mag, and 50 shot mag spring.

The Hornady V-Max bullets have colored polymer nose cones, they will make them any color you want if you order enough, but in this case the blue color allows you to tell its a SS197 round, as opposed to the red tipped SS196 round(the sucky reduced velocity round made to appease the Brady bunch)
 
is that the red tip is the brady bunch round?

Yeash i knid of figured the plate was funky, where can I get the other plate? Is it leagal? did they repeal that 50 round mag rule?
 
To convert my 30-rounders to 50's, all I did was cut out that plastic web you can see on the block. A little rough sandpaper and some epoxy made the resulting top and bottom the same thickness as the one in the 50-rounder. (To be truthful, I ran just the bottom block without epoxy for close to a month before I decided to glue it all together, so no worries there.)

The blue-tipped SS197 with the 40-grain bullet isn't bad, but it won't penetrate to the minimum distance recommended by the FBI. Easy solution there is to pull the trigger a couple more times. It Will reach out further, and more easily than will your average pistol, which is what it's meant to do.
 
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