Fns pistols
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carguychris
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FNH is a latecomer to the polymer-frame striker-fired ballgame, and the FNS line doesn't offer anything radically different than the competition, so many shooters have responded with a collective "meh".
I don't own one but reports are generally positive.
The reports of kB!s are:
- Wildly exaggerated on the Interwebz;
- Mostly a problem late Gen2 and earlier production, not new ones;
- Generally related to the reuse of reloaded "Glocked" or slightly bulged brass.
Theohazard
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Then you shouldn't buy any guns, ever. There is no major manufacturer that's never had a kaboom on one of their guns. Kabooms happen, and it's almost always due to bad reloads. Glock has a lot of reports of kabooms simply because Glock has more handguns in circulation than almost any other company.barrymore said:
Use halfway decent ammo and you'll be fine. There are some good reasons not to buy a Glock, but fear of kabooms isn't one of them.
Crazy88Fingers
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.40 produces more pressure than the 9, and is a lot more popular than the .357. Again it's likely just a matter of the numbers. Widespread kabooms in Glocks is news to me regardless.
carguychris
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EDIT: I wrote a fairly long discussion of Glock kB! issue but I've decided to delete it, as this thread is threatening to veer off the original topic (the FNS).
Let's start a new thread if you feel this topic warrants added discussion.
If you consider 9mm+P (38,500 psi) and 9mm NATO*, 9mm is the hotter round.
(*9mm NATO max pressure is 38,400 psi using a slightly more conservative test method; perhaps more significantly, NATO ammo has to provide a certain minimum muzzle velocity, so it's more likely to be loaded closer to the max pressure threshold than commercial 9mm practice ammo.)
Let's start a new thread if you feel this topic warrants added discussion.
While you're certainly correct about the relative popularity of .357 SIG, you're incorrect about .40 S&W and 9mm Luger. Both rounds have the exact same SAAMI maximum pressure – 35,000 psi. The idea that .40 S&W is higher-pressure is a commonly held misconception.Crazy88Fingers said:
If you consider 9mm+P (38,500 psi) and 9mm NATO*, 9mm is the hotter round.
(*9mm NATO max pressure is 38,400 psi using a slightly more conservative test method; perhaps more significantly, NATO ammo has to provide a certain minimum muzzle velocity, so it's more likely to be loaded closer to the max pressure threshold than commercial 9mm practice ammo.)
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barrymore, let me welcome you to The Firing Line. A great place for asking questions, as you are.
I owned a couple of FNS pistols (9mm Compact, no safety, and full size 9mm with safety) and maybe still do. They are for sale at a gunshop and I don't know if they have sold.
I'm selling only due to the trigger. There are others which have trigger pulls that I like more.
But the FNS is a fine weapon at a low price. I think it may be a contender if the US ever really gets serious about buying a new sidearm, since it has a safety. And no, I do not think the current talk of an all singing, all dancing pistol is "getting serious" about adopting a new sidearm. But let's not discuss that since carguychris has put us on notice about thread drift
Bart Noir
Who also would be quite happy to own a .40 Glock, if he actually wanted more guns in that caliber. But why have .40 when you can have the big-boy Centimeter (10mm)?
I owned a couple of FNS pistols (9mm Compact, no safety, and full size 9mm with safety) and maybe still do. They are for sale at a gunshop and I don't know if they have sold.
I'm selling only due to the trigger. There are others which have trigger pulls that I like more.
But the FNS is a fine weapon at a low price. I think it may be a contender if the US ever really gets serious about buying a new sidearm, since it has a safety. And no, I do not think the current talk of an all singing, all dancing pistol is "getting serious" about adopting a new sidearm. But let's not discuss that since carguychris has put us on notice about thread drift
Bart Noir
Who also would be quite happy to own a .40 Glock, if he actually wanted more guns in that caliber. But why have .40 when you can have the big-boy Centimeter (10mm)?