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[Crusty]

A friend just picked one up, he says the most accurate pistol he has owned...spendy piece and spendier ammo...

I saw prices around .45 a round (for 2000 rounds), but now that I look again, most places are backordered until Jan. 

[miker]

latest greatest penalty..reload..

[darth davidson]

Tried search and didn't get any hits. Anyone own an FN Five Seven? Hadn't heard of them until I heard someone talking about them... looks pretty bad ass! 5.7×28mm (.224), 20 round mag (or an extended 30), 1800fps, low recoil, effective to 100m... seems like a pretty sweet package (though pretty spendy).

NICE looking weapon. I'm gonna start looking for one!!!

[miker]

1100 beans down here in wpb...

[Crusty]

1100 beans down here in wpb...

The definitely aren't cheap... but tehy do have a lot of positives. Found this on the Five SeveN forum:

To expand on the advantages of the Five-seveN platform itself, here is a comparison between another polymer handgun (the .45 ACP Glock 21) and Five-seveN:

-- Capacity. The Five-seveN has a flush-fit magazine capacity of 20 rounds, while the G21 has a flush-fit capacity of 13 rounds; so the Five-seveN carries about 55% more ammunition in a standard magazine. If a larger magazine capacity is desired, 30-round Five-seveN magazines are also available and only add about 1.5 inches to the height of the standard magazine.

-- Weight. The Five-seveN weighs 1.6 lb when loaded with 20 rounds, while the Glock 21 weighs 2.4 lb when loaded with 13 rounds; so when both guns are loaded, the Five-seveN is about 33% lighter than the G21. Meanwhile, a spare Five-seveN magazine (loaded) weighs about 0.3 lb, while a spare G21 magazine (loaded) weighs about 0.75 lb; so each spare (loaded) Five-seveN magazine is about 60% lighter than its G21 counterpart.

-- Trajectory. The 5.7x28mm fired from the Five-seveN pistol drops about 5 inches (more or less, depending on load) at 100 yards, while a 230 grain .45 ACP at 850 ft/s drops about 25 inches at the same distance; and there is a significant difference in drop even at 50 yards.

-- Penetration. The 5.7x28mm fired from the Five-seveN (with proper ammunition) will penetrate virtually any type of body armor in common use, while the .45 ACP will not penetrate even the weakest body armor types. [See some of the recent shootings involving body armor, such as the Binghamton shooting rampage and the Tyler, Texas courthouse shootout. In the former, a man wearing body armor murdered 13 people before killing himself. In the latter, a man wearing body armor opened fire outside a courthouse, killing and wounding several people; the attacker was shot in the chest and back repeatedly by Mark Wilson with his .45 ACP CCW pistol, but the rounds had no effect on the attacker's body armor and Wilson was killed as a result.]

-- Controllability. The 5.7x28mm has about 30% less recoil than the 9mm, and the difference widens when you compare it to the .45 ACP.

So when you look at the overall picture, the Five-seveN platform itself offers a number of advantages that far outweigh a couple tenths of an inch difference in bullet diameter.

[miker]

They have both, green and black...too bad I am buying a Henry lever .22...if it is onsale this weekend...Shoot Straight sale.   

[darth davidson]

1100 beans down here in wpb...

Found one at http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/60445 , $1,004

[naitram]

co-worker has one. but has found it hard to find ammo

[Pete7539]

Tried search and didn't get any hits. Anyone own an FN Five Seven? Hadn't heard of them until I heard someone talking about them... looks pretty bad ass! 5.7×28mm (.224), 20 round mag (or an extended 30), 1800fps, low recoil, effective to 100m... seems like a pretty sweet package (though pretty spendy).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FN_Five-seven



http://www.impactguns.com/fn-five-seven-usg-3-20rd-mags-3868929120-818513002509.aspx

Picked one up five years ago for $875 with 200 rounds of ammo. FN was running a promo at the time. Thing runs great, no recoil and a blast to shoot. Very loud. Have some pretty nasty rounds for it too 2500 fps.

[darth davidson]

Picked one up five years ago for $875 with 200 rounds of ammo. FN was running a promo at the time. Thing runs great, no recoil and a blast to shoot. Very loud. Have some pretty nasty rounds for it too 2500 fps.

NICE!! I want one! Let see what happened at the debate tonight, might give me a sense of urgency

[porthole]

co-worker has one. but has found it hard to find ammo

Hard to find indoor ranges around here that will allow it.

[Crusty]

Hard to find indoor ranges around here that will allow it.

I did see on the FiveSeveN forum they had a thread for ranges that allow them, so I figured it was an issue.

Good thing there are plenty of wide-open spaces here in Colorado!

[cvobiker]

Picked one up five years ago for $875 with 200 rounds of ammo. FN was running a promo at the time. Thing runs great, no recoil and a blast to shoot. Very loud. Have some pretty nasty rounds for it too 2500 fps.

Yup, wished I would have bagged one then, Now they're going for twice that 

[FLSTFI Dave]

Tried search and didn't get any hits. Anyone own an FN Five Seven? Hadn't heard of them until I heard someone talking about them... looks pretty bad ass! 5.7×28mm (.224), 20 round mag (or an extended 30), 1800fps, low recoil, effective to 100m... seems like a pretty sweet package (though pretty spendy).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FN_Five-seven



http://www.impactguns.com/fn-five-seven-usg-3-20rd-mags-3868929120-818513002509.aspx

Yep I own one and just love it.  Got mine before they became better known due to the Fort Bragg shooting.

Not a good choice for carry, far to much penetration, and distance on the rounds.  Armor piercing rounds are made for it, but only available to military and LEO.

Very fun to shoot, has the recoil of a 22 or so.  Very fast round and very accurate.  I have yet to have a single hick up with mine, 2K plus rounds.

My choice for Carry is an Kimber Ultra CDP in summer and a Les Baer Stinger in the winter, both 45 ACP

[FLSTFI Dave]

Hard to find indoor ranges around here that will allow it.

I have yet to have a range tell me I cant shoot it.  They have told me I cant shoot the round in the rifle on the range but not the pistol.

The gun store I bought it at, has an indoor range I shoot it at.

Got mine for 750.  They (FNH) were doing a 200 dollar rebate for Military and LEO including retired when I bought it.