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[madcarpenter]

Whats some of the benefits to this round and gun?

 

[Tombs]

I've had one now for about 3 years and have put around 500 rounds through it.

It's by far the lightest handgun you'll ever encounter for its size, even fully loaded 20+1.

It's pin point accurate, and can be used at 100 yards easily if your eyes are up to it.

Mine has ran 100% every round, every magazine, every type of ammo, without even an inconsistency in ejection.

The trigger is excellent and one of the only guns I've ever bought that I haven't felt the need to work on.

There's only 3 parts to the gun when broken down. Slide, barrel, and receiver.
Break down is similar to a glock in a lot of ways but you do not have to pull the trigger, in fact you can break it down with the safety engaged.

The round has questionable stopping power regardless of what loading you use. That's not to say it doesn't work, it's just not very well tested or documented.

I love mine, I've carried it every now and then because it's so light, but I have concerns about its stopping power and prefer to carry something else.

 

[madcarpenter]

thanks for your facts

 

[ThrottleJockey]

It pairs perfectly with the PS90. It is my understanding that the round will penetrate nearly anything "soft" if ya know what I mean. It is on my wish list.

 

[Tombs]

It pairs perfectly with the PS90. It is my understanding that the round will penetrate nearly anything "soft" if ya know what I mean. It is on my wish list.

Load up with some 45gr barnes banded solids, then you can say that.

The standard SS197 doesn't do much against any kind of body armor, the SS195 was recently downloaded and has lessened performance against body armor now. It used to make it through some of the stuff, up to level IIa I believe it was.

 

[zoglog]

I love the idea, I want one in a rifle and eventually, the handgun. People will say the round is not effective, they also say that 9mm is not effective. I wouldnt volunteer to stand infront of it.

 

[Tim1911]

Gruesome fact here. The 5-7 pistol was the one used at the attack on Ft. Hood. It is said that the shooter chose the weapon for it's armor penetrating capabilities and high capacity magazine. A quick google search should bring up lots on the attack.

 

[ThrottleJockey]

Gruesome fact here. The 5-7 pistol was the one used at the attack on Ft. Hood. It is said that the shooter chose the weapon for it's armor penetrating capabilities and high capacity magazine. A quick google search should bring up lots on the attack.

Cool and the P90 is the gun used in SG1....

 

[Tim1911]

Cool and the P90 is the gun used in SG1....

Aren't you clever? There's one in every crowd. Just throwing out some info.

 

[ejm874]

Owning only Glocks, HKs, and Sigs, I had never shot one until a couple weekends ago. My cousin brought his along, and while I can't give you details like those provided above, I did find I liked shooting it. And it pierced an old beer keg used as a target, if that counts for anything?

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

It's expensive (the gun), and the ammo is on-par with .45ACP. Meaning that it's too rich for my blood.

Reloading is tricky and not for the novice...

Holster choices are somewhat limited.

The ammo for sale commercially in the US are neutered versions of what the .gov (thinks USSS) and other country's .mil get.

-J-

 

[Dave Doehrman]

Whats some of the benefits to this round and gun?

Light weight, 20+1 capacity and 2 spare mags with the weapon. The weapon is accurate and fun to shoot - very little recoil, but a lot of noise. This would be a great companion weapon to go with the PS90 and you would only need to carry one caliber of ammo for both.

That being said, I don't carry mine too often. I prefer big holes - at least .45 caliber or larger.

There is a lot of variation and mis-information about the ammo. I included a link to the FiveSeveN ammo specs on Wikipedia. FN 5.7×28mm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Scroll down to the "Specifications" section. I use and carry the SS195LF ammo which is a copper jacketed, aluminum core bullet, which has performance very close to the SS192 ammo which was discontinued in 2004. Stay away from any of the ammo with the "SR" suffix. That stuff is a pansy version of the SS192 or SS195LF

 

[t413]

Cool and the P90 is the gun used in SG1....

And the H&K G36 and the Beretta M9 are used in Star Gate Universe....so what are you trying to say???

 

[indykid]

Cool and the P90 is the gun used in SG1....

So what you are doing is saying it is cool, the fact that there were many people killed and many more seriously injured?? And what does the reality of death and destruction have to do with a fantasy show?

Yes I know you are being sarcastic, but with the Fort Hood shooter using the FNH Five-seveN, there is nothing funny about it to compare to a TV show.

 

[Armed-N-Ready]

One of my favorite guns.

I've had mine for over two years, > 1000 rounds with zero problems. I have 3 mags with the extra 10 round extensions. Very accurate and light recoil. I also have a PS90 and FiveSeven AR, 50 round magazines rock . I've never had a FTF or FTE with any of them. All are easy to field strip and clean. The guns are a bit on the pricey side and the ammo is best purchased on line for the best price. The pistol is a bit large for concealed carry but is light for OC. As for the round itself, it is a wicked looking round and I would not want to be shot with it. I'm not sure what all those that poo poo this round do for a living but I don't really plan on shooting anyone with body armor on a regular basis, so it probably will suit my purpose. I wonder if they own a .22, .380 or 9mm, they don't do so hot against body armor either.

Hope that helps.

 

[Tombs]

Scroll down to the "Specifications" section. I use and carry the SS195LF ammo which is a copper jacketed, aluminum core bullet, which has performance very close to the SS192 ammo which was discontinued in 2004. Stay away from any of the ammo with the "SR" suffix. That stuff is a pansy version of the SS192 or SS195LF

I don't care for the SS195LF for one reason. Lead free primers.

My lot of SS195LF is from 2007 and I'm already concerned about the primers being near the end of their life.


So when you're faced with the choice of questionable primers, or questionable performance... I'd rather take the SS197SR and know it's going to go off, no matter how old it is. Either way, neither round is going to have jaw dropping terminal performance, and the tiny difference between effectiveness of the rounds isn't enough to justify that primer type.

 

[tgallmey]

If the ammo wasnt neutered it would be ok but it looks like a 17 hmr missing a rim lol. 7.62x25 Tokarev subgun ammo in my mind can do everything that the 5.7 ammo can do at a fraction of the price and with more mass. I thought about getting one awhile back the only benefit I can see is as a novelty because its in every video game out there and it reached cool status. A 9mm in certain loads can penetrate body armor too, cheaper as well. And many modern 9mms hold that many rounds. I think I saw an article on the 5.7 ammo not being much more powerful than a 22 magnum maybe it was chuck hawks I dont remember.

 

[crispy]

Marvin kept his in a bucket of soapy water.

"No seriously officer, we weren't trying to hide it, that's where we normally it keep here at the car wash..."

 

[Fordtough25]

A friend of mine has one, doesn't shoot too bad. He has a hard time ammo but he doesn't buy it online either. Neat gun but not for me.

 

[JWAS]

I loved mine, but got rid of it due to only wanting 9mm and 45acp ammo...
the five-seven was amazing (make sure you get the one with adjustable sights... the fixed sights are sighted in for the govt ammo, so they shoot slightly to the left and low with the commercial ammo)
There are some SWEET SWEET defense loads from elite ammunition that do some nasty work on clay and other "test dummies", some results of some of the ammo is almost as good of a wound channel as a 45 jhp!!
The recoil is nonexistant, and the SA trigger is pretty good, it didnt feel as awesome as I thought it would (comparing to my match grade trigger USP tact), but it was still nice, but I was hoping for a bit nicer trigger for the price.
The gun is loud!!!!!!!!!!!! I would buy an after market barrel and suppressor ASAP so you dont kill your ears if you had to use it inside somewhere.
The gun is really light, and sadly feels like an airsoft gun, but damn the reliablilty and preformance of the gun shatters those initial thoughts. But 20+1 rnds of self defense ammo in a gun that you can easily keep within a small target pattern, and lighter than a Glock 19, makes this gun pure awesome in my book! the 5.7mm has velocities out of its 5" barrel similar to those of a .22mag coming out of a 20" barrel! plus this type of bullet will tumble once hitting a soft target. It is a big, yet light, gun!!!! close in size to a USP tactical.... maybe slightly larger.