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The Five-Seven is relatively pleasant to shoot, but is loud, with quite a muzzle flash.
1 posted on 04/18/2015 9:43:18 AM PDT by marktwain
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Did he hit anything he was aiming at?


2 posted on 04/18/2015 9:46:54 AM PDT by Truth29
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Both of which can be a plus in a gunfight or when dealing with a home invader...


3 posted on 04/18/2015 9:49:05 AM PDT by Kozak (Walker / Cruz 2016 or Cruz/ Walker 2016 Either one is good...)
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This seems like the perfect zombie caliber.


4 posted on 04/18/2015 9:49:52 AM PDT by ansel12 (libertarian social liberalism makes conservative small limited government & low taxes impossible.)
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Two Five-seveN’s were used by major Hassan in the Ft. Hood massacre.


5 posted on 04/18/2015 9:53:23 AM PDT by SpaceBar
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I believe that the FN 5.7 is the same handgun used by the Fort Hood shooter in his personal Jihad.


6 posted on 04/18/2015 9:55:20 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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I guess you might as well use a light caliber if you’re not going to hit anything.


8 posted on 04/18/2015 10:15:27 AM PDT by Eagles6 (Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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—the modern day .22 Hornet-—


9 posted on 04/18/2015 10:48:11 AM PDT by rellimpank (--don't believe anything the media or government says about firearms or explosives--)
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I didn’t know that Lemme from Motorhead lived in Conway!


11 posted on 04/18/2015 11:08:03 AM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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This is a great review of the FN
http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2010/08/robert-farago/gun-review-fn-five-seven/


12 posted on 04/18/2015 12:36:35 PM PDT by outofsalt ( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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Yea, it’s pretty loud.people at the indoor range always wonder what I’m
Shooting when I pull it out to plink a little.


13 posted on 04/18/2015 12:45:42 PM PDT by crosdaddy
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If you want to introduce/train a new shooter the 5.7 is a great gun.

I helped a woman friend and she hated the .38 but loved the 5.7. I weapon she would like to train with and continue to use too.


15 posted on 04/18/2015 7:31:48 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Hey, hey, GayKKK. Who you gonna lynch today?)
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See. I wouldnt sound like half as bad a shot as this clown if I missed all 6 of my .357 mag.

The snubbie makes for quite the muzzle flash and I would characterize it as “loud”.


17 posted on 04/19/2015 2:31:00 PM PDT by Delta 21 (Patiently waiting for the jack booted kick at my door.)
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I have one myself and love shooting it, but ammo's sort of expensive. Nice, flat trajectory, lots of noise and very little recoil. Loads of fun.

As a self-defense piece, though, I'm a little less enthusiastic. The difficulty is that the terminal ballistics of the bullet are hindered by the shortness of the pistol barrel - the cartridge was actually designed for a longer-barreled submachine gun and the pistol was something of an afterthought. The upshot is that most of the rounds I've chrono'ed come in at quite a bit less than the advertised 2000 fps, which is near the minimum you need for supercavitation. Moreover, the ammunition commonly available for civilian use isn't the stuff originally designed for - the SS-190 is technically armor-piercing and as such available only to military and law-enforcement. HERE is an interesting gunblog article on the topic.

Nevertheless, hit what you're shooting at and it can get the job done. And it is nice to carry 20 rounds per mag. It might not be my go-to gun for a gunfight but then there isn't a perfect one anyway.

18 posted on 04/19/2015 2:31:57 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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