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yoda · 03-24-2007, 09:52 PM

A very unique pistol. I held one at the store a few weeks ago and looked at the bullets. It looks like they shrunk a .223 rd. 20 rd standard mags, wow. Ammo is very expensive.

Anyone own one or atleast get to shoot one a few times? What do you guys think? I think I found another gun to put on the extremely long wish list. The only problem is the amount of money, not just to buy the gun, but also to shoot it.

**jnclement** · 03-24-2007, 10:03 PM

I shot a guy's once after an IDPA match. Felt guilty when I found out how much the ammo was. It shot OK, not a ton of recoil, kind of strange feeling. I can't imagine have a wish list that was so long the FN was on it.

**beardman2** · 03-24-2007, 10:10 PM

this might interest you:

http://www.gunblast.com/Kightlinger.htm

probably be a heck of a lot cheaper to shoot.

**Alaskapopo** · 03-24-2007, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by yoda

A very unique pistol. I held one at the store a few weeks ago and looked at the bullets. It looks like they shrunk a .223 rd. 20 rd standard mags, wow. Ammo is very expensive.

Anyone own one or atleast get to shoot one a few times? What do you guys think? I think I found another gun to put on the extremely long wish list. The only problem is the amount of money, not just to buy the gun, but also to shoot it.

Its a great pistol if you like .22 mag performance and you are faced with attacking field mice, rabbits and other vermin. But as a combat pistol it sucks due to its extreemly weak ballistics.
Pat

Kiel_Everett · 03-24-2007, 10:24 PM

The thing I noticed when I held one, they are extremely light weight. They weigh about as much as an airsoft pistol.

[TASF]Maverick · 03-25-2007, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Alaskapopo

Its a great pistol if you like .22 mag performance and you are faced with attacking field mice, rabbits and other vermin. But as a combat pistol it sucks due to its extreemly weak ballistics.
Pat

Extremely weak ballistics? .22 magnum performance? What am I missing?

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The 5.7mm ball produces a wound cavity about the size and shape of the best 9mm 115 grain JHP +P+, except the peak occurs at a deeper penetration.

- Sandy Wall, in a report for the Houston, TX Police Department

polykarp · 03-25-2007, 11:15 AM

The Five-seveN has rounds designed to penetrate all forms of body armor at 2300fps. Not the knock down of a .45 but plenty of zing to punch through some BG's ceramic vest.

Jedi XD · 03-25-2007, 12:58 PM

It is on my list as well. The only thing that keeps it a little ways down is the ammo cost and price of the weapon itself.

**newKid** · 03-25-2007, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by [TASF]Maverick

Extremely weak ballistics? .22 magnum performance? What am I missing?

i dont think they sell the SS190 bullet to civilians though . .

danp · 03-25-2007, 04:01 PM

Our SWAT guys played with them, but both the weapons and ammunition were cost-prohibitive.

03-24-2007, 09:52 PM	#1
yoda XDTalk Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 69	FN FiveseveN A very unique pistol. I held one at the store a few weeks ago and looked at the bullets. It looks like they shrunk a .223 rd. 20 rd standard mags, wow. Ammo is very expensive. Anyone own one or atleast get to shoot one a few times? What do you guys think? I think I found another gun to put on the extremely long wish list. The only problem is the amount of money, not just to buy the gun, but also to shoot it.

03-24-2007, 10:10 PM	#3
beardman2 XDTalk 4K Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 4,950	this might interest you: http://www.gunblast.com/Kightlinger.htm probably be a heck of a lot cheaper to shoot. __________________ - He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach himself. ~Thomas Paine I will not be involved with the dreams of angry men. Founding Documents Freedom isn't free: http://www.anysoldier.com

03-25-2007, 11:15 AM	#7
polykarp XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: TEXAS Posts: 461	The Five-seveN has rounds designed to penetrate all forms of body armor at 2300fps. Not the knock down of a .45 but plenty of zing to punch through some BG's ceramic vest. __________________ An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded ~ Pope John Paul II XD .45 Service NRA Member

03-25-2007, 12:58 PM	#8
Jedi XD XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Home of the Field Artillery Posts: 472	It is on my list as well. The only thing that keeps it a little ways down is the ammo cost and price of the weapon itself. __________________ \"If fish is brain food, how come all fish know how to do is swim?\" - Billy, Family Circus

03-25-2007, 04:01 PM	#10
danp XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sacramento, California Posts: 1,310	Our SWAT guys played with them, but both the weapons and ammunition were cost-prohibitive. __________________ God made cops so that firefighters could have heros too. "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Nietzche

03-24-2007, 10:03 PM	#2
jnclement XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: West Texas Posts: 2,477	I shot a guy's once after an IDPA match. Felt guilty when I found out how much the ammo was. It shot OK, not a ton of recoil, kind of strange feeling. I can't imagine have a wish list that was so long the FN was on it.

03-24-2007, 10:24 PM	#5
Kiel_Everett XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 478	The thing I noticed when I held one, they are extremely light weight. They weigh about as much as an airsoft pistol.

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