FN Five-seveN USG

[H2O MAN]

Who has one?
What's good?
What's bad?
Does it compare to anything else out there?

 

[dirtdog]

Jeff Cooper is rolling in his grave .

 

[H2O MAN]

Ok, good for Coop ... does anyone have experience with this Autoloader?

 

[RPCVYemen]

A friend who shot one said it was pretty much fun. I think the ammo is still sort of expensive, and I don't know anything about reloading it.

The biggest drawback I know is that it seems to pull all the Caliber Whiners into any thread on THR.

Mike

 

[1KPerDay]

I've HEARD that you can't get the 'real' AP ammo for it... so that=bad.

It holds 20 rounds=good.

It's ugly, IMO=bad.

Don't own one, though, so my opinion is of little value.

 

[H2O MAN]

Merged threads

I just noticed Catfish Wilson started a similar thread long before I did, can these two be merged?

 

[PTK]

I own two, I love them both. Light, near zero recoil, decent sights, and I'm accurate enough with it to be quite pleased with myself.

 

[redloki]

I have one and it is by far one of the most intresting guns I have ever owned. I bought it more as a novelty at the time just to say I had one. Now that I have had it for a while and thrown a lot of rounds downrange I find it a keeper. The ammo is a bit costly but the 5.7x28 round really shines if you reload in both cost and preformance.

 

[Murphster]

I've got one and like it. Decided to get it just to have something a bit different and something I hoped would be fun to shoot. Light recoil, accurate, reliable, and definitely fun.

 

[Cowboy2]

Where are you guys finding reloading data for it? I was trying to find some, just to get a sense of the ballistics of this round, and haven't found anything online at Alliant, Accurate, or Hodgden.

 

[wally]

Try Hornady. They make the only bullets you might buy to reload for it as far as I know.

--wally.

 

[DougDubya]

H20 Man - yours has a pretty picture at the top, so we'll keep it.

I think it's a nice looking pistol, and the round is just below 9mm Parabellum handguns or .22 Magnum rifles in exterior physics (muzzle energy).

 

[H2O MAN]

DougDubya H20 Man - yours has a pretty picture at the top, so we'll keep it.

I think it's a nice looking pistol, and the round is just below 9mm Parabellum handguns or .22 Magnum rifles in exterior physics (muzzle energy).

Thanks DD - the picture just got a little better

 

[alaskanativeson]

My first thought when I saw this was that somebody took a Grendel P30 and gave it steroids. I'm very excited about this gun though I don't yet own one. It seems like a great trail gun, light, handy, great for small game.

If I know I'm going into a gun fight (I get up to sounds of breaking glass and strange footsteps in my house) it's certainly NOT going to replace my USP .45 Compact. That said I think it'd be a great gun that would be loads of fun to shoot. Like H2O Man I'd really like to find one to try out.

 

[john paul]

just for the record they have their own forum (fivesevenforum.com) and they have a lot of reloading data over there. i know they reload up to 55 gr. .224. don't know about heavier. but i love mine. light, no recoil to speak of, lotsa capacity, great varmint gun. thinkin of gettin an ar upper in 5.7x28 myself

 

[john paul]

and it punches bigger holes in stuff than you would think. we shot an old electrical disconnect box and it was leaving holes i could drop a .40 s&w thru!

 

[biscuitninja]

small rifle round in a pistol. I like them! BUT being in California negates the 20 round magazine....

So its a expensive alternative. For me I got a CZ-52 with some upgraded loads and upgraded internals.
good luck
-bix

 

[H2O MAN]

I understand night sites will be available later this year... any idea what the cost will be?

 

[ditchdigger]

I've had one for about a year, I like shooting it, its very light and handles really well, extremely accurate. Ammo is a little pricey, but I also frequently shoot .500, .50AE and 460, so its not that bad. I think its a well designed pistol