FN Five Seven . . . Why did I do it?

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I shot one, they are neat, and have some cool features, and high capacity for sure, however they are in my mind atleast no where near worth what they what for them. If the gun wasn't expensive enough as it was, the ammo is pretty crazy also for what you are getting.
 
Well, I have to agree that they charge too much for the pistol and ammo. Hopefully, another ammo manufacturer will tool up for the round and lower the cost via competition.

As for the pistol price, I doubt it will come down. However, if I consider what it is, I don't think it should cost over ~$600. I bought mine because I wanted one back when civilians couldn't get one. I thought it was so awesome that it held 20 rounds, and that loading the magazine was like loading an AR-15 magazine. I liked the idea of the necked down shell. I liked that it was a fairly potent round, yet had "60% of the recoil of a 9mm". So, eventually I got one. Would I do it again, today, . . . that is a question to ponder. Maybe. . . . maybe not.
 
I am still rather doubting of the validity of the so-called "zombie apocalypse." Better zombies then werewolves, I suppose. Now that would be a scary thought. A werewolf apocalypse.
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I'm prepared. I have a bunch of silver 7.62x25 rounds I bought at a gun show, and a couple of tokarevs :D (i have no idea on the history of these things. i'll assume the bullets only look silver and that the ruskies weren't crazy enough to actually silver plate bullets. the shell casings are still regular brass though.)
 
That's pretty awesome. If there ever is a werewolf apocalypse, I'm coming over to your place. Besides, with a 7.62x25, even if it ain't silver, the werewolf will be too dead to care. Those things are great rounds. :)
 
At what age or maturity level does one cease belief in, and/or conversational topics involving zombies, werewolves or other childhood related creatures?

Just wondering out loud...

Maybe I'm geting old.
 
Usually, it is in gest. I would hope those [including myself] would state such things AS the fun it is meant to be.
 
usp9 said:
At what age or maturity level does one cease belief in, and/or conversational topics involving zombies, werewolves or other childhood related creatures?

Just wondering out loud...

Maybe I'm geting old.
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I don't know, the term "zombies" describes Detroit, Chicago, Philly, Flint, Miami, Austin, Wash DC, Seattle, and the busy areas of Californistan pretty accurately.

Don't forget those "Amish" battles we must prep for.
 
I don't know, the term "zombies" describes Detroit, Chicago, Philly, Flint, Miami, Austin, Wash DC, Seattle, and the busy areas of Californistan pretty accurately.
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Ya see...that is what I dislike about use of the word "zombies".......maybe for some people the usage is tongue in cheek. But even there......embedded in the word is a dehumanizing factor. Using it allows us to write off whole cities with a word. Yeah, I know, all of those cities have areas through which I'd be wise not to walk. But every one of those cities is also populated mostly with fine people going about the business of life. The word paints them all the same color. (mixed metaphor, sorry)
I have often said that, in the unlikely event of any sort of apocalypse, the "zombies" will most probably be the people down the street, the struggling young couple with one too many children, the folks waiting for the bus in the morning. Your neighbors.
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i find it to be a very interesting little pistol.

some might suggest it is a novelty item without a true calling but i could see where it could have a place.

i would be interested to see chamber pressure data.
 
I have pondered the idea of making some silver bullets like in the MHI books, just melt some silver and put a drop in the cavity of a hollow point.
 
Is it legal to modify a bullet? Hmmmmm. . . . I can't see why it wouldn't be. It's a small hole to attempt to get liquid silver into, but an interesting idea.
 
The molten silver would melt the lead inside the cavity so it would be horribly inaccurate since it would throw off the bullets center of gravity, and probably leave the bullet un-balanced. I have read about some people making silver bullets and they were horribly in-accurate even when the entire bullet was silver. Do you have Warewolves in your area or something we don't know about? :evil::neener:
 
I was thinking more for a fun conversational piece, just take a box of hollowpoints and modify them for "JIC of Werewolves". :D

The thing about using all silver bullets was actually covered in the book too. Silver is hard and wouldn't grip the rifling good enough and its lightweight so it would be unstable.
 
Silver is hard and wouldn't grip the rifling good enough and its lightweight so it would be unstable.
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Barrel steel is much harder. Mild steel bullets grip rifling just fine (7.62x25mm, for example). Rifling only displaces bullet material 0.002" to 0.005" deep. Harder bullets just don't compress as easily and so increase chamber pressures. See Barnes X bullets (solid copper). That's why they came out with the TSX. Those bands do nothing for terminal performance; They're all about giving the displaced copper a place to go rather than trying to squish the bullet.

And the lighter material weight won't affect their ability to stabilize.
 
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