I feel compelled to report an issue that is plauging the FNP series of pistols.
I bought an FNP-9mm at the end of October last year. I had the gun for 11 days of so and fired 300 rounds when I noticed that the gun would sometimes FTF on double-action shots. Well, I broke the pistol down and I notice that the trigger group has cracked. This obviously upset me, but I went back to the shop, and they sent it back to FN for me.
Fast forward 2 months to 2 days ago. I get a brand new replacement pistol. A whole new gun instead of the other one being repaired. Well, I'm happy, and I go out and buy a 20 dollar set of 9mm snap caps to use while dry firing.
I've read the manual 4 times now and there is nothing in it about dry-firing being harmful to the pistol. I dry-fire all of my guns because it is a cheap way to practice trigger control and I know I'm not alone.
Well, on the second day of having it back, I dry-fried it without a snap cap in the chamber or a magazine in the gun....twice. On the second time, I heard a pop that was louder than the noise made by the hammer dropping, so I took it apart and what do I see?
Yep, another cracked trigger pack. This is ridiculous. I had ZERO rounds through this gun! Not a single one.
This problem is not isolated to just myself either. At least 4 other FNP owners on the FN forum have had this same thing happen. This makes 5 guns in all. The ones documented have also failed with an extremely low round count of about 300 or so rounds. Also, the guns reported were manufactured in 2007. The 2006 guns seem to be the ones with the high round counts and intact trigger groups.
Anyway, I will not be getting another replacement FN. I could go out and buy a hi-point pistol and bet on it not busting its own trigger group.
Any reccomendations on what to replace it with? I'm thinking about an M&P or PT-92.
I bought an FNP-9mm at the end of October last year. I had the gun for 11 days of so and fired 300 rounds when I noticed that the gun would sometimes FTF on double-action shots. Well, I broke the pistol down and I notice that the trigger group has cracked. This obviously upset me, but I went back to the shop, and they sent it back to FN for me.
Fast forward 2 months to 2 days ago. I get a brand new replacement pistol. A whole new gun instead of the other one being repaired. Well, I'm happy, and I go out and buy a 20 dollar set of 9mm snap caps to use while dry firing.
I've read the manual 4 times now and there is nothing in it about dry-firing being harmful to the pistol. I dry-fire all of my guns because it is a cheap way to practice trigger control and I know I'm not alone.
Well, on the second day of having it back, I dry-fried it without a snap cap in the chamber or a magazine in the gun....twice. On the second time, I heard a pop that was louder than the noise made by the hammer dropping, so I took it apart and what do I see?
Yep, another cracked trigger pack. This is ridiculous. I had ZERO rounds through this gun! Not a single one.
This problem is not isolated to just myself either. At least 4 other FNP owners on the FN forum have had this same thing happen. This makes 5 guns in all. The ones documented have also failed with an extremely low round count of about 300 or so rounds. Also, the guns reported were manufactured in 2007. The 2006 guns seem to be the ones with the high round counts and intact trigger groups.
Anyway, I will not be getting another replacement FN. I could go out and buy a hi-point pistol and bet on it not busting its own trigger group.
Any reccomendations on what to replace it with? I'm thinking about an M&P or PT-92.