Bought it from a co-worker specifically to sell. In like-new condition with the box, the docs and three magazines. She doesn't want it -- a gift from her son -- and I think it's a bit silly, a .22 on energy drinks shot from a plastic gun the size of a canned ham.
But plenty of people love them, and if you're a resident of Indiana, 21 or older, not barred from owning firearms and preferably have a carry permit, this'n could be yours. I'm bringing it to the Indy 1500 tomorrow. The first qualified $850 takes it.
IMO, this is a target/plinking gun. I know FN tried to sell it for home defense and the high-velocity, small-diameter round has a reputation for going through body armor. (And you're having a problem with armored assassins? D00d, you should move; at least go stay with a friend while you get the place fumigated!) There's a grain of truth to it, mostly 'cos the round is small, pointy and fast, but it's not a magic ray-gun, just an unusual handgun some politicians think you shouldn't own.
(H'mm, I could do a better selling job. FN Five-seveN! As used [more or less] by the U. S. Secret Service and the Royal Thai Army! Get one and be like the kewl kids!)
(A commenter pointed out that the Ft. Hood killer* used a Five-seveN. He could have used a vial of sarin, a can of gasoline or a shotgun, too; he picked one of these instead. Did you give up the .32 ACP because of Gavrilo Princip?)
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* This blog does not mention criminals by name, especially if it appears they were after notoriety. Grotty little termites gnawing away at the foundations of civil society should not be encouraged in any way.
handgun some politicians think you shouldn't own.
ReplyDeleteGood reason to own on right there.
That's a highly reasonable price for a unique and fun to shoot piece of modern pistol history. It would look great in a case next to an H&K Mk23.
ReplyDeleteSam Fisher would be all over it!
But, but Maj. Hassan*!
ReplyDelete*which is like thinking a Browning 1910 .32ACP FMJ has acceptable stopping power because of Sarajevo.
I will admit to buying one for the "forbidden fruit" aspect.
ReplyDeleteIf your buyer is looking for ammunition, I have lots of scary SS192 rounds I could turn into money.
Savage made a rifle in this caliber, but they didn't make many apparently.
No, I gave up the .32ACP because I can't afford the Old Brownings, I can get Walther PP variants in .380, and Keltec made their .32 so small I can't put my finger in the Trigger Guard. But J-Frames are too small for me also.
ReplyDeleteIt's like Lemons and Lemonaide. When God gives you size 2X Hands....
But Hey! One less person out there hunting them down, eh?
But I call Dibs on the K-Frames!
No, I gave up the .32ACP because I can't afford the Old Brownings, I can get Walther PP variants in .380, and Keltec made their .32 so small I can't put my finger in the Trigger Guard. But J-Frames are too small for me also.
ReplyDeleteIt's like Lemons and Lemonaide. When God gives you size 2X Hands....
But Hey! One less person out there hunting them down, eh?
But I call Dibs on the K-Frames!
The 5.7's AP bullet has a wolfram penetrater core. Very small, of course.
ReplyDeleteA croaker I know treated someone who had been shot with a 5.7. From what the doc says the wound is similar to that of an icepick. I think I will stick to the larger sizes.
The .41 may not penetrate their armor - but it will knock 'em cold.
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Actually, the comment was in reference to the rather dubious stopping power of the 5.7 cartridge. Whenever that is brought up on various gun flora, the Ft. Hood shooting and number of causalities is mentioned by someone. Thus, my comparison to the shooting that started WWI.
ReplyDeleteAnd if I come across a nice 1910 for a good price, I would buy it in a heartbeat. It would go well with my Colt 1903.
Miss X ( I'd like to call you Bobbie, but we have not been properly introduced ) please think of all the people who have hand/wrist/arm problems such that they cannot handle much in the way of recoil. Guns like this would be better for them then nothing!
ReplyDeleteVery true -- though I suspect the Five-seven's recoil is fairly brisk, force being equal to mass times acceleration: a small pellet given a fast shove will recoil the same as a large one given less of a push.
ReplyDelete(Tam tells me the gun actually has only moderate felt recoil, which goes to show what I know.)
ReplyDeleteToo bad you're selling it--with a little costumeing, yew could play Starbuck!
ReplyDeleteI know T/C and Savage make varmint rifles in 5.7. The round makes a whole lot more sense in a bolt action or single shot than a handgun.
ReplyDeleteThe TV show Star Gate was the best advertisement FN had. If SG Command issues P90s you HAVE to go buy one.