Posted December 2, 2016 1:25 am by Comments

By AmmoLand Editor Duncan Johnson

FN 5.7 Pistol

Col Ben, reviews the FN 5.7 Pistol with some surprising results.

FN 5.7 Pistol
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U.S.A.-(Ammoland.com)- The cart came before the horse. The FN 5.7x28mm cartridge was developed before the FN Five Seven pistol.

The firearms company Fabrique Nationale (FN in Herstal, Belgium) developed the 5.7x28mm (5.7) pistol cartridge in the 1980s for first use with the P90 submachine gun.

Then in 1998, they developed and introduced the 5.7 pistol for military and law enforcement use, followed in 2004 by the 5.7 for the civilian market. The 5.7x28mm cartridge was the first small caliber high velocity pistol cartridge and is based on the 5.56x45mm SS109 NATO round, which was also developed by FN. It is important to understand the characteristics of the 5.7 cartridge to fully appreciate the 5.7 pistol.

Providing improved performance over the 9x19mm round according to some, the 5.7x28mm cartridge case and bullet are reduced in size. The round has a long and slim design with bottlenecked case, pointed bullet, and is almost 4 times longer than its diameter… compared to the standard 9mm round which is about 1.5 times as long as wide.

<img src="http://www.ammoland.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/N-5.7-x-28-mm-cartridge-600×431.jpg?82634f" alt="FN 5.7 x 28 mm …Read the Rest

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