Got to fire a S&W 5.7 today..

[Critch]

I've never fired a 5.7 FN pistol...a friend lent me his S&W M%P 5.7 and a box of ammo...it was impressive, right out of the box at 25 yards I kept 10 rounds in a 2 inch group. Little if any recoil, good feel to the pistol...We shot the whole 50 round box, no hiccups from the pistol.

Do I want one...yep, but not right now. Ammo is close to a dollar a round if not more...but it is a neat round...

When researching the pistol I saw numerous complaints about the magazine...I did not experience any of that with my buddy's pistol..

I would think that overpenetration of walls and doors by this cartridge may not make it an ideal home defense cartridge...I would hate to shoot through my sheet rock, plywood, and vinyl siding wall and hit the neighbor's house..

 

[Mike-AK]

I've never fired a 5.7 FN pistol...a friend lent me his S&W M%P 5.7 and a box of ammo...it was impressive, right out of the box at 25 yards I kept 10 rounds in a 2 inch group. Little if any recoil, good feel to the pistol...We shot the whole 50 round box, no hiccups from the pistol.

Do I want one...yep, but not right now. Ammo is close to a dollar a round if not more...but it is a neat round...

When researching the pistol I saw numerous complaints about the magazine...I did not experience any of that with my buddy's pistol..

I would think that overpenetration of walls and doors by this cartridge may not make it an ideal home defense cartridge...I would hate to shoot through my sheet rock, plywood, and vinyl siding wall and hit the neighbor's house..

Cool. I think the V-Max bullets would probably be fine with regard to overpenetration. They are going to go to pieces as soon as they hit anything.

 

[S&WGuns]

Sounds like a great gun. I am considering getting one. I assume that you shot with the iron sights vs a red dot? Has your friend shot it beyond 25 yards and if so how was it? Thanks.

 

[PhilT]

Have one - great shooter!

 

[awmp]

Always thought it was a cool round, but cost always diverted me away.

 

[1911haulic]

I have an FN, no complaints.

 

[Kinman]

I have an FN, no complaints.

I had an FN when they first came out, ammo was relatively cheap but still on the outside of a plinker. I got it for its magazine capacity, with carbine like performance and accuracy. I ordered a double belt magazine carrier and figured with 66 rounds available it was a pretty good shtf type firearm. I think I was sold a bill of goods in the end and traded it off, the holster and magazine carrier were high end I bought from someone like Mitch Rosen or someone with a great reputation, horsehide and shark combo. They are neat pistols and as mentioned very accurate, a buddy and I tested it on a ballistic vest with armor piercing rounds and it nearly punched through front and back, that is what that round was designed to do, defeat an armored assailant. He had one of the carbines PS90 or something like that, high capacity rotary magazine on top...a shredder.

 

[1911haulic]

I had an FN when they first came out, ammo was relatively cheap but still on the outside of a plinker. I got it for its magazine capacity, with carbine like performance and accuracy. I ordered a double belt magazine carrier and figured with 66 rounds available it was a pretty good shtf type firearm. I think I was sold a bill of goods in the end and traded it off, the holster and magazine carrier were high end I bought from someone like Mitch Rosen or someone with a great reputation, horsehide and shark combo. They are neat pistols and as mentioned very accurate, a buddy and I tested it on a ballistic vest with armor piercing rounds and it nearly punched through front and back, that is what that round was designed to do, defeat an armored assailant. He had one of the carbines PS90 or something like that, high capacity rotary magazine on top...a shredder.

I'm not sure what your final opinion is, did you like it or not?

 

[Shibadog]

They're fun little guns. Basically you get .22 Mag Rifle performance from a handgun. If ammo wasn't so darn high I'd probably have one. That said, I'm just not into the whole .22 center fire "defensive weapon" thing. I'd rather have a proven round. Yes, the .22's are "lethal", my concern is how quickly they'd bring a fight to an end. I'm much more comfy with a .357 or .45. IMHO opinion too many folks get hung up on capacity, when in reality nobody's gonna stand there and let you "dump" a magazine into 'em.

 

[Kinman]

I'm not sure what your final opinion is, did you like it or not?

Usually when I let something go, there is a good reason. Instead of going the 5.7 route as a matter of economics I went the .40 S&W route. I had a heavy surplus of .40 cal and in another deal got into an AR pistol that fires .40 cal and uses Glock mags...I have a couple .40's which includes my wife's favorite .40USP Tactical Suppressed, I ended up with another .40 in a Glock package. The 5.7 is a neat caliber but far too expensive to shoot as much as I like to, I know it can be reloaded but it just didn't work out for me. I also have access to a sweet little 9mm Linda Wilkerson, my wife likes its low recoil.

 

[Mike-AK]

My 5.7 is my zombie apocalypse gun. Ammo is light, mag capacity is high, and plenty of energy for rotting head shots.