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FNP Kaboom


I have not fired mine since I have received the pistol back from FN. In mine they replaced the barrel which I feel was over sized in the chamber area becasue it was bulging all cases fired.

Is this happening to newer or recent production runs?
I have had mine for 2 years now.
No issues at all....mine did not even shoot cases in my face during breakin.
Next time i shoot I will closely examine the spent cases!

Would steal cased ammo be less secseptable to this failure?

What does your brass look like after firing?

Are you reloading anything? CAN you reload your brass? I've seen alot of FN brass which had anything between a very subtle bulge to a serious bulge in the unsupported area.

This has kept me from purchasing an FN Tac... I really want one... but I am not very convinced about this aspect.

I would like to know what your brass looks like.

Hate to say it but I honestly couldn't tell you. I don't reload for any of my semi autos/full autos so I never pick up the brass and examine it. Sorry. I can say that both my FNPs have had Corbon, Speer, Hornady and Remington high performance hollow points/FTX rounds run through them with no problems. They both eat PMC, CCI, Winchester and Atlanta Arms ball ammos also with no issues. Next time I go to the range with them I'll stop and take a carefull look at the brass and see if I notice anything out of the ordinary.

I had play time and took my FNP45 to the range with a large assortment of ammo. The mix was 230 hardball loads (mine) using WW 231 powder, 185 XTP JHP's and CCI 200 JHP or the "flying ashtray" and a 100 pack of the Winchester white box 230 ball from Walmart. The FNP ran flawless and had no issues feeding or ejecting with ALL ammo. The only issue was the 185's were light loads and would not eject 100 %. I suspected this before going to the range becasue my Glock 21 & 30 acted the same.

I never got a lot of rounds through the gun before the Kaboom but I would swear the ejection pattern is different. Right now it dropped the 185 & 200 grain ammo at the 3:00 position basically at my feet or a foot to the right. My 230 reloads and the Winchester white box or WWB tossed them 3:00 but about 3 feet to the right. Total rounds fired was in the 300~400 range and 100 of the WWB. I used the 15 shot FNP mags. I have a pair of 14's I did not try. All fired cases look and appear normal with no bulge or visible lip from the unsupported chamber area from all the rounds fired. This makes me VERY happy and I feel confident my original problem was the original barrel.

Right now I have a tad bit of hammer bite on my right hand. I have a large paw and it gets in the way sometimes. Its a bitch switching trigger pulls between 1911's, Glock's and now my FNP. I was firing at a standard sized silhouette target and when I was done it has large holes in the center of the chest and no head at 30 feet.

The only time I had bulged cases was after shooting clark custom ammo company ammo. I shoot +P HST, and Ranger T, no bulges, and have shot some custom loads that were rated at 950 fps (nickel cases) no bulges. I think I have around 1200-1500 rounds through my FNP-45T

Went to the range yesturday with my FNP USG 45, the Tactical stayed home. Took a look at several of the spent casings and none had any issues that I could see or feel. If I was reloading for it I would not have any issues using the spent brass from my gun. Ammo used was some white boxed Federal target/plinking ammo.

I picked up my n ew FNX 45 this morning. The chamber does seem to have more support in teh sox o clock area. Very smooth action.

FNX and FNP 45's both look exactly the same. But, I just talked with FN an dthe Magazines are different in the FNX but my FNP mags fit and function.

The chamber area in teh FNX is fully supported. I check it next to my FNP barrel and teh chamber support in the FNX is a lot more.

tag for pics of FNX-45

Can we check the backstrap retention against the FNP-45 also?