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7/28/2025 8:18:28 PM EDT
Not a parody thread. The military already trusts FN with the M240, M4, and the M249 SAW—some of the most critical weapons in the arsenal. Why not handguns too? The FN 509 and FNX-45 Tactical are dependable, easy to field strip, simple to operate, and proven to run under harsh conditions. FN knows how to make a duty weapon that holds up in real-world combat. No drop fire issues, no questionable recalls—just solid engineering and combat-grade performance. You can disagree, but you would be wrong.
(The military)
7/28/2025 8:21:44 PM EDT
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Dependable under harsh conditions? Says who?

Besides, they'll stop making them in 6mo with no further support.
7/28/2025 8:22:20 PM EDT
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FN would need to be the lowest bidder. Daddy Govt. wants the cheapest, not the best.
7/28/2025 8:22:50 PM EDT
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Kentucky Ballistics: Can You Suppress 10mm??? #fail


Fucking hell.
7/28/2025 8:22:56 PM EDT
[#4]
We already have several other pistol types that have been accepted that we could make general issue.  No need to add another.
7/28/2025 8:37:09 PM EDT
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This. Still pissed about the FNP-45. Fortunately I sold it before buyers realized it was a dead model.
7/28/2025 8:38:23 PM EDT
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For duty handgun, the answer is Glock.

Only idiots and the Army think otherwise.

In fact, why do they have anything to do with small arms procurement after, IDK the last 15 programs, is beyond me.
7/28/2025 8:42:04 PM EDT
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Because some of their handguns are dogshit.

The 509 being a good example. I know a couple of departments that issued especially pre-revision 509's and they sucked.
7/28/2025 8:51:58 PM EDT
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Bingo on the second part.
7/28/2025 8:53:48 PM EDT
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509 tac was the most disappointing pistols I have owned. Took a loss on it to get it gone.


7/28/2025 8:55:21 PM EDT
[#11]
Just no
FN cant build a decent pistol anymore.
I was an idiot that purchased an fnp45T.
It was complete shit.
7/28/2025 8:56:03 PM EDT
[#12]
The last FN I purchased was broken when I picked it up at my FFL.  From the factory.
7/28/2025 8:56:53 PM EDT
[#13]
Get CZ to make the P01, an already NATO accepted model, with a shorter reach trigger as half the humans with less than long fingers get a poor purchase on what is in the gun, which is excessively long DA pull.  Same issue with the Beretta m9.

Screw plastic frames in combat guns.
7/28/2025 9:00:02 PM EDT
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How FN has ratfucked their modern pistol lineup so thoroughly when their long arms are legendary still baffles me.
7/28/2025 9:05:17 PM EDT
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That would mean FN might have to keep producing a model of handgun for decades. They won't do that....
7/28/2025 9:11:42 PM EDT
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This.

FNX Tactical Crazy Flexible Magwell!!!
7/28/2025 10:08:11 PM EDT
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How FN has ratfucked their modern pistol lineup so thoroughly when their long arms are legendary still baffles me.


This.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdTsFB1ejo8




Hadn't seen that one.
7/28/2025 10:09:02 PM EDT
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They still have those Silly-Putty frames?
7/28/2025 11:16:42 PM EDT
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Not a parody thread. The military already trusts FN with the M240, M4, and the M249 SAW—some of the most critical weapons in the arsenal. Why not handguns too? The FN 509 and FNX-45 Tactical are dependable, easy to field strip, simple to operate, and proven to run under harsh conditions. FN knows how to make a duty weapon that holds up in real-world combat. No drop fire issues, no questionable recalls—just solid engineering and combat-grade performance. You can disagree, but you would be wrong.
(The military)
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Gun companies exist to make money, not guns.

TRUST NO ONE.

PS: The FN 509 has passed testing with LAPD, NYPD and DHS (though not selected by DHS). It’s an accurate and reliable handgun. However, there are a lot of issues with the 509 from an institutional / armory point of view which make keeping a fleet of them running a giant PITA.

That said, every prior FN polymer handgun (FNP, FNX and especially the FNS) are trash.

The FNS is particularly notorious for  1) not running reliably with a weapons mounted light attached; and 2) for the sane type of “uncommanded discharges” in holsters that we are seeing with the SIG P320. Both the Arizona Department of public safety and the Montgomery County Maryland police department had issues with the FNS going off by itself without a trigger Pull.


In fairness to FN, once they got serious about making a real duty pistol the 509 is a huge improvement over anything they offered before.

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