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Posted: 7/6/2006 8:13:15 PM EDT
| I was just seeing if anybody knew anymore about this. From what I have been told the recall is related to the firing of the weapon, firing function. |
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FNH USA Call them up and ask or shoot an email. I haven't heard anything official about a recall myself. FNH would fix it if you're having any problems though. |
From FiveSeven forums:
fivesevenforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3602 Didn't think my funstore would lead me astray. 
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Just found the link. Talked to Bob with FNH he said all fs 2000's have been recalled the fireing pin is to heavy and is causing slam fire issues. Bob said turnaround time will be about 7 days and FNH will be compensating fs 2000 owners with a c-more optic as mentioned above. |
I spoke to Bob today. He says the service dept are handling the recalls and doesn't know all the details nor the contents of the letter that's being sent out to the distributor. He told me 7 days to 2 weeks for turn around, but he didn't seem, to me, too sure of that as well.  Any updates from the rest of you FS2K owners? |
Probably for the same reason the m16 has a different firing pin. Sounds to me like they have two sets of firing pins and springs, and putting the heavy pin with the lighter spring is bad. I'm sure it'll shoot mil spec ammo fine with the lighter firing pin. |
| I just received a letter to bring back the FS 2000 to my dealer so that the firing pin can be replaced with the original FS 2000 pin. I guess FNH states that all curently released FS 2000 rifles were issued the F 2000 firing pin which may create slam fire / out of battery ignition issues with commercial lighter primer grade ammo. FNH is going to have a little mess to clean after all these guns are corrected and the impact on thier future sales and image may be effected. Anyway i am glad they are steping up to the plate and making thinks right before someone really gets hurt. |
I disagree, it is not a design flaw it is an oversight, big difference, and they are making good on it in an orderly and efficient manner. Shit happens, and I will give FNH a pass on this one. If the rumors are true and they give everyone affected the oko sight that is more then generous. The FS2000 has imprest me in a big way and it will others. FNH will be affected in the short term but this will blow over. I for one will stand by any firearms company that stands by me. |
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Returning the rifle back to FNH is the smart thing to do. IF FNH is going to the trouble and expence out of pocket vs. future law suits I have no problem getting with the program and sending it back for the right spec parts. The last thing i need is to ignore the warning and have serious injury in the face and loose my eye sight or have a serious hand injury because of ignorance. I am sure FNH has to certify each gun has been refit with the correct parts for insurance, possibility of ATF regulations and test fire the gun from factory for liability reasons. Sending replacement parts out to the public is not goning to garentee the owners will replace the parts thus, placing safety risks to second or third parties buying these guns. I heard that FNH is going to give the owners a electronic red dot sight for any trouble this recall has created. 
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Interesting, and nice to hear the FN is not only fixing the issue for free but also compensating the owners a bit for their trouble. I expect to see quite a few red dots on the EE real soon!  Of course if the Robarms M96 or XCR had this issue, you would be expected to pay $100 for an 'upgrade package!' 
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Actually, the Galil was made in 1973; hmmm, that's about what? Some 30 odd years? And the FS2000 was released this year and already having a recall? Hmmmm Man! Get yourself something more private-proof.
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wow. That's an odd reason to have a recall. 
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My point was the recalls happen early. I am sure that the Galil was not a perfect gun out of the box, it just wasn't. |
FNHUSA wants to mark the rifles that have been corrected with the new firing pins. |
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There is an official release on the FNH site No mention of a free optic 
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The harder primers might be the reason slam-fires aren't occuring - or that you have the correct firing pin. If you can, try some commercial ammo. So far the early FS2000s seem to exhibit the same slam-fire condition. |
| Well, I kind of figured that something like this would happen as it almost always does with new firearms. I'll wait another year before I get an FN FS2k just to make sure all the kinks have been worked out of production. The do like the weapon though and feel it is a solid design. |
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I have shot about 350 rnds of about 7-8 different types of ammo through mine without a hitch. The only time it burst was when i wanted it to. . When someone gets theirs back from the recall i would like to see some pics of the trigger packs to see if they "fix" anything in them. These guns have a "rock and roll" design flaw that has nothing to do with the weight of the firing pin i would love to tell but if i did they would probably recall the guns perminantly. I do not understand how BATF approved this gun/trigger pack at all. GlenR |
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