FN .45 ACP

[BlueStarLizzard]

anyone with experaced with these? whats your take?
and does anyone know if FN has started selling the version that can be cocked and locked?

[freedom lover]

anyone with experaced with these? whats your take?
and does anyone know if FN has started selling the version that can be cocked and locked?

1) No, sorry.

2) Woops. Just displayed my ignorance. Here, they do: http://www.fnhusa.com/le/products/firearms/family.asp?fid=FNF020&gid=FNG001

[BlueStarLizzard]

well, poop.

[freedom lover]

well, poop.

Fifteen rounds of .45 ACP sounds pretty cool, doesn't it? They had nothing like that when my dad was a kid.

[BlueStarLizzard]

we have a glock 21, which is 15 with the extention. we like big .45's in this house. 

well, on to the second quesion... who's shot one and what did you think of the trigger pull, double action in particular? (bad/good/needs work)






edit to add: i just learned the reason for this thread (yeah, this is for dad) he is gonna reward himself for quiting smoking by aquiering a new FN. as he put it "you can never have too many .45's" which is true, we already have 4. *grin*

[RaspberrySurprise]

With the money he saves from not smoking he could probably pay for the gun!

[Doggy Daddy]

he is gonna reward himself for quiting smoking by aquiering a new FN.

Congratulate him for me!  This is day #1,019 of not smoking for me.  At today's cigarette prices, I've saved enough in that time to buy an "arsenal".   

DD

[BlueStarLizzard]

thanks for the encouragement. he's gonna need it. he's going the chantix route.

[Doggy Daddy]

He can do it.

My wife and I both quit within days of each other.  I used the patch (love them dreams!) and she did the pill.  My health insurance at work covered the vast majority of the cost of the medications, along with individual and group therapy.  I think it was a good investment on their part.

DD

[seeker_two]

we have a glock 21, which is 15 with the extention. we like big .45's in this house. 

edit to add: i just learned the reason for this thread (yeah, this is for dad) he is gonna reward himself for quiting smoking by aquiering a new FN. as he put it "you can never have too many .45's" which is true, we already have 4. *grin*

Good choice.....and, with the improvements in modern ammo and new pistol designs, the .45ACP is now almost as good as the nine-millimeter.....


 .... j/k....and a little jealous of the fact that all the cool pistol designs lately seem to be for the .45's....  

[BlueStarLizzard]

 .... j/k....and a little jealous of the fact that all the cool pistol designs lately seem to be for the .45's....  

i beleive that we can thank our military for that. as i understand it they are going back to .45's and the companys are throwing out big high caps as fast as they can in hopes of a contract. or at least thats what i was told.

[AZRedhawk44]

Not impressed with the "sproingy" feeling I got from hefting a FN-P pistol.  I believe the one I fondled was a .45acp.

Controls were good and I wanted to like it... I really did.  I picked it up with great enthusiasm for it after reading reviews on other sites.

Dry firing it though, it hummed with spring play not unlike an AR under trigger reset.  Didn't care for that at all.  Ended up buying a CZ-75 in 9mm instead to feed the addiction protect myself from zombies.

Hi-cap .45?  Modern DA/SA design?  Hmm.  S&W 4506 comes to mind.  CZ-97, though that's only 10 rounds.  Para-ordnance LDA Hi-cap Limited, comes in 14+1.  Though that's DA only, but a sweet DA trigger judging by the couple I've played with at the crack dealer.

[Matthew Carberry]

Congratulate him for me!  This is day #1,019 of not smoking for me.  At today's cigarette prices, I've saved enough in that time to buy an "arsenal".   

DD

New Jersey "arsenal" or, say, Alaska "arsenal"? 

[BlueStarLizzard]

Not impressed with the "sproingy" feeling I got from hefting a FN-P pistol.  I believe the one I fondled was a .45acp.

Controls were good and I wanted to like it... I really did.  I picked it up with great enthusiasm for it after reading reviews on other sites.

Dry firing it though, it hummed with spring play not unlike an AR under trigger reset.  Didn't care for that at all.  Ended up buying a CZ-75 in 9mm instead to feed the addiction protect myself from zombies.

Hi-cap .45?  Modern DA/SA design?  Hmm.  S&W 4506 comes to mind.  CZ-97, though that's only 10 rounds.  Para-ordnance LDA Hi-cap Limited, comes in 14+1.  Though that's DA only, but a sweet DA trigger judging by the couple I've played with at the crack dealer.

see, i know i fidled with one. but i can't rememeber. i do know we looked at the new Tarus, and that i had the same "i want to like it, but..." and it wasn't the billboarding that set me off either. i think dad will just have to head out to Dominion one weekend and play with one again.

[AJ Dual]

I want to like double stack .45's, I own a G21, but it's ergonomics are like a brick for me. I can't reach any of the controls other than the trigger itself.

I ought to sell it for something that works better for me, but I'm loath to sell anything, for fear the funds won't make the transition into a new firearm.

[Doggy Daddy]

New Jersey "arsenal" or, say, Alaska "arsenal"? 

Oh, Alaska.  No doubt, Alaska!   

DD

[Balog]

Glock 21's are bricks, and not in a good way. XD's are largish but manageable. I'd try trading vs selling AJ.

[HankB]

In terms of high-cap .45s, I'd like one of those HRT pistols that were worked over by Les Baer. But they're a bit pricey.

Baer used a Para Ordnance frame, and I understand he did a lot of inspection and handfitting to make them work well.

It's been a few years since I looked at stock (not Baer!) Paras in the gun shop, but at that time it was painfully obvious that workmanship from one pistol to the next varied all over the map, which is why I never bought one. 

I had a chance to fire the CZ .45 - my impression was that it was easy to shoot well, but very bulky and heavy.