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I found another indoor range here in CT. to shoot the FsN which is Hoffmans Gun Center in Newington, CT.

http://www.hoffgun.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Their motto is:
Guns For The Good Guys! :patriot:

What is it about the ss192 that makes it a good SD round?

In for info. but I would think that it would be a round that would take advantage of the high velocity that the FsN is capable of.

I just purchased a new holster from http://www.purekustomholsters.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Mine is the Big Dog Model for the FN 5.7 I'm a fan of all leather holsters and Pure Kustom was the only company I could find who make one. Mine was ex stock, so no long waiting perio...

I am seeing quite a bit of Elite Ammunition on Gunbroker recently being scalped like Eagles concert tickets. I would like to know if any of it is some of the ammo that just sold out in about 90 minutes from Elite's website or if its old stock that a bunch of people just decided to sell for outrageou...

Got an email from Elite telling me it all sold in 43 minutes. What was the point?? Might of been nice to have a waiting list going for people that don't live on the internet!!

Got an email about 7:15est stating that at 7pm CT T6 ammo would be available.

Did it all sell in the last 1:25 minutes??????? at 2 box limit????

Never tried, but I'd say if it's impacting something, then no . Your toothpick idea sounds good, so long as that doesn't leave any debris. I had a primer get into the trigger group of my AR once, and it would lock the trigger up every now and then, I'd whack it, continue on, and then it would stop....

grimmond wrote:When cleaning you can dry fire to dislodge any pierced primer material.

Thanx...I will do that.

Is it ok to reset the hammer and pull the trigger with the slide off?

As for a blown primer, if that had occurred would the round still have detonated properly and sent down range correctly? Yes. Pierced & blown primers will still fire correctly, the problem occurs on subsequent shots. The primer or piece of the primer gets lodged somewhere & prevents the gun from fi...

I'm with Rapier, sounds like something got in there. Maybe a blown primer, some other debris, an anvil? I'd take it out of service as a carry/HD gun if that's what it is until you've got some more rounds through it to verify that everything is good. If you pull the slide off, you can watch the inte...

First guess, some kind of debris got lodged in the frame which prevented the trigger from actuating. Did you recover the brass? Any chance it was a blown primer? No...I re-chambered the same round after giving the side of the gun a few jars with my hand and it fired just fine as did the rest of the...

I was having some fun two days ago with the FsN at the range and mid mag I pulled the trigger only have it move just a little bit. At first I thought I had a jam of some type so I dropped the mag and pulled the slide bake a bit only to find the round sitting in the chamber with no other rounds jammi...

Pure and simple Fiocchi has ZERO QA / QC. I'm gonna have to go ahead and disagree with that. Referencing BARFCOMM as your source doesn't help your case either. Over the last four decades I've fired tens of thousands of rounds (quite a bit of it on full auto) the ONLY bad ammo I've EVER encountered ...

ewetstone there are a lot of guns shops. All kinds of semi auto weapons are available (glock, five-seven, colt, Tanfoglio, Walther, beretta, mossberg, remington, savage, etc etc etc...) , except for full auto guns. By law, we can not to buy full auto guns. That's great you have all those guns avail...

ewetstone As I already said, I live in Tbilisi, Georgia. My friends bought Five-Seven for me in our city, guns shop. There sold any weapon, but the price is expensive Got it. I was just curious if there were gun stores in your city. Do they carry any US made 1911's like Kimber or Springfiled or Colt?

I have been looking for their rounds for my display but I didn't want to pay the prices on Gunbroker. I sent them an email many times and they never responded to any of my inquires as to when they would have any in stock. Also for the last few months their web site has been no longer up and running...

I recently purchased some 5.7x28 ammo which supposedly is made with IMI 52gr. Match BT-HP and IMI 52gr. Nickel Match BT-HP projectiles with new FN brass. Anyone ever here about IMI making 5.7x28 projectiles? I buy a lot of their 5.56 ammo and really like it. I have not yet been to the range with it...

I recently purchased some 5.7x28 ammo which supposedly is made with IMI 52gr. Match BT-HP and IMI 52gr. Nickel Match BT-HP projectiles with new FN brass. Anyone ever here about IMI making 5.7x28 projectiles? I buy a lot of their 5.56 ammo and really like it. I have not yet been to the range with it....

Rapier1772 wrote:On your next orders, include a note which directs them to this forum. Maybe they'd like to be a sponsor?

I will do that.

ewetstone sorry, don't understand what do you mean "I am curious as to how you acquired your Five Seven gun?" As I already said, friends presented. In Georgia, shop-price for new Five-Seven is 5 000 $ I am sorry ...seems a bit of a communication problem on my part. I meant to ask if you purchased t...

Just received 500rds of SS198LF from Ammo Supply Warehouse with great service and packaging. $31.00/50rds They had a note within the package that said they are trying to reach forums by offering incentives of somekind. Now with that said I don't want be in the wrong by posting this or make it sound...

I have to look it up. I found out about when visiting a metals plant that only manufactures alloys for the areospace industeries. I don't suppose you would get very good expansion with a hard crystal tip on a bullet but it might make for a very good penetrating round albeit a little on the pricey s...

Much better material for the job is out there and not on the list. At best even with machinable tungsten all you could end up with is a crude core with limited performance. You have to think outside of the box. My T6 rounds act like FMJ's while penetrating yet do massive tissue damage. Did you know...

A new member from Georgia (Eastern Europe) said he bought one for $4,800 and the ammunition (which looks to be SS195) is about $2.50 per round. http://www.fivesevenforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=16066" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I just asked in his thread how he acquired his FsN....

Welcome Sikvdila.

I am curious as to how you acquired your Five Seven gun?

Here are a few of my auto's. http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p80/ewetstone/006_zpsryfayshp.jpg http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p80/ewetstone/008_zpsk2tud6nd.jpg and an assisted. http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p80/ewetstone/002_zpsbmngn7hv.jpg and one of my Ballisongs. http://i125.photobuck...

panzermk2 wrote:Those guys are good. Not much about ammo they don't know about.

Are you being serious? You would buy from them?

On a side note Jay....would you have any 10mm auto self defense rounds?

Rapier1772 wrote:Could be wrong but I think he meant "very special" in a sarcastic way.

If it were me, I would make these very special cartridges & they would be totally obscure, make wild claims, & sell them for a huge mark up.

Right...missed that bit of sarcasm. :laugh:

panzermk2 wrote:Although I should contact him and see if he wants to buy some very special EA rounds.

Umm...I would like to buy some very special EA rounds!! I have been checking your website daily.

Just a heads up to my fellow FsN forum members. R&R is currently taking orders for their IS130D 5.7x28 ammo which Ryan tells me will be ready for shipping on 2/16 and that it is going fast.

For a 10% discount use " BUFFMAN". No, I don't know the connection if any.

panzermk2 wrote:I think he makes all the crap in his basement and then sells them.

Does it really cost that much to make some of what he is making or is he just trying to capitalize on some peoples quest for exotic 5.7.

Nobody even responded regarding the ELP 5.7 ammo. It's on collector sites. Just thought the whole Tungsten core and the other rounds that have liquid silver in them are nuts. They are advertising a CLASS 3 round for the 5.7 supposedly developed for " the greatest possible immediate impact to creatu...

I came across the website for that custom 5.7x28 ammo. The stuff is priced per round! A bit to rich for my blood!! :) http://collectibleammunition.com/category.php?cat=57-x-28" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; http://collectibleammunition.com/product.php?s=fnh-57-x-28mm-welp-tungsten-s...

They're also selling EA Tridents for $20 per round :laugh: Jay...will you have something similar to?: http://collectibleammunition.com/product.php?s=fnh-57-x-28mm-welp-tungsten-spike-projectile" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; or http://collectibleammunition.com/product.php?s=fnh-57-x...

I came across the website for that custom 5.7x28 ammo. The stuff is priced per round! A bit to rich for my blood!! :) http://collectibleammunition.com/category.php?cat=57-x-28" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; http://collectibleammunition.com/product.php?s=fnh-57-x-28mm-welp-tungsten-sp...

I recently had a leather holster made for my FsN. It was pre-molded to the shape of the FsN and fits very well but when the gun is drawn the safety gets switched off....every time. Is there a way to adjust the tension on the selector so that it takes more force/pressure to move it from safe to fire...

bruteandbear1 wrote:I wonder what the price on these are would love to get some!!

You can either wonder or go look for yourself. The link is up there.

panzermk2 wrote:They have not changed the design, in fact the guy running the machine right now can't program in the code that lathe uses.

He is just running the file already in the machine.

Damn....pretty sleazy.

GS was a contractor of mine, that is my bullet design and they have violated my NDA/NCA when I contracted them to make my bullets. They aren't going to be around very long. Why would they think you would not have a problem with this? The belief that they changed the design significantly enough that...

I'm all for more products on the market, but if it's 1x brass, it's for the range. I want the new stuff if I need the FsN to keep me safe. Description on website states new brass although it does appear a bit rough. " This ammunition is manufactured by us utilizing new brass and the highest caliber...

I will be going to Delta Arsenal in Wallingford, CT. on this Saturday to shoot in their indoor range. http://www.deltaarsenal.com/gun-range" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I am going to assume they will allow the FsN because they allow AR's and rent machine guns. I will update this po...

Buffman wrote:Like their old S5:

http://iaaforum.org/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=16450" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Ok...had no idea there was litigation going on or was.

Apologies to Jay and EA for posting....again had no idea.

Mods...feel free to delete thread.

Buffman wrote:These look very close to a copy of EA's round. Been trying to get my hands on some..

Which of the EA ammo does this look like?

http://vanguardoutfittersllc.com/catalo ... ory=104598" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

They have a few others as well.

Anyone have experience with their 5.7 ammo?

I just purchased a box of the V57 Prime. It has a GS CUSTOM USA 34 gr solid pure copper segmented projectile.

I also have had conversations with Ryan and purchased a box of the IS130D ammo. He also threw in 3 other sample rounds of his other 5.7 ammo (IS129D, IS132D and IS144D) to try but have not as yet had a chance to shoot any of it. That will be remedied this Saturday! Ryan tells me the 130D has a very ...

Fix the holster don't screw with the gun. Not sure how I would go about altering the holster. The safety lever when in the safe position is at about a 45 degree angle in relation to the holster so when the gun is drawn up out of the holster it just naturally gets moved to the fire position. Send it...

panzermk2 wrote:Fix the holster don't screw with the gun.

Not sure how I would go about altering the holster.

The safety lever when in the safe position is at about a 45 degree angle in relation to the holster so when the gun is drawn up out of the holster it just naturally gets moved to the fire position.

There is no tension setting on the safety switch (having one is a bad idea IMHO), it's your holster. Holster will probably expand as it gets worn in & stop doing that. Hopefully you don't need it but, if ever there was something to train you to keep your finger off the trigger until you're on targe...

I recently had a leather holster made for my FsN. It was pre-molded to the shape of the FsN and fits very well but when the gun is drawn the safety gets switched off....every time. Is there a way to adjust the tension on the selector so that it takes more force/pressure to move it from safe to fire?...

Received my barrel with new heavy duty recoil spring back from EA in record time!!

Now all I need is some 5.7 ammo on steroids to test it out.

Many thanks to Jay and EA for the exceptional service!!

Out of curiosity what distance would the fixed sights be dialed in for after you install them? I can't dial them in they are fixed. Sometimes SS197 point of aim at 25 feet. The problem is the velocities of SS197 vary so much from lot to lot this can't be counted on. Also...the cover in the picture ...

Out of curiosity what distance would the fixed sights be dialed in for after you install them?

Also...the cover in the picture of the rear fixed sight above looks identical to my cover. Why would the cover need to be changed?

In the photo it is an Adjustable cover, fixed have a rectangular opening to match the sight. Every thing is in stock and ready to go. Plus we still give credit for your take off parts if they are in good shape. Great....They look nice. My current sights look to be in decent shape to use as credit a...

Ok to be clear, We can change your adjustable sights to fixed night sights. You need to swap out the front blade, rear sight assembly and cover. http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e169/panzermk2/EA_Fixed_Night_Sights/EA_Fixed_Night_Sights_06.jpg http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e169/panzermk2/EA_Fi...

I currently have the adjustable rear sight and standard front post. I did some googling, also looked on elite ammunition website but could not find any place that has fixed night sights for the FsN. Anyone know if Meprolight or Trijicon make fixed night sights for it? ETA: EA shows it can convert th...

Just purchased a few boxes of SS198LF at Ammo Supply Warehouse for 31.00/box.

58 boxes left! :clap:

https://www.ammosupplywarehouse.com/cgi ... egory=57X0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

panzermk2 wrote:We just had Pro1 up for a whole week before it sold out.

Why am I not seeing it on your website. I have been checking it for the past week or so and I just saw the snap caps. Did I miss something?

Update..... I received a email from Jay and I will be sending the barrel to EA where he has graciously offered to install the heavy spring at no charge. Many thanx to Jay and EA!! I like them already! :D You are welcome. Here is the link to our retail website. If you scroll down that page you will ...

Update.....

I received a email from Jay and I will be sending the barrel to EA where he has graciously offered to install the heavy spring
at no charge.

Many thanx to Jay and EA!! I like them already!

Rapier1772 wrote:For $130, I ain't gonna find out :laugh:

As long as the holster fits/conforms to the FsN it should work fit. They say it fits blocks & Sigs so it "should" work.

Right!

These are for someone that just doesn't know what to do with their money. :skep:

Is swapping out the spring something I can do myself or should I send the barrel/spring assembly to EA? You can do it yourself, Jay made a video and posted it here somewhere. Where can I purchase the heavy duty recoil spring? Is EA the only guys that sell this spring?? Jay....can you please direct ...

Alright....now if I go and change to the heavier spring will I still be able to run the FN factory stuff like SS197 and SS198? I've been running the heavier spring for couple of years now. I have had no issues with any EA or FNH factory loads. I have had a few issues with a few of my own subsonic l...

Alright....now if I go and change to the heavier spring will I still be able to run the FN factory stuff like SS197 and SS198?

Same difference with other pistols; force to force relationship. If you are shooting hotter rounds, you want a more robust force acting against the reciprocating mass, especially if you're worried about extra stress on your gun. Ok...of the currently available ammo including ammo from EA, is there ...

I was reviewing what is involved with the EA accurizing and noticed the recoil spring is replaced with a heavy duty version.

What advantages does the heavy duty recoil spring provide?

Do I want a heavier recoil spring??

Do I need it??

I think I have to have it! :ponder:

Rapier1772 wrote:We have a thread on that, http://www.fivesevenforum.com/viewtopic ... ilit=hogue" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

IIRC Blue uses the Hogue Handall grip on his

Blue? A member here?

ETA: I think I know who you mean. IM sent to him. thanx.

I have had some nasty seams in the back strap, I just knock of the edges with a sanding block. I would rather not alter the gun right now. I do recall seeing that one of the forum members here had one on their 57 which was pictured in their avatar but I have no idea who it was. At the time I notice...

Does anyone else find the grip checkering a bit too aggressive for their hand?

I am looking at several rubber grip sleeves for my 57 but don't know which size to order.

Checked out the Hogue Handall full size and the Butler Creek medium slip-on.

Anyone use either or something else on their grip?

They didn't update the manuals. You have a USG. The label on the case has both the serial number and "IOM ASSY" printed on it. They also used old labels to print the serial number on too? ETA: I believe you. I can easily see not wanting to waste the manuals but its strange that they would have two ...

My recently purchased 57 which I thought was a USG model is actually a IOM?? It does not have the round trigger guard but while inspecting the paperwork and labels on the case it clearly states it is an IOM. I didn't think IOM's were made with the squared off trigger guard. Can someone shed some lig...

panzermk2 wrote:Yes if it was to tight it would not move and then be fixed sights.



The spring loaded detents keep things from falling out. Just like on all adjustable sights.

Great...thanx very much for your expert help.

Looks like people have been struggling to get $1800 from them. Looks like they've been listed many time to sell them. A product.....could be anything really....is only worth the average of what the last few have sold for within a certain amount of time in a similar condition. Not what people are as...

After reading another post concerning this I noticed that the rear adjustable sight on my new to me USG has a slight bit of lateral play to it. I can wiggler the rear of it side to side just a bit (maybe 1/32") but not he front of it. When I move it I see that the elevation screw is also moving a ha...

Remove you slide, turn the slide up side down, the ens without the barrel in it you will see a grove in the middle with a spring in it. This is the channel. Thank you. Is the firing pin channel an area where you should not use any lube? I have read that it should be kept dry of oil to prevent dirt ...

One of the things I love about my Five Seven is the low maintenance. I pull mine apart and hit the lower with a blast of compressed air, and you could never tell it is not brand new after 5,000 rounds. I pull the barrel out and with a q-tip and carb cleaner, make sure there is no lacquer in the cha...

What do most of you gentlemen use to clean and then lubricate your Five Seven? The manual warns against anything this Hydrocarbons, Ammonia or Trichlorethylene but does not recommend anything. I did hear that the FN factory uses Ballistol...don't know if its true. Does anyone use Breakfree CLP? I kn...

I will soon be receiving my USG Five Seven and have been looking to purchase some ammo for it. Can you gentlemen advise me on what's available and which round is desirable for SD/HD? I am only really seeing: 27 grain SS198LF Green Tip 40 Grain TMJ or FMJ Federal Ammo AE5728A SS195LF 27 grain Hollow...

I will soon be receiving my USG Five Seven and have been looking to purchase some ammo for it. Can you gentlemen advise me on what's available and which round is desirable for SD/HD? I am only really seeing: 27 grain SS198LF Green Tip 40 Grain TMJ or FMJ Federal Ammo AE5728A SS195LF 27 grain Hollow ...

The standard USG design released to civvies was single action however, there are always exceptions to the rules. Please see our variants thread: http://www.fivesevenforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=59" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Personally, there are too many variants & subtle diff...

Looking to buy black USG model Five-Seven, new or used but needs to be in very good+ condition. Not interested in any with holster wear.

I live in CT so if you have 10 round mags...even better!!

Post a picture of the one you're looking at. I may be wrong, but I think there was only the USG with the round bulbous trigger guard, the regular one that we all have, and the MKII that came out recently. I believe they're all striker fired, same as any other poly pistol, but I can't be sure with t...

Hello everyone...new member from CT. and have been interested in the five-seven for quite awhile. I am confused on how to tell the difference between the older double action models and the single action models. I am looking to purchase one and would like the older style without the front slide serra...