So, how does this thing shoot?
Overall, I LOVE IT.
+Accuracy is very good, although I havenāt done too much other than zero the Aimpoint at 50 yards with 62 grain Prvi Partisan .223. At 50 yards, with a LaRue/Hensoldt Po Boy 3x Magnifier behind the Aimpoint M4, I was getting 3/4 inch groups.
At 100 yards, I was having no problem dinging 10x10 steel plates, offhand.
Barrel twist is 1:7. Barrel length is 17.4 inches on models with detachable flash hider.
+The trigger pull is pretty good for a bullpup. IMO, better than a factory Steyr AUG (which sports a 9lb trigger pull IIRC). Itās still a little spongy compared to an M4.
I got a chuckle zeroing the optic. I didnāt have time to boresight, so I started off at 5 yards just to get on paper.
At some point, the bullet impact at 5 yards would not change no matter how high I dialed up the elevation. 4 clicks, nuttin, 8 clicks, no change, 12 clicks, dang, 16 clicks ⦠no change. :mad: So then I try to see where the bullet impact is at 100 yards ⦠no surpise, Iām high by a good measure. So I dialed the elevation down a bit, and moved the target out to 50 yards to zero from the prone position.
-A caveat: I donāt know what it is about this gun, but if your left support hand is too high up on the handguard near the gas plug, YOUR THUMB IS GONNA GET UNPLEASANTLY ZAPPED with plasma. Ow.
+I love that the brass ejection is very gentle. Right at your feet.
? Iām not sure how I feel about the mag not dropping freely. I like that feature in my M4geries. Itās a definite change in the manual of arms!
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Gun doesnāt get very dirty, being a piston design, but the bolt carrier assembly is a PITA to disassemble.
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The FN Tri Rail system is heavy, and pretty wide. If you are using a VFG, and want to reach your white light mounted at the 3 oāclock position, youāre gonna be stretching unless you have sasquatch-sized hands.
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The safety is very noisy. Too much clicky sound.
- Now to the reason why I selected this particular gun - itās very compact. I was shooting with 4 LEOās last weekend, and they were tooling around with M4 SBRās with 12 in bbls. The FS2K, with an overall length of 29.1 inches was a full inch shorter than these setups, and without the tax stamp!
I can see the FS2K being a nice tool for close quarters, as well as in vehicles. The LEOās that were on the line last weekend concurred with that assessment.
Iām going to putter around with this setup a little more, and run it in a class.
So far, so good!