I searched this forum but did not find what I was looking for. A friend and I went down to our local gun shop recently to visit with an S&W sales rep that was scheduled to be in. We got on the topic of the FN 5.7, and to both of our shock, the rep told us they are actively making a handgun chambered in 5.7. He also told me it would retail at about $600, and they have signed a deal with a company to make the casings and bullets for them, since he said FN owns those rights. So what do you guys think? I think the 5.7 is a pretty neat round, but not for how spendy the gun is through FN. interesting to see how this turns out.
S&W will make what they think will sell but the question is what purpose would it serve?
The 5.7 round was designed for use in the P90 PDW/SMG with penetration of armor as it’s prmary goal. The FN 5.7 handgun was developed to complimment the P90.
One of our sister agencies had P90s for a time. Fun to shoot but it’s basically a .22 mag.
The P90 is a reliable weapon and easy to shoot well but real world results with the 5.7 round have been VERY disappointing. See Doc Roberts info here.
I find this very hard to believe.
S&W cannot get enough of their high demand handguns into the marketplace. FN cannot give away their 5.7 pistols; there just isn’t any demand for their over-sized so-so performing “.22 mag”.
That S&W would divert resources to make a 5.7mm defies all business logic and common sense, why make a gun no one wants when you aren’t making enough of the guns they do want?
I would not hold my breath to actually see a S&W 5.7mm pistol, ever.
A handgun chambered in 5.7 would be fun for plinking or small varmint stuff but that’s about it.
Reloading can be a little tricky so it isn’t a round that makes too much sense to me at least. Its fun but not worth the drawbacks.
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FN cannot give away their pistols because they are crazy overpriced. They could make a quality handgun and turn business away from the POS Keltec PMR30. Like I said before, I am just explaining what a REP from Smith told me at Sharp shooting indoor range. Just wanted to find out if anyone else had heard of this happening. Thanks.
I agree that would be a bad move for smith, but look at what Sig and glock are doing/have done. And it doesn’t seem so fare fetched.
What is your Glock example? .45 GAP?
I know of a department where half of Officers carry the Five-Seven (including probably everyone on their SWAT Team).
I would love to own one, just currently cant spend that kind of $$$, and it’s not even authorized by my department for off-duty carry.
My father sold one about a year and a half ago for less than $1k. I’ll bet he’s wishing he held on to it until now…
no thanks. that niche is already filled.
I would have to disagree with the bolded part in my area there are plenty of uniformed people lining up to buy these. They are going for over msrp in the secondary market prior to Sandy Hook. I agree I think the thing is a turd but I could say that about a lot of platforms/caliber options. That is not to say that I believe S&W will come out with this pistol. I just think your assessment is based on informed buyers, which all buyers are not.
Why bother with the 5.7. S&W should use the resources from that project to increase M&P shield 9 production or for additional M&P 15s.
“Uniformed”, or uninformed? I stay away from the retail gun shops, limiting myself to a couple of LE pro shops, where I have just seen the FNs sit on the shelf. Being able to get above MSRP before the hysteria is no small feat, God knows what they are fetching now. As for 5.7; no use for it for me, personally, nothing to do with FN, it’s all the caliber.
They probably have R&D departments and manufacturing departments as separate entities, so by not doing any further R&D would not increase the production on another product.
Sorry for the typo uninformed* and I agree with you 100% a buddy of mine bought one an I about laughed at him when he was trying to explain how great it was and its going to be the next biggest thing. That being said I still see the civilian demand high in my area.
IMO the only thing that was cool about the 57 was that the SG1 crew used it. To think that any maker would divert ANY resources away from useful guns into manufacturing something in that caliber would be idiotic.
The P90, in the hands of someone who would otherwise only carry a handgun, was the only role for the platform. Even then, you can give someone a 10.5 sbr.
S&W should fix the accuracy issues with the full size M&P 9’s before coming out with another fudd gun in a niche caliber.
Let me guess, Cooder County SWAT?