#FN502Tactical

Hello and welcome back to another edition of The Rimfire Report! This ongoing series is all about the rimfire firearm world and its many guns, accessories, and ammunition. For a long time, rimfire enthusiasts like myself have been looking for affordable alternatives to our favorite centerfire pistols and rifles. While the AR-15 side of the market seems to have that covered, the pistol world seems to have been left behind with only a few options that really fit into the “tactical rimfire” pistol niche. One such pistol that comes to mind is the Smith & Wesson M&P 22 which has proven to be one of the most reliable scaled-down versions of a full-sized centerfire pistol ( be sure to check out Austin R’s overview of his M&P 22 which has well over 15,000 rounds through it). However, frequent readers of The Firearm Blog will know that FN recently released their FN 502 Tactical 22LR rimfire pistol to the market, and today on the Rimfire Report we will be putting it through its paces to see how it performs.

FN America have announced the introduction of their first-ever .22LR pistol, the FN 502 Tactical. The optics-ready, hammer-fired 502 Tactical feeds from a 15 round magazine and is modelled after the FN 509 and has a 4.6-inch threaded barrel. The new FN .22 comes in black or FDE and has an MSRP of $499.00.