#Fns

I remember in the LE world during the introduction of the original Taser M-Series (and requirement that we get tased as part of training). We used to joke “What’s next-having to get shot by your own handgun to qualify with it?”  Nowadays, that is a distinct possibility with the widespread availability of Simunition® training using modified firearms. FN America and General Dynamics have teamed up to create a new Simunition® pistol based on the 509 platform for law enforcement training.  To delineate it as a Simunition®-only platform, the pistol features a blue frame and blue Simunition slide/barrel assembly, as well as blue magazine baseplates.  The frame and fire control group should be compatible with regular FN 509 slides, however.  (If one was so inclined to have a blue frame/black slide FN 509, this would be one rather expensive way to go about it.)

Glock isn’t done yet: Despite being passed over by the Army and having their protest of the MHS contract rejected by the GAO, Glock is still hoping for a chance. In a recent interview with Matthew Cox of Military.com, Glock Vice President Josh Dorsey spoke out against the Army’s decision to adopt the SIG Sauer P320 as the new M17 Modular Handgun System. Dorsey’s comments, excerpted below, express dissatisfaction with the Army’s selection process:

The FN 509 is about as close as you can currently get to the Modular Handgun Submission that Fn America sent into the DOD trials, but isn’t exactly the same gun. In this episode of TFB TV, Patrick takes the brand new FN 509 out to the range to get acquainted with the new to the market polymer framed wonder nine.

Previously, we looked at the most common type of locking mechanism for rifles, but what about handguns? Well, today we’ll be looking at tilting-barrel locking, a method used in virtually every modern locked-breech handgun today.

The US Army released its second draft of the request for proposal (RFP) for its Modular Handgun System earlier this week. The draft gives the designation for whichever handgun is selected as “XM17”. From the draft RFP:

I got a chance to take a closer look at FNH’s new FNS Compact at the Great American Outdoor Show this past weekend. Just like their existing FNS pistols, the FNS compact is a striker fired polymer framed pistol. It has all the same features as the full size and long slide variants.

For New Year’s weekend FNH USA posted a sneak peek of their SHOT Show 2015 offerings with the addition of an FNS 9mm/.40 Compact.

FNH has announced that they will be releasing compact models of their FNS line.

John Johnston of Ballistic Radio gave an update on shooting his FNS-9 longslide. Pretty impressive. 2201 shots fired and only 4 failures. One of the downsides to having something new? Not a lot of aftermarket support.

On the table, at the FN range, was an unassuming bitone striker-fired pistol. On closer inspection it became obvious it was not the competition model while still maintaining a longer slide. This is FN’s new standard FNS-9 with a five inch barrel.

FMH USA has announced that sometime in the first of second quarter of 2013, they plan on selling a competition version of the FNS 9 pistol. I am not sure why they are announcing it almost a year early.