FN Herstal makes great guns, that is the bottom line, and the 5.7 is just that, a great gun. I am good friends with a regional production manager for FN (he actually owns and operates the training company I work for) so I have seen a bit more of the inside workings of FN but they make fantastic, accurate and dependable firearms. In fact, a very large percentage of the US militarys small arms are now FN products, like the M249 SAW and the GAU-21. As far as the 5.7 pistol is concerned, FN did a great job and the idea is sound, but the problem is in the ammunition. The gun was designed to fire the SS190 duty round which has a steel penetrator and an aluminum core. This round will penetrate IIIA body armor at 50 meters from the 5.7 pistol and 200 meters from the P90 subgun but once it encounters a soft body, i.e. human flesh, the projectile tumbles, causing a much bigger wound channel than its 5.7mm diameter while limiting over-penetration. Basically, they say that the SS190 projectile will go in and stay in whether the target is armored or not. While this is good, civilian use of the SS190 is prohibited meaning you have to make do with a standard jacketed hollowpoint or a hunting round which can have over-penetration issues as well as a small wound channel.
All this aside, the 5.7 is a great pistol and I will have one someday soon.
you are right about calling your gun range and checking it out first because the whole insurance thing is very real...how ever...as a civilian you can not "LEAGALY" own the armor piercing rounds. the only ammo available to civillian's is the sporting round, and at that long of a distance...its not going to get through their barrier. believe me..i have done many ballistic test with this round to see its true capability...and its f-ing amazing what it can do...but at short range..at least with the sporting roundCheck with your local gun range if you can fire the 5.7 round. The place I go is insured by a company that prohibits it, because it is an "armor piercing" round. Basically, it'll probably go through their indoor backstop at some point or another. There is a trailer park behind it, so I'm sure the neighbors wouldn't be keen on the idea. Sounds like an awesome gun, though.
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