![]() ![]() There isn’t a grip safety, thank goodness, but there is a trigger safety as you would see on many polymer-framed guns these days. Speaking of 1911s, the original FN Five-seveN offered familiar handling thanks to sharing an 18-degree grip angle with “Old Slabsides,” and the trait is carried over in the Ruger-57. I like this feature given that many of us have become used to shooting 1911-type actions. (Up is safe, and down is fire.) As with most 1911s, the safety lever also interrupts the slide and prevents the shooter from pulling the slide to the rear with the safety engaged. Flip up to engage the safety, and depress to fire.Īmbidextrous, extended thumb safety levers are on both sides of the Ruger-57, and it operates as most thumb safeties on a Model 1911. Internally, the Ruger-57 was designed with a hammer-fired action having a manual thumb safety that operates as a Model 1911’s. Ruger’s safe-minded Secure-Action fire-control system features a protected internal hammer resulting in a short-stroke, double-action trigger. On the outside of the Ruger-57, you will find the usual. (Ruger’s mags are also made of steel and drop free on release.) Control Freak Regardless, 20 rounds trumps 15, 17 rounds, or whatever, so if not having to reload as often is a consideration of yours in planning your self-defense strategy or time at the range, the Ruger-57 has that going for it. Pretty cool, but I had to think back and remember that the Five-seveN also included an extra 20 rounder. Another exciting observation when I removed the 57 from its black box was that there were two 20-round magazines inside. I was glad to see that when handling the Ruger. Someone who has shot a pistol (including the FN Five-seveN) obviously had input on the controls of the new Ruger-57. It weighs in at 1 pound, 13 ounces, when given a loaded 20-round magazine. Even for its size, the Ruger-57 is relatively light. It measures 8¾ inches front to rear and 5½ inches from top to bottom. To me, it looked average in pictures, but when it arrived at the local gun shop, I was surprised at how large the pistol is. Shortly after FN’s patent on the Five-seveN pistol expired, Ruger released its “57” pistol. I can imagine that Ruger has a new-product-launch calendar on the wall that they don’t tell anyone about. Two separate attempts by the Brady Campaign to ban the guns through Congress failed. Since, FN only offers 5.7 sporting rounds that won’t pierce armor to civilians such as the SS197R, a conventional jacketed lead-core projectile with polymer tip. market didn’t receive the semiautomatic PS90 and Five-seveN until 2004, and by then a number of police agencies and special forces units in other parts of the world were already using variants of them.Įarly loads of the 5.7mm round quickly put the cartridge and the partnership between FN and Federal, the exclusive distributor of FN’s private-labeled ammunition, in the media’s crosshairs after the Brady Campaign noticed certain rounds could penetrate Level IIA Kevlar vests. However, the Five-seveN pistol was delayed internationally until 2000. The patent for the Five-seveN pistol was submitted in 1993, three years after the FN P90 submachine gun and 5.7mm cartridge were introduced. FN’s pistol, introduced in 1998, is often what we think back to when the cartridge is mentioned, but here comes Ruger with a new handgun that no one asked for. There hasn’t been a lot the FN Five-seveN, FN P90/PS90, and a few brands better known for making AR-15s. Another company offering a new product chambering the 5.7x28mm. SS197SR 5.7x28mm Blue Tip Ammo SS197SR 5.7x28mm target ammunition (sporting round blue tip)I heard the hype. The video at the bottom of the page under the tab “videos” shows you the different effects each round has on a 12 lbs ham. The SS198LF on the other hand was specifically designed for military and law enforcement to be used a defense round, and its elongated boat tailed design allows it to tumble when impacting soft tissue. This projectile is short and fat, which does not allow it to tumble when impacting soft tissue. This ammunition is primarily used for target practice only and is not recommended for personal defense. ![]() The SS197SR has been manufactured by Fiocchi under contract for FN Herstal since 2006 and it is distributed in the United States by Federal Cartridge Company. The SS197SR projectile has a blue-colored polymer tip instead of the red color used in the SS196 projectile tip. ![]() It uses the same lead core 2.6-g (40 grain) Hornady V-Max projectile as the SS196SR, but it is loaded for a muzzle velocity roughly 30-m/s (100 ft/s) higher. SS197SR is currently offered to civilian shooters in addition to the SS195LF. SS197SR 5.7x28mm (sporting round blue tip / Target Ammo) SS197SR 5.7x28mm Blue Tip Target Ammo EXTENDED BACKORDER WITH NO ETA ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |