{"id":339,"date":"2015-12-30T12:25:36","date_gmt":"2015-12-30T12:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joeglock.com\/wp\/?p=339"},"modified":"2015-12-30T12:25:36","modified_gmt":"2015-12-30T12:25:36","slug":"five-seven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joeglock.com\/wp\/five-seven\/","title":{"rendered":"Five-seveN"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pistol rounds are easy to pick out of a crowd, aren\u2019t they? Pistol rounds are short and boring. It doesn\u2019t really get interesting until you start looking at some of the wild self-defense rounds. Rifle rounds, on the other hand, are long and pointy with cool bullets that have colored polymer tips. (The guys and gals from the outdoor range are rolling their eyes now.) You may laugh, but that\u2019s really your basic pistol shooter\u2019s understanding of cartridges. If it\u2019s not your view, then you\u2019re not basic, right?<\/p>\n

A quick look at pistol cartridges reveals they are all look pretty much the same except<\/em> for the .357 SIG. It was developed in the mid 90\u2019s from a .40 caliber cartridge that was necked down<\/em> to fit the 9mm bullet. The .357 Magnum has a rim and goes in a revolver. The .357 SIG has the same power but fits in a semi-automatic. So the .357 SIG sticks out in a crowd of pistol rounds because the case has shoulders<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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Imagine the questions from the new shooters when they see these rounds being loaded into a handgun!<\/p>\n

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The round on the left is a 9mm. The round on the right is a .40 caliber. But WHAT is that rifle bullet doing with them??<\/p>\n

Welcome to the Five-seveN\u00ae round. It was developed by FN Herstal<\/em> (FN) at the request of NATO to replace the 5.56mm NATO round. The odd capitalization is trademarked and intended to highlight the manufacturer (FN). Like the .357 SIG, it has shoulders<\/span>. It\u2019s pretty tiny though. The\u00a05.56mm NATO round is roughly the same size as a .223 caliber bullet. The FN 5.7mm is .224 caliber.<\/p>\n

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FN created the very odd looking PS-90 bullpup rifle in response to the NATO request in the late 1980\u2019s and developed the Five-seveN pistol as a companion firearm, both using the 5.7mm cartridge.<\/p>\n

The 5.7mm has ballistic performance similar to a .22 Magnum. When the 5.7mm round is fired from the pistol-length barrel of the Five-seveN, the speeds are 1,800 fps or less. If the round is fired from the longer barrel of the PS-90, it tops out\u00a0at about 2,130 fps.<\/p>\n

FN originally restricted the 5.7mm round to military and law enforcement, but opened it to civilian shooters in 2004. There are basically two rounds available to civilians that you\u00a0can shoot at most\u00a0indoor pistol\u00a0ranges, the lead-free hollow-point, and the sporting rounds. (The sub-sonic round is fine, but unavailable to civilians.)<\/p>\n

The armor-piercing and the tracer rounds, when fired from the pistol move way too fast for most indoor pistol ranges.<\/p>\n

All the 5.7mm rounds are now lead-free. The hollow point, training round and sporting rounds are easy to identify. The training round has a green<\/span> bullet tip. The sporting rounds have red<\/span> or blue<\/span> colored polycarbonate tips. The common sporting rounds have a muzzle velocity of 1650 fps when fired from the Five-seveN pistol. The hollow point is a bit faster at 1890 fps. The sub-sonic rounds have a painted white<\/span> bullet and only hit 985 fps.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re shooting the 5.7mm and you get your hands on some bullets with a black<\/span> tip, they will clock in at 2,130 fps even from the handgun. These are the armor piercing rounds. Sale is restricted. Same deal with the tracer rounds, which have a red<\/span> painted bullet. (You can tell the sporting round from the tracer. The sporting round has what looks like a plastic tip on the bullet, while the tracer is painted metal.)<\/p>\n

I\u2019m a big fan of pistol-caliber carbines. I converted my Israeli Tavor from 5.56 to 9mm and I shoot both it and my .45 Long Colt Henry rifle at indoor\u00a0pistol\u00a0ranges all the time. However, even though the PS-90 is technically shooting a pistol cartridge, the round is too hot for your average\u00a0indoor pistol range.<\/p>\n

So if you see someone shooting a center-fire pistol with what appears to be a rifle cartridge, ask to take a closer look at that FN 5.7mm cartridge.<\/p>\n

See you at the range and Happy New Year!<\/p>\n

JoeGLOCK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pistol rounds are easy to pick out of a crowd, aren\u2019t they? Pistol rounds are short and boring. It doesn\u2019t really get interesting until you start looking at some of the wild self-defense rounds. Rifle rounds, on the other hand, are long and pointy with cool bullets that have colored polymer tips. 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