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Ken, bad new about FN pistols
jimdeere
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"Fools learn from their own mistakes. I learn from the mistakes of others"
Otto von Bismarck
Likely not when Glock owns 2/3s of the LE market and likely doesn't even register in sale in the LE market,
If Glock leg is a thing, it's not because the weapon malfunctioned.
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
I have never had any indications or malfunctions of any kind on my FNS's.
You can't fix Stupid. :shock:
To not consider the human condition and say its not the tool when for a couple decades most LE used Sigs and we have never heard the term "Sig Leg" begs the response, sure fan boy, OK, right
You are certainly correct and would also be correct saying anyone who disassembles a Glock and forgets to remove the round in the chamber and kills them self deserves that as well.
But, if you forgot to remove the round in a Sig the first thing you would do is rack the slide open to disassemble it not pull the trigger (which ejects the live round).
The number of people who pay with their lives using a Glock because of a design that says make a mistake and risk your life suggests if you believe you are fallible there are so many better/safer designs to use
I am fortunate in that the first Glocks I used had malfunctions so I had low confidence in them before I became aware they had potentially dangerous attributes that most other makes do not build into their pistols.
Some basic facts and the rest IMO
"Fools learn from their own mistakes. I learn from the mistakes of others"
Otto von Bismarck
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
The failure of the FN Pistols were in the design. These were FN 1st striker fired guns and they probably didn't test them enough. I hope no one was injured before the recall.
The FNX guns with hammers are really nice guns and if I had been on the Army board they would have been what I picked over the SIG or the Glock.
The Glock is very popular in the SOCOM for several reasons; They work. They are a fighting gun and they are a battle proven platform. I know there are a lot of haters out there but if you look at what the majority of people who know what they are doing carry them by choice, you are just hating to hate
The Glock requires pulling the trigger to disassemble so if you leave a round in the chamber it fires when you do that.
People should simply not make that mistake cause if you do make that mistake it could end your life or you can use a pistol that when you leave a round in the chamber by mistake the round ejects when you begin the disassembly
With Glock Leg again you are correct there is no malfunction It is much easier to catch the Glock trigger on something when holstering the weapon compared to most other pistols so no malfunction of the weapon just the user not taking the "extra" care required over other pistols when holstering the weapon
"Fools learn from their own mistakes. I learn from the mistakes of others"
Otto von Bismarck