FN re-enters the P-35 game

[pangloss]

I think I see the confusion.

FN isn't back in the Hi Power game. They're in the High Power game. Totally different name and gun.

I read the article linked up thread, and I think you are right. This new pistol may be fantastic, but I think there are probably as many changes as things that stayed the same.

Count me among those who would like to see this new pistol in .30 SC.

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[MattyD380]

I may not 100% agree with you, but I laughed for at least a minute at this comment.

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Word. Me too.

[OlongJohnson]

I just noticed the slide is open at the front where the recoil spring sits.

Wow, yeah. That's weird the guide rod doesn't fill that hole like it does on every other pistol I can remember ever seeing except ones with plugs (e.g., 1911). What happens if a holster French fry or other debris gets in there? Can it tie up the gun? Is MAC available to do a mud test?

[Joe in PNG]

I'm fine with this, if it works.

[pangloss]

Wow, yeah. That's weird the guide rod doesn't fill that hole like it does on every other pistol I can remember ever seeing except ones with plugs (e.g., 1911). What happens if a holster French fry or other debris gets in there? Can it tie up the gun? Is MAC available to do a mud test?

https://fnamerica.com/press-releases...ull-fde-model/

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[Suvorov]

Wow, yeah. That's weird the guide rod doesn't fill that hole like it does on every other pistol I can remember ever seeing except ones with plugs (e.g., 1911). What happens if a holster French fry or other debris gets in there? Can it tie up the gun? Is MAC available to do a mud test?

Dude, I may or may not have found crunched up tortilla chips in the holster and maybe even around the hammer of my USPc duty gun when I took it out for its pre-qualification cleaning. The struggle is real!

[OlongJohnson]

https://fnamerica.com/press-releases...ull-fde-model/

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Huh. Shows how much attention I've paid to any of FN's plastic people poppers before now. Nearly zero.

[pangloss]

Huh. Shows how much attention I've paid to any of FN's plastic people poppers before now. Nearly zero.

I don't think you missed much regarding FN, but that specific design feature is shared with the Glock 34/35. I don't have a G34, but I think the recoil interface with the slide is the same as the G17. For the G34, I don't think it creates any sort of ingress point relative to the G17. I have no idea about this new FN.

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[TCinVA]

The more I look at this, the more it looks like a SAO Ruger P89 wearing Hi-point flair, less like a Sig. The dimensions just seem off.

Edit to add: what do you wanna bet the magazines are based off the 509 series? They dont look like Hi-power mags.

They don't appear to have the nubbin on the front of the magazine that the 509 has, which is that magazine's weak point.

And thank heavens for that.

[Lon]

The first 9mm I ever shot was a 1950’s era HP w internal extractor. I will always love them. But any new full size pistol that doesn’t come optic ready from the factory is dead to me. No excuse for it.