New Guns

[Unregistered]

Never was much of a Glock fan until we got these. Great guns sad to see we are going to something else. But it will be free

[Unregistered]

The FNS 9mm is what I am hearing as the new gun. FN handguns are excellent weapons.

[Unregistered]

The FN has an excellent reputation. I suppose we could do worse. The FNS appears to cost less than the Glock and way less than the SIG or HK. If they purchase the standard FNS-9 (NOT THE LONG SLIDE) for uniform and the FNS-9 compact for plainclothes, you really can't argue against the choice. But, you gotta wonder about the real, behind-the-scenes reason for the change....

SEE BELOW SPECS FOR FNS9 & FNS9 COMPACT:

FNS™-9
•Caliber: 9mm
•Operation: Double-action
•Sights: Fixed 3-dot or Fixed 3-dot night
•Magazine: 10 or 17 rds.
•Weight: 25.2 oz. (empty)
•Barrel Length: 4.0″
•Overall Length: 7.25″
•Available in Standard and Manual Safety
•Made in the USA
GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS
•Striker-fired autoloader
•Double-action operation with manual safety
•5.5 to 7.7 lbs. trigger pull

SLIDE
•Stainless steel construction
•External extractor with loaded chamber indicator
•Front and rear ****ing serrations
•Available in matte black or matte silver

BARREL
•Cold hammer-forged stainless steel
•Polished chamber and feed ramp

FRAME
•Polymer construction with replaceable steel frame/slide rails
•Two interchangeable backstraps with lanyard eyelets
•MIL-STD 1913 accessory mounting rail
•Serrated trigger guard

OPERATING CONTROLS
•Fully-ambidextrous slide stop lever
•Fully-ambidextrous magazine release
•Available with or without an ambidextrous manual safety lever

MAGAZINE
•Polished body
•Low-friction follower
•Polymer base pad

SIGHTS
•Fixed 3-dot or fixed 3-dot night

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FNS™-9 Compact

GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS
•Striker-fired autoloader
•Double-action operation
•Available in Standard and Manual Safety
•5.5 to 7.7 lbs. trigger pull

SLIDE
•Stainless steel construction
•External extractor with loaded chamber indicator
•Front and rear ****ing serrations
•Available in matte black or matte silver

BARREL
•Cold hammer-forged stainless steel
•Polished chamber and feed ramp

FRAME
•Polymer construction with replaceable steel frame/slide rails
•Two interchangeable backstraps with lanyard eyelets
•MIL-STD 1913 accessory mounting rail
•Serrated trigger guard

OPERATING CONTROLS
•Fully-ambidextrous slide stop lever
•Fully-ambidextrous magazine release
•Available with or without an ambidextrous manual safety lever

MAGAZINE
•Polished body
•Low-friction follower
•Polymer base pad

SIGHTS
•Fixed 3-dot or fixed 3-dot night

[Unregistered]

An issue I see with the FNS-9 is that it is the equivalent of a Glock 23 compact sized firearm in terms of dimensions. There are a number of people who need a full sized handgun for shooting. I'm skeptical that a complete change in hardware and all the associated accessories can be made up by possibly, but not guaranteed cheaper and/or more available ammunition.

[Unregistered]

****"I'm skeptical that a complete change in hardware and all the associated accessories can be made up by possibly, but not guaranteed cheaper and/or more available ammunition."*****

That's why I wonder about the "behind-the-scenes" reason for the suggestion to change. Who really benefits from the purchase of firearms for the entire agency?

[Unregistered]

The present Glocks are only about 4 years old. I can't see any benefit of changing guns this early. I know 9mm might be a little cheaper then .40 cal but is that worth changing handguns for. The Glock .40 is used by many agencies and not all are going back to 9mm. I think they should give out the 9mm to new recruits and get a little more use out of the Glocks.

There is probably some dealer who is willing to give them a good trade in allowance on the Glocks to sell them the FN's.

[Unregistered]

There's nothing wrong with the Glock 22. The only reason the agency is considering the FN is because a retired HCSO Major is now their salesman. This major stands to make a significant paycheck over this deal. It's stupid as hell, Safariland doesn't even make a holster for the gun. In fact no one does. So if you bought a $150.00 dollar holster for the Glock 22 that's better then what's issued you get screwed. If you bought a Glock 27 as a backup/off duty weapon your screwed as well. FN doesn't make a compact version of the 9mm they are looking at so I wonder how the "brain trust" is going to figure that out.

[Unregistered]

I quess I was wrong about the compact version. They just released a compact version for 2015.

[Unregistered]

There's nothing wrong with the Glock 22. The only reason the agency is considering the FN is because a retired HCSO Major is now their salesman. This major stands to make a significant paycheck over this deal. It's stupid as hell, Safariland doesn't even make a holster for the gun. In fact no one does. So if you bought a $150.00 dollar holster for the Glock 22 that's better then what's issued you get screwed. If you bought a Glock 27 as a backup/off duty weapon your screwed as well. FN doesn't make a compact version of the 9mm they are looking at so I wonder how the "brain trust" is going to figure that out.

Awesome! Now the agency can buy a ton of FN compacts and then lock them up in the armory never to be issued just like the 27s. I was really needing to drop $400 on a new gun so I can do my job because they won't issue the damn subcompacts to anyone that's not an SID detective. Oh, and buy the holster and everything else for it too.

[Unregistered]

There's nothing wrong with the Glock 22. The only reason the agency is considering the FN is because a retired HCSO Major is now their salesman. This major stands to make a significant paycheck over this deal. It's stupid as hell, Safariland doesn't even make a holster for the gun. In fact no one does. So if you bought a $150.00 dollar holster for the Glock 22 that's better then what's issued you get screwed. If you bought a Glock 27 as a backup/off duty weapon your screwed as well. FN doesn't make a compact version of the 9mm they are looking at so I wonder how the "brain trust" is going to figure that out.

You are very angry. Maybe you should quit