Reeder Custom Guns

Larry Fry
5.7
Tuesday, December 31, 2019, 11:41

I was told that the 5.7 FN was designed in response for a Personnel Protection Agent to carry into a crowded area so that there would be no over penetration into a crowd when protecting the Principal. I have always wondered why they then started carrying steel (or tungsten I was told) cored bullets if over penetration was a problem. Those would zip right through several people before they began to lose enough velocity to stop in someone...... One shot lots of hits. I have not ever fired one so am not familiar with the accuracy, but I know the magazines were very expensive and the ammo was strictly controlled (at least here in Alabama)so that no hard metal cored bullets were available anyway to test. I'll bet WB could come up with a bullet that would work for testing purposes! Maybe we could make that a challenge for him in 2020....LOL

New Ruger 5.7mm... - Huey, 2019-12-31, 11:24
- Nate and I were talking about this one this morning - Gary Reeder, 2019-12-31, 11:31
  - 5.7 - Larry Fry, 2019-12-31, 11:41
    - the gun originally had military applications in mind - Gary Reeder, 2019-12-31, 11:53
  - FNs blow the shoulder forward so much... - Huey, 2019-12-31, 11:34
    - that problem had to do with the European - Gary Reeder, 2019-12-31, 11:46
      - retail on the gun is going to be $799 so I would expect it - Gary Reeder, 2019-12-31, 13:47
        As I posted below and we've discussed many times... - Huey, 2019-12-31, 14:06