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Hello all,
I had been looking at FNP9's for several months. I liked what I was reading online (including this site) and it fit great in my hand, so I bought one. Just got around to shooting it on Sunday. As first impressions are everything, I'm not very pleased.
I went through 170 rounds of Remington 115gr UMC. The first couple of magazines were plagued with feeding jams. I had to clear almost every other shot because it was getting stuck (seemed like it was feeding too vertically and jamming into the top of the chamber). Also, of the 10 magazines I went through, I only had two lock-backs after the final shot. And, the ejection was completely sporatic. Some would go to the right, some to the left, some in between my shooting arms, and some on the top of my head.
I've read on this forum that some FNP9's take a break-in period while others don't. Admittedly, the shooting was getting better towards the end of my session. I was getting less feeding jams (still some, though) and the two lock-backs I got were the last two magazines. I will be shooting this pistol again next week. If the problems don't clear up completely after another 100rds, I will be contacting FN for sure. I'm still thinking about contacting them now to see what they're doing during manufacture to break in these seemingly too-stiff recoil springs. It's completely unacceptable to have the customer go through the break-in. Like I said, first impressions are everything. Before I even shot the thing, I was telling everyone about FNP9s and how much I like them. Now it's going to take a lot of performance out of my FNP9 to make me go back to thinking that way.
-Steve
I had been looking at FNP9's for several months. I liked what I was reading online (including this site) and it fit great in my hand, so I bought one. Just got around to shooting it on Sunday. As first impressions are everything, I'm not very pleased.
I went through 170 rounds of Remington 115gr UMC. The first couple of magazines were plagued with feeding jams. I had to clear almost every other shot because it was getting stuck (seemed like it was feeding too vertically and jamming into the top of the chamber). Also, of the 10 magazines I went through, I only had two lock-backs after the final shot. And, the ejection was completely sporatic. Some would go to the right, some to the left, some in between my shooting arms, and some on the top of my head.
I've read on this forum that some FNP9's take a break-in period while others don't. Admittedly, the shooting was getting better towards the end of my session. I was getting less feeding jams (still some, though) and the two lock-backs I got were the last two magazines. I will be shooting this pistol again next week. If the problems don't clear up completely after another 100rds, I will be contacting FN for sure. I'm still thinking about contacting them now to see what they're doing during manufacture to break in these seemingly too-stiff recoil springs. It's completely unacceptable to have the customer go through the break-in. Like I said, first impressions are everything. Before I even shot the thing, I was telling everyone about FNP9s and how much I like them. Now it's going to take a lot of performance out of my FNP9 to make me go back to thinking that way.
-Steve