"Is 5.7x28mm an Effective Self-Defense Round?" Topic
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Tango01  | 16 Sep 2020 9:49 p.m. PST |
"It might be premature to say that FN Herstal's 5.7x28mm cartridge ("5.7") is experiencing a renaissance, but the cartridge has done something that most proprietary-ish, specialized calibers don't do: Bask in increased popularity decades after its introduction. Now, in addition to the Five-seveN pistol and the P90, a number of manufacturers have already committed to the 5.7 in the form of AR conversion kits and AR-based sub-gun builds. Most notably and more recently, however, Ruger introduced the Ruger-57, a reasonably priced but comparable pistol to FN's thousand-dollar Five-seveN handgun…"
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| oldjarhead | 18 Sep 2020 2:24 p.m. PST |
I don't remember who said it, but I re/was told "Never get in a gunfight without a gun that starts with .4 or ends in magnum", while the 5.7 is fast it is a very light round. |
| Tango01 | 19 Sep 2020 11:01 a.m. PST |
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| 14th NJ Vol | 19 Sep 2020 6:24 p.m. PST |
Designed to defeat body armor, in CQB it will do the job if the operator knows they are doing. |
| pikeman666 | 19 Sep 2020 8:10 p.m. PST |
Hey, it worked great for the USAF heroes in Stargate, didn't it? |
| Tango01 | 20 Sep 2020 4:27 p.m. PST |
Dude…! (smile)
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| chironex | 26 Sep 2020 9:57 p.m. PST |
What kind of body armour is a DAMAGE REDUCTION round supposed to defeat? Padded bras? YouTube link Apparently the answer is L2 soft armour. Although it's not really about penetration there; if the 9mm is stopped its energy will still go somewhere, which will just as well impair the target. youtu.be/zRaCmUTS2t8 |
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