FN Five Seven - Original Model

[b-wingpilot]

Anyone else own one of the old school original FN Five Seven pistols? I've been regretting not getting one way back when Armacoat brought in a bunch, but luckily Firearms Outlet Canada recently had some police overuns for sale and I snatched one up.

 

[call2arms]

Did you get the single or the double action version?

 

[b-wingpilot]

Did you get the single or the double action version?

Snatched the last Single Action one they had. I heard bad things about the DAO triggers. Ideally I would have like a DAO model, but with the single action trigger.

 

[HKNova6]

Holy smokes. I wish I would have seen this overrun deal earlier...
I’d love to own one of theses

Most fun I’ve ever had with a pistol was at the range with one of these

Nice touch with the CS pic b-wing

 

[Casperpan68]

Snatched the last Single Action one they had. I heard bad things about the DAO triggers. Ideally I would have like a DAO model, but with the single action trigger.

The DAO they had wasn't the real DAO . It's a Gen 2 retrofitted with DAO trigger. The original didn't have a safety.

 

[AHO1]

That's a cool little gun. Also appreciate the CS pic

 

[Milspectacles]

The DAO they had wasn't the real DAO . It's a Gen 2 retrofitted with DAO trigger. The original didn't have a safety.

This is misinformation, the DAO models that were sold by FOC did not have safeties. They are not retrofitted, however they are not identical to the original NATO trial DAO model either. The guns that FOC sold were late model DAO's with serial numbers just preceding the tactical model - they are mechanically identical to the early DAO's asides from the addition of a slide release, cosmetically it is also missing the small image of the pistol on the left side of the frame. There are a few posts on the FN Forum where one was for sale and some of the foremost "FiveSeven experts" denied the existence of the gun until one of them decided to buy it and suddenly a new "ultra-rare" model was discovered

 

[J.Hancock]

That dust one or dust two though?