Which would you keep?

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I've had this FNS-40 for a while and I bought it with the stainless slide (from that super cheap batch when they were around 300) but I'm generally not a fan of stainless... so I started working towards getting a black slide... and a 9mm conversion barrel - took long enough.

So which would you keep? I don't need both but having some doubts...

Black

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Or stainless

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Because as it turns out the stainless goes very well with another stainless FN I have (old pic)

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Why even bother? Because this is after all the most canadian handgun when equipped with a conversion barrel (from EFK) - the 40 mag is limited in such a way that it takes only 10 rounds of 40 but ignores 9 - so it's full capacity of 17 rounds of 9mm - legally
 
Tough choice! I had a similar issue when trying to decide between an all black or SS/black tuxedo looking Staccato P

The SS looked great but I thought I might get sick of it and so I chose all black

I still question my decision when I see an SS/black model

And also I really like the matte finish on your SS slide, its not too bling. All that said Id probably still go all black and question that decision at times
 
BlackPowderBurner said:
St. Petersburg Military Academy FN1900…mmmmm…..cou:
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Ha! You noticed :)

Butcherbill said:
I would go .40s&w with a black slide if I had to choose one, realistically I’d keep both and shoot 9mm & .40s&w out of one gun.
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Don't need to keep both slides to shoot both calibers. AS pictured I have two slides, two 40sw barrels and 1 40-9 conversion barrel. Really not easy to decide which slide to keep :(
 
You may not need two slides, but do you need to get rid of one of them ? I would have no trouble hanging onto both sets, but then, I have trouble getting rid of any of my gun stuff. Why not just sit on the decision for the time being and over a period of time, you may decide (without doubt) which you would like to divest yourself of.
 
Rippo said:
Why not get one milled for a Dot?
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That's a good option.

If nothing changes and we can never acquire new handguns, parts like slides and barrels are a good thing to keep around. Not that you'll ever shoot out a 9mm barrel, but it can't hurt to have some extra parts in case something happens (Say you squib and bulge a barrel/damage the slide or something stupid). I would definitely keep both.
 
How likely am I to need to replace a slide? Since milling came up - how much more likely is a milled slide to break? Because I can mill the one I'm keeping and the optic is removable if I don't want it... I should have mentioned that I also have a short (regular to the pictured long) slide I'm keeping... Money is not tight but I can always find something else to spend it on instead of keeping it tied up...

Though on the subject of optics on handguns - that market is in a lot of flux - the standard mount interface is yet to be settled, depth of cut still being argued about - I'm likely to wait for all that to be hashed out before I mill anything.

I'm still undecided - I hated the look of the gun with the stainless slide at first, but now that I have the black one, I can't say I love it that much more... ugh!
 
nintendohunter said:
I'd need money very very badly to force me to sell that slide and barrel. This is very likely stuff you may never be able to acquire again.
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Black one came from the US. Really was not a big deal apart from the time and that was mostly my fault.

Otherwise I have too much in the way of parts taking up boxes and boxes... and more guns than I can ever expect to shoot... some stuff needs to go...
 
nintendohunter said:
I'd need money very very badly to force me to sell that slide and barrel. This is very likely stuff you may never be able to acquire again.
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You can still buy handguns from IRG. They just strip the frame and send you everything but the registered part. Not a particularly cheap way to get a slide and barrel, but very much something you can still acquire.
 
I have an FNS9LS in stainless and one in black also,, after many years I still can’t decide which one I prefer lol, good luck trying to decide!
 
KotKotofeich said:
...Though on the subject of optics on handguns - that market is in a lot of flux - the standard mount interface is yet to be settled, depth of cut still being argued about - I'm likely to wait for all that to be hashed out before I mill anything. ...
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I wouldn't let that stand in your way. There are only a few common options for pattern at this point, I'd just go with whatever the shop recommended.

And, definitely choose an experienced shop.
 
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