Flesh colored custom ear plugs? Or good old fashioned stupidity? I had 720p on and couldn’t distinctively spot “ear hole” so i’m going to give him the benefit of the doubt.
What’s with the location he’s carrying his 1911 at? That looks real awkward.
Thoughts?
Wow, the production value and detail is very nice!
I can hardly wait to see the videos on the rest of the weapons used in the game.
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Maybe FN Herstal re-thought this advertisement after it was printed, because http://www.fnhusa.com/FIVESEVENhomedefense6 does not go to any sort of relevant product page.
I don’t consider myself a ballistics expert by any means, but just like every other cartridge, I believe 5.7x28mm has its purpose. In my opinion, close range home defense is not one of them. I’d much rather have a bigger and slower round (9mm, .45 etc..) for that purpose, over a tiny fast one any day. The way I look at it, is the bigger the wound(s) you create, the faster the fight is going to be over.
There is a common misconception that all 5.7x28mm rounds will penetrate body armor. Although there are variants of the cartridge that will, they are not available to anyone outside of law enforcement. In January of 2005 the ATF released a letter to the public outlining the capabilities of commercially available 5.76x28mm ammo.
The only relevant reason I can see for targeting women in this ad campaign is the fact that the 5.7x28mm round has less recoil than other popular home defense rounds. The manageable recoil would allow for more accurate follow up shots.
The FN Five-Seven MSRP is $1317.19 (ouch!)
New from FN Herstal… the BLACK BOX
The FN Black Box stores information that allows preventive maintenance and facilitates corrective maintenance, which greatly increases weapon reliability and availability.
The FN Black Box is a molded module that fits in any weapon type.
It features a non-replaceable battery that has a remarkable service life of 10 years and a recording capacity of 100,000 rounds.
The FN Black Box:
The armorer can therefore anticipate necessary maintenance actions and consult all previous maintenance operations when and as required.
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Part of the reason I like guns so much is that there are no electronics in them. I know this is just a monitoring device, but still it just seems like a headache waiting to happen.
Source – FN Herstal – HERE
Hat Tip – SayUncle
The Five-SeveN pistol was released to the U.S. civilian market in 2004. Shortly thereafter, the Brady Campaign and a trio of anti-gun law enforcement organizations made the claim that the gun was a “cop killer.” This claim was based upon a misrepresentation of marketing materials discussing the pistol’s capabilities using SS190 armor-piercing ammunition and non-certified “tests” that were contradicted by more stringent and controlled testing done by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (BATF).
Link to ATF test results: http://www.atf.gov/firearms/firearmstech/fabriquen.htm
Slower, heavier bullets such as those found in the .40 S&W and .45 ACP hollow point cartridges favored by American law enforcement dump most if not all of their energy in the human body. The difference between a wound from a 5.7 bullet and a .45 ACP is not dissimilar to the difference between the wound from an ice pick and the wound from a sledgehammer. The ice pick will penetrate far deeper, but the sledgehammer will cause far more traumatic injuries.
The simple fact of the matter is that there is good reason to believe that at least some of those wounded in Thursday’s shooting are alive today because of the 5.7 cartridge’s dubious capabilities.
Full article – HERE
Hat Tip: SayUncle Blog
