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HighValleyRanch · September 15, 2017, 11:51 AM

For any glock haters, just subsitute the glock for your favorite 9mm pistol for comparison.

I was watching Hickok45 on his review of an FN 5.7.
Light bullet weight, super high velocity and low recoi, right?
So the stats for some Amercian eagle 5.7 40 grain ammo is 1655 fps with 243 ft. pounds ME.

So that got me to wondering if you could get a 9mm pistol to act like that?
So Liberty Civil defense 9mm +P is 50 grains @ 2000 fps, and Double tap has a 77 grain at 1625 fps.
Or like this ammo:
https://www.sportsmansguide.com/prod...unds?a=1596238

So the question is, seeing that you could get a 50 grain bullet up to the same speeds as a FN 5.7, could you get the same low recoil effect with a comprable load? More a hypothetical question than why would you want to do that, or comparisons of actual defense use, etc.

So could you get a glock 17 to be like a FN 5.7?

September 15, 2017, 11:51 AM	#1
HighValleyRanch Senior Member Join Date: July 15, 2005 Posts: 4,066	FN 5.7 vs. Glock 17 For any glock haters, just subsitute the glock for your favorite 9mm pistol for comparison. I was watching Hickok45 on his review of an FN 5.7. Light bullet weight, super high velocity and low recoi, right? So the stats for some Amercian eagle 5.7 40 grain ammo is 1655 fps with 243 ft. pounds ME. So that got me to wondering if you could get a 9mm pistol to act like that? So Liberty Civil defense 9mm +P is 50 grains @ 2000 fps, and Double tap has a 77 grain at 1625 fps. Or like this ammo: https://www.sportsmansguide.com/prod...unds?a=1596238 So the question is, seeing that you could get a 50 grain bullet up to the same speeds as a FN 5.7, could you get the same low recoil effect with a comprable load? More a hypothetical question than why would you want to do that, or comparisons of actual defense use, etc. So could you get a glock 17 to be like a FN 5.7? __________________ From the sweet grass to the slaughter house; From birth until death; We travel between these two eternities........from 'Broken Trail"