FN's new HiPer

[Slater]

Kinda reminds me of a Walther PDP:

"FN Herstal is announcing a brand-new 9x19mm handgun called FN HiPer. The new handgun is mainly dedicated to armed forces and law enforcement. The pistol has been designed and developed in Belgium, where it will also be manufactured."

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/...w-enforcement/

[Vgex2]

Looks ugly, but better than the first gen APX. I like that it's OR, but I think the slide cut could've been pulled back a bit to get further away from the breach. Looks like the SRO will be a no go. Are they planning to phase out the FNX if this takes off, I wonder.

[BrigandTwoFour]

Looks ugly, but better than the first gen APX. I like that it's OR, but I think the slide cut could've been pulled back a bit to get further away from the breach. Looks like the SRO will be a no go. Are they planning to phase out the FNX if this takes off, I wonder.

It wouldn't make sense to replace a DA/SA with another striker in your lineup- especially if it competes with another line of strikers (509).

IMO this thing is not destined for the US market. It has too many features that the American market would see as odd, and therefore not as good as what they're accustomed to. The most obvious two are the magazine release lever and the position of the slide release where we would normally expect to find a safety.

[Nowski87]

It looks like a Taurus TX-22 tbh

[Vgex2]

Then what's the point? Another contract gun that they'll sell 500 of and put on a couple of magazine covers, only to be completely forgotten about in two years.

[BrigandTwoFour]

Then what's the point? Another contract gun that they'll sell 500 of and put on a couple of magazine covers, only to be completely forgotten about in two years.

I think it's a contract gun for the European market, where there's far less cultural inertia around ergonomics. No more no less.

[Vgex2]

Then, in a few years we'll see it on Forgotten Weapons as the pistol that could've/should've been the next best thing.

[1986s4]

Then, in a few years we'll see it on Forgotten Weapons as the pistol that could've/should've been the next best thing.

In Range mud test !

[Slater]

Why can't these companies come up with better names? I remember the Beretta "90Two" and Walther "Creed". Both were flops.

[Eurodriver]

Wow. People are still trying to defeat the Glock 19?