Advice on Next Purchase: FNH FNP-9mm or Glock19-9mm??

[Noah3683]

My FFL will charge me $70 for shipping the FN. Is that good or are they f*cking me?!!

That's about average anymore. I've heard as low as $40 and high as $125

[626Tony]

thats a OK price ...id pay that

[Swift Justice]

Mine charges me $50 which includes DROS and I think I'm doing pretty good, don't know of anywhere else in the area that charges less than $65 and some charge a good deal more.

[jermzzzzzzz]

GLOCK HATERS BEWARE: CLICKING TO VIEW PICTURE MIGHT CAUSE SERIOUS BLINDNESS AND/OR JEALOUSY DUE TO SEXYNESS OF THE GLOCK.
CLICK AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Not impressed.

[dllma70]

I had the same questions myself and went with the FNP9, sooo much nicer than my friends glock. Your friend should buy my FNP9 I have for sale.

[jermzzzzzzz]

Is there something wrong with the picture? I'm still not jealous and can still see!

[CrazyJeep]

A GLOCK HATER SHOULDNT BE

Turn your damn caps lock off you noob. You're making us Glock owners look like amateurs.

[IPSICK]

[crazychinaman]

Hello CalGunners Commmunity!!

A friend of mine is looking at either purchasing a Glock 19 9mm or a FNH FNP 9mm.
The problem is he wants to own something different other than Glock. Everyone seems to own a Glock. While, the FNH FNP 9mm has really good reviews regarding reliability, product features, accuracy, etc.

I have been researching FNH FNP 9mm and I honestly think its an awesome handgun, (Haven't shot one yet!) just going by the research.

The reason for this post is what advice CalGuns community can give to us regarding these handguns. We all know Glock is an excellent gun. BUT what about the FNH?? do we have any owners out there? CalGunners that have had experience with the FNH FNP-9mm??
Please let us know your experiences and advice. Thanks!

I say go and buy both and tells us how they shoot.

[gearhead15]

FNP-9 owner here. It's a very reliable pistol, they had a minor issue with the housing for the fire control group in 2006-early 2007 production but corrected that. The symptom is a cracked FCG housing, but they will replace it free. For all intents and purposes the FN has a lifetime warranty. No other weaknesses that I'm aware of. Some of them will have stiff springs right out of the box but cycling a couple of hundred rounds through them loosens them up so they don't eject some rounds straight up or fail to lock back on an empty mag. They don't like underpowered rounds, 124 gr. NATO ammo runs great through them.

Stainless barrels and slides (even the black slide is stainless with Melonite treatment). Never heard of any corrosion issues and mine's always eaten anything I've fed it.

[shooterdude]

The FNP is a nice gun, but mags, parts and support could be an issue. Glocks are stupid simple to work on, the mags are dirt cheap and parts are easy to find. Holster selection will be much better with the Glock. I was shopping for a new piece and could get anything I wanted and the FNP, and G19 were both on the list, I went with a CZ SP-01.

From where did you draw the conclusion the the FNP has support issues? There is nothing but good reviews of the product and the company all over the Internet. Same can be said for CZ. I own 2 CZ's and just purchased the FNP9 and have had nothing but wonderful experiences so far. It is interesting that you used "Glock" and "stupid" in the same sentence...just saying ;-)

[BHPFan]

As big of a FN fan, I will choose G19 over FNP9. Both are great pistols, but Glock has much more parts and accessories available.

[BHPFan]

From where did you draw the conclusion the the FNP has support issues? There is nothing but good reviews of the product and the company all over the Internet. Same can be said for CZ. I own 2 CZ's and just purchased the FNP9 and have had nothing but wonderful experiences so far. It is interesting that you used "Glock" and "stupid" in the same sentence...just saying ;-)

OK, from what I gather, FN provides great support and Customer Service. However to me, Glock has the advantage of a lot more parts available from the original manufacturer or aftermarket, this make the parts less expensive than if only one company just produces the parts (for example, SCAR 17 mags are only manufactured by FN and they are expensive at $50+ each).

[hkdad]

you hit the G-SPOT!

[Joe]

Never handled or shot the FN. But I love my g19