FNX45 - Mini Range Report - First Impressions

[ruddogg]

Hi All,

I took out my new to me FNX45 yesterday. I had around an hour to kill while waiting to pick up my daughter from ballet/Nutcracker rehearsal. I only had time to run 100 rounds through it.

Here are my initial impressions.

- soft recoil... I was pleasantly surprised at how soft the recoil felt for a .45! I have an HK45, several 1911's, and Sig P220's, so I'm no stranger to .45's.
- trigger - it's no 1911 trigger, but again I was pleasantly surprised. My biggest complaint for the HK45 is the trigger, it feels mushy and too much pre-travel for my tastes. Thus I want to send my HK45 to Gray Guns to have the trigger worked on. However, this FNX45 trigger, I didn't feel that way... definitely pleasantly surprised!
- size - when I first picked up the FNX45 from OC Armory, I thought that the grip was really big, and the gun itself is big...which it is. However, when shooting it, it felt very well balanced and didn't feel that big.

- OVERALL - I was pleasantly surprised with the FNX45... it definitely exceeded my expectations, and for the price I got it at, hard to argue anything negative about it.

[Sentenza]

Nice report, I picked up mine last month, and I'm really liking it. I shoot mostly 1911's and while the grip is thick, it's comfortable with the small backstrap - the other one was too large for me. I was also surprised with the trigger - a whole lot less flex/creep than I expected.

I picked up some Ameriglo night sights and will probably give this one a role as HD.

[BajaJames83]

very nice!
I am still debating getting rid of my FNP-45 and getting a FNX-45....

[GoatLovin]

Is that a Zero Tolerance in the background?

Oh, nice piece!

[mulyhuntr]

Guessing the first impression wasn't that good, since it's already for sale?

[missiontrails]

Guessing the first impression wasn't that good, since it's already for sale?

He probably realized all the same shortcomings that I found when I owned mine for a short time. http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/s...d.php?t=868062
However, he did get a PPQ with is a top notch weapon.

[AregularGuy]

Guessing the first impression wasn't that good, since it's already for sale?

Good catch! That's funny right there!

[ruddogg]

Is that a Zero Tolerance in the background?

Oh, nice piece!

Yes zt350

[ruddogg]

He probably realized all the same shortcomings that I found when I owned mine for a short time. However, he did get a PPQ with is a top notch weapon.

Yes I DROS'd the PPQ yesterday & couldn't justify keeping all 3. didn't plan on selling the fnx, but 1 had to go, so the fnx drew the short straw. I wish I didn't have to sell it.

[dwtt]

Yes I DROS'd the PPQ yesterday & couldn't justify keeping all 3. didn't plan on selling the fnx, but 1 had to go, so the fnx drew the short straw. I wish I didn't have to sell it.

Does your FNX45 display those problems of flexing plastic frame like what was described in the other thread? Does the trigger malfunction if you pinch the frame? My FNP45 doesn't do any of those things described in the other thread, so maybe the changes from FNP to FNX might have something to do with it, or maybe missiontrails had a lemon that got through quality control. I don't know.

[missiontrails]

Does your FNX45 display those problems of flexing plastic frame like what was described in the other thread? Does the trigger malfunction if you pinch the frame? My FNP45 doesn't do any of those things described in the other thread, so maybe the changes from FNP to FNX might have something to do with it, or maybe missiontrails had a lemon that got through quality control. I don't know.

For the sake of everyone who owns these, I hope mine was a lemon... but I spent enough time in the FN forum to know that these are funky. Heck, my FNP9 even had the slide chewing problem...

[ruddogg]

Does your FNX45 display those problems of flexing plastic frame like what was described in the other thread? Does the trigger malfunction if you pinch the frame? My FNP45 doesn't do any of those things described in the other thread, so maybe the changes from FNP to FNX might have something to do with it, or maybe missiontrails had a lemon that got through quality control. I don't know.

No it doesn't have those problems. And according to fnforum.Com they fixed the heating issue. No pinching either.