Military adopting new pistol?

[MastaCAK47]

I was doing alot of research on the net and came accross some reading about the United States Military adopting the Fabrique Nationale Herstal FNP-45 Semi Auto Polymer Frame pistol for duty use. I (who have had experience with this pistol) hope they do not turn to this pistol mainly due to reliability issues. I had 4 of these pistols, no joke and all but one failed. I sent my originally purchased FNP-45 back when I first bought it due to extreme jamming issues, second had bore missing, third again with jamming issues, eventually after a year, I had a working pistol. I did enjoy it for awhile and purchased a FNX-40 which eventually after awhile developed cracks behind the trigger and looked to appear as if the frame was going to fall apart. Keep in mind I used standard FMJ Winchester (Also owned by FNH USA) for all of the above firearms. I don't feel that these pistols are better then the Beretta, in fact, far from it. I also feel for the price you pay for the FNH USA at most places, you can buy an H&K, however, this may only pertain to civilians rather then L.E./Military. I think in this case the military wants a firearm that represents the United States rather then a firearm in Italy however, if this is the case they need to choose a more reputable pistol, even go back to the 1911 if they must. I also believe this factor to play in the reason why the AR-15 will never be replaced though technology has surpassed it. I don't know how you guys feel about this if this possible rumor is 'true'. Personally, I love and will only stick with GLOCKs and I have always favored the AK series rifles over all mainly due to reliability and for CQC, the AK does well, especially with the EOTech installed, this is my opinion based on experience, though. How do you all feel about this?

[Rich]

I was under the impression the military did very rigorious testing of firearms...so if there is a problem with the FN it should show up. Special forces are already using Sigs so I dont know if that means the relationship with Beretta is over or not. Be interesting to see.

[OakRidgeStars]

I haven't had a problem with my FNP-45, but it does take a little getting used to when it comes to that yard-long trigger plug

I can tell you that mine likes a generous amount of lubrication.

I've never heard of any U.S. military forces actually using the FNP series, but I'm sure they have tested them.

[grumpyMSG]

The article you were reading was probably a couple of years old, when the Army was managing a new .45 ACP program, the Joint Combat Pistol maybe?? It was canceled, some of the manufacturers were submitting pistols to the magazines "for review" saying stuff like "this will be the basis for our submission for the JCP" once we receive the final requirements. FN, Beretta, H&K and a few others used it for a marketing pitch. Like so many other programs, it was canceled before they couldn't even reach a consensus on DA/SA decocker, manual safety, DAO etc..

In the big scheme of things, a pistol is a secondary defensive weapon, with some special exceptions. Why the military ever adopted the Beretta M9 is beyond me. if the M1911A1 was to big for women to use effectively, why purchase a pistol that is similar in size and actually wider in the grip? It does weigh less, but that does not make it easier for smaller hands to hold it. My own thoughts are, I don't like the location of Beretta's safety/decocker on the slide. I would prefer just a decocker style pistol with a 10 pound DA pull and 5 pound SA after the first shot. It is to easy to draw the Beretta point and try to pull the trigger in the heat of the moment only to realize the safety is on. To the other extreme are the striker fired pistols like the Glock or DAO pistols. I know the whole "it won't go off without the trigger pulled" thing, but if something hooks that trigger or in the heat of the moment your finger ends up in the trigger guard while drawing the pistol, it might go off. I prefer the extra resistance that the decocker creates.