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MY FN Tactical quit throwing cases in my face...
3/24/2011 7:23:57 PM
This is the 5th time I have shot it and not a single case hit my glasses today and I shot 3 different brands of ammo.
Yayyyyyyy
Yayyyyyyy
3/25/2011 3:10:33 PM
Originally Posted By JRandyH:
This is the 5th time I have shot it and not a single case hit my glasses today and I shot 3 different brands of ammo.
Yayyyyyyy
This is the 5th time I have shot it and not a single case hit my glasses today and I shot 3 different brands of ammo.
Yayyyyyyy
total round count?
mine stopped doing it around 550
3/25/2011 4:27:02 PM
Well thats great news. My should quit in the next couple hundred rounds.
JCS
JCS
3/25/2011 5:42:33 PM
Probably 400-500 now.
JR
JR
3/25/2011 8:09:10 PM
My USG never did do this................. 
3/26/2011 2:22:50 PM
Mine never did either, although I read about some problems people were having and when I first bought it I kept the slide locked back. I figured this would help weaken the spring a bit. 
3/26/2011 7:45:22 PM
Originally Posted By MoNkEyTurbo:
Mine never did either, although I read about some problems people were having and when I first bought it I kept the slide locked back. I figured this would help weaken the spring a bit.
Mine never did either, although I read about some problems people were having and when I first bought it I kept the slide locked back. I figured this would help weaken the spring a bit.
For what its worth, keeping a spring compressed does not weaken it. Springs fatigue from compression / decompression cycles.
And for the record, my FNP .45 and FNP .45 Tactical have never tossed brass in my face nor have they had any type of malfunctions regardless of ammo type or magazine.
3/26/2011 10:45:28 PM
It was bad enough to scratch my glasses which are polycarbonate and I had just paid 500 for them so wasn't happy.
JR
JR
3/27/2011 8:04:35 AM
Originally Posted By JTrusty:
For what its worth, keeping a spring compressed does not weaken it. Springs fatigue from compression / decompression cycles.
Originally Posted By MoNkEyTurbo:
Mine never did either, although I read about some problems people were having and when I first bought it I kept the slide locked back. I figured this would help weaken the spring a bit.
Mine never did either, although I read about some problems people were having and when I first bought it I kept the slide locked back. I figured this would help weaken the spring a bit.
For what its worth, keeping a spring compressed does not weaken it. Springs fatigue from compression / decompression cycles.
I agree, I should mention I also probably dry-fired and racked the slide over 500 times.
4/11/2011 2:31:46 PM
My FNP 45 (brand new) throws the brass right in my face, so I can sympathize with the scratched glasses.
Hopefully it will eventually stop.
My 45 Tactical never had this problem.
Hopefully it will eventually stop.
My 45 Tactical never had this problem.
4/12/2011 12:45:52 AM
Mine finally quit. I have put 500 rounds through it now.Everyonce in awhile one will come close but nothing like when I first got it and it threw them hard enough to scratch polycarbonate glasses.
JR
JR
4/12/2011 6:27:16 AM
mine is getting better, still hits me in the arm/shoulder
4/13/2011 7:52:09 AM
Hopefully it will continue to improve. If its not better would send it back. It was starting to cause me to get paranoid shooting it at first. I even went so far as to buy some construction eye protection which are not really clear.
JR
JR
4/13/2011 10:20:00 AM
My USG never did this, but from what I've read where this happens to people, it quits after the break in period ~200-500 rounds.
5/13/2011 2:41:52 AM
mine does the same...few more hundred rounds to go then i guess
5/14/2011 8:48:28 PM
Originally Posted By BobCole:
My USG never did do this.................
My USG never did do this.................
My FNP .45 hasn't, either. In fact, if I was to set a bucket two feet to my right, at
about 4 o' clock, I could catch 90% of my brass.
Can't beat that at all.
