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New gun......nope #7221971 03/20/21 04:16 PM 03/20/21 04:16 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,760 S.W.Oregon newhouse114 OP trapper
newhouse114 OP trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,760 S.W.Oregon	I was planning on getting a Ruger #57 as soon as I could find one in stock someplace. I found one but checked into ammo availability. Gun Broker is about the only place to get it right now and 500 rounds is bringing close to a grand! You don’t buy a new pet if you can’t afford to feed it!!!! Life Member NTA & FTA "Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain http://alaskastoneanivory.com/index

Re: New gun......nope [Re: newhouse114] #7221978 03/20/21 04:26 PM 03/20/21 04:26 PM
Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 18,561 Green County Wisconsin G GREENCOUNTYPETE trapper
GREENCOUNTYPETE trapper G Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 18,561 Green County Wisconsin	ammo availability has always been a 5.7 issue even in the best of times it was not cheap nor plentiful. the FN and the Ruger are really the only two pistols on the market America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.

Re: New gun......nope [Re: newhouse114] #7221989 03/20/21 04:49 PM 03/20/21 04:49 PM
Joined: May 2018 Posts: 10,867 SW Georgia W Wanna Be trapper
Wanna Be trapper W Joined: May 2018 Posts: 10,867 SW Georgia	Had an FN. It was a nice gun and shot fairly well, but even then ammo was expensive and hard to find at times. Ended up trading it for another .45. Just a novel gun at best for me.

Re: New gun......nope [Re: newhouse114] #7221996 03/20/21 05:02 PM 03/20/21 05:02 PM
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 189 Southeast, Alaska S SE.Current trapper
SE.Current trapper S Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 189 Southeast, Alaska	CMMG makes an AR upper in 5.7x28mm And the Ruger 57 is a fun one with a vortex venom red dot. Very accurate and seems to cycle fine with the extra weight from the optic.

Re: New gun......nope [Re: newhouse114] #7222009 03/20/21 05:14 PM 03/20/21 05:14 PM
Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 561 WV G garymc trapper
garymc trapper G Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 561 WV	As The others have cheap and 57 ammo don’t go together even in good times. I had an FN57 but sold it. The performance didn’t justify the price.

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