FNS-9 Issues
Active Response Training reports:
The instructors carrying them noted a very serious problem with the gun which had gone unrecognized until recently.
There are a couple of situations where the slide will lock up cannot be racked. When this happens, the slide can only be released by pulling the trigger. This can be disasterous in a defensive situation (especially during a malfunction if you can’t clear a bad round) and dangerous even for more casual shooting if an inexperienced person is unfamiliar with the problem.
According to the instructors with whom I spoke, the slide locking problem happens most often if the muzzle is struck (which could occur during a struggle over the gun or if the gun is dropped in a fight). It doesn’t seem to take much force to cause the slide to freeze.
June 15th, 2012 at 8:28 am
The only time I noticed this particular issue is when dry firing the weapon, and then pulling the trigger forward without the slide cycling. I let a friend of mine handle the weapon and when that happened it freaked me out. I thought I bought a POS. I figured it out and was able to duplicate the problem. So once again, if you dry fire the weapon, and the trigger is literally pulled forward without the slide cycling, the slide will lock and you will not be able to rack it without pulling the trigger back first. The same thing will happen with a glock and an XD. I’ve duplicated that problem on all of those weapons.