I do not see the point of this cartridge.
The only reason people get enamored with the 5-7 is because in their mind it can penetrate body armor when used with ammo not available to most of them. It is perceived to be badass just like owing a pit bull terrier or riding Harley Davidson w/o wearing a helmet.i really dont get why people get enamored with the FN five seven round.. to be quite blunt its internal ballistics are complete crap.. sure its a high velocity, accurate round, but it hits barely better than a .22lr.. you can carry 20 rounds, but youre going to NEED 20 rounds to do the same job a 9 mil or 45acp can do with half that... and lets not forget the only pistol really chambered for it is the FN five-seven.. overweight, very bulky, very long length of pull, and generally not a good pistol, surely not for self defense
if you just like the idea of a high velocity bottleneck cartridge, get a 7.62x25, get a 30 luger, get a .22 TCM and you have something exponentially better than 5.7x28mm
The only reason people get enamored with the 5-7 is because in their mind it can penetrate body armor when used with ammo not available to most of them. It is perceived to be badass just like owing a pit bull terrier or riding Harley Davidson w/o wearing a helmet.
After all a center of mass shot is a center of mass shot, and a leg shot is a leg shot, no matter the caliber.
I can't think of another pistol that shoots flat out to 150 yards, has relatively zero muzzle flip, and can hold 20 rounds in a standard magazine (30 in an extended mag). If you find yourself up against a Paris style attack, having to engage a terrorist at 100+ yards, I think you'd be hard-pressed to find something else up to the task as well as the FN 5.7.I'm not a fan personally. The ammo is obscure, uncommon, and expensive. It doesn't have much of a following in the reloading world, which is very important to me. The terminal performance is not great out of a pistol (out of a p90 it is much more respectable).
It is a neat pistol and I can see that having a well made, light weight, accurate, flat shooting, low recoil, high capacity pistol being quite fun. But there are better options for defensive use.
I also don't understand the obsession with magazine capacity in defense pistols. Especially when it means making major sacrifices in other areas. Although I certainly respect anyone's decision to do so.