I love the size and ergonomics of the gun. The trigger seems really stiff and hard to me. I am hoping it softens and smooths out over the first few hundred rounds.
Haven't had the chance to shoot one yet, but have fondled one a couple times. Seems like a well built FN. They're really not known for making crap though, right?
Some of the latest reviews show them as just that "crap"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkaYMhSUIeo
The 509 is one the tightest polymer pistols I own tho. I can see the tight tolerances being an issue. If I were thinking I would be subject to water sand and potting soil contamination I'd probably be carrying my glock anyway. I just don't care about the glocks like I do my other pistols lol.
Me either, that is one of many reasons I carry a Glock as an EDC. I know it will work, and IF I have to use it, when it is locked up in a property room somewhere it is easily replaced.
Not knocking the 509, I was all about getting one and I still may. I typically like what FN makes, it was just very disappointing to watch it fail so miserably.
Hickock just shoots a gun and gives his opinion. I want to know what a gun will do under stress. The 509 failed this test.I carry 509 daily, easiest way to put 17 rounds on your belt. Watch the hickock45 review it may give you a little confidence going in. The 509 is a good deal now, locally it can be had for 529 new, used 450 seems to be to mark with out extra mags from the promo. They did extend the magazine promo through September. I'd let you shoot mine if you ever shoot at atterbury, but I rarely get to plan to go its usually a before work thing.
A sample of 1, running a course of tests 1 time, with no control is as far from scientific data as you get.
A tighter pistol will not be made for the same "stresses" as a looser one.
Armed Civilian gunfights rarely, if ever take place in a mud pit or on a wet sandy beach.
Most guns fail his tests in some form, a lot that fail are proven dependable in normal carry.
Hickock45 tests and generates an educated opinion over multiple days, shooting realistic situations. While MAC lives in a Tom Clancy novel.