FNP-45 Competition Pistol Caliber: .45 ACP • Operation: DA/SA with manual Safety 1:16" RH Twist Rate • Barrel Length: 4.5" Overall Length: 7.85" • Height: 6.33" Width: 1.58" Weight: 33.2 oz. • empty magazine: 15-round, three supplied Interchangeable arched and flat backstrap inserts with lanyard hole Adapter plates and wrenches for fitting optical sights included in soft case mSRP: $1,239 Here’s the FNP-45 Competition with an Insight MRDS bolted to the slide. By removing the filler plate and selecting the appropriate spacer/mounting plate the pistol can be adapted to accept many popular red-dot sights. Photo: Dave Anderson with small hands to try it. Although they found it oversized for them, they were able to reach the trigger and operate all the controls. They could make it go bang if they had to. The design of the FNP-45 is what might be called “21st century classic.” The frame is molded polymer and the slide is blackened stainless steel. The operating system is tilt-lock, with an abutment on the barrel ahead of the chamber locking into the front edge of the ejection port. Locking and unlocking are controlled by a cam on the underside of the barrel. Barrel length is 4.5" with conventional rifling, 6-groove, right-hand 1:16" twist, and there’s a steel guide rod with a captured, single-coil recoil spring. FNH quality hardly needs comment; 56 WWW.AMERICANHANDGUNNER.COM • SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER2011
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