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Category - FN Rifles - Tactical Rifles - Sub Guns

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Tactical Rifles - Sub Guns

FN USA PS90 5.7x28 16” Rifle SKU 3848950460 New in Box

Description:
The PS90 is the civilian legal version of the P90 submachine gun. The latter was introduced to the world in 1990 (hence the designation P90) as part of a plan to replace the 9mm pistols and sub-machineguns currently in NATO’s arsenal with a pistol and sub-machinegun combo chambered for a new, small-caliber pistol round designed to be able to pierce body armor with the ability to tumble afterwards in order to maximize wounding potential. FN’s entry to this contest was the P90 and FN Five-Seven pistol, chambered in the 5.7x28mm cartridge. H&K’s entry was the MP7 sub-machinegun and UCP pistol, chambered for their own 4.6x30mm cartridge. Testing by NATO in 2002 – 2003 showed the 5.7 round to be far superior, with the 4.6x30mm cartridge giving such poor ballistic performance from the UCP that the pistol was cancelled altogether. Unsurprisingly, Germany and a few other countries refused to standardize on the 5.7 and so the 9mm remains as the NATO standard pistol cartridge to this day. Fortunately, FN realized what they had in the P90 and marketed it worldwide, finding far more success with it than H&K with the MP7. Indeed, the P90 became so popular that FN was encouraged to release a civilian-legal carbine in the US as the PS90. Aside from the obvious difference of being semi-automatic only, the PS90 also has a longer barrel to meet the NFA requirement of having a 16-inch-long barrel. This length includes the integral muzzle brake, and so the actual length of the rifling in the bore is 14.8 inches. Military issue P90s utilize a novel 50-round magazine. For the civilian sales of the PS90 version, FN normally issues the gun with a 10 or 30-round magazine; however, there is no physical difference between the three, other than a spacer present in the first two to limit magazine capacity. A change-out of the internals can convert the 30-round into a 50-round in short order. All controls of the PS90 are ambidextrous. This example is new in the box and comes with one “30-round” magazine. It should be noted that the dust cover is made entirely of polymer. Over time, interaction between the bolt and the dust cover can leave the internal surface area of the latter with heavy wear. This eventual wear is not unusual for the PS90 and was considered an acceptable tradeoff by FN. It should be borne in mind that the dust cover’s sole function is to prevent dust from getting into the action and that its condition, whether new-in-the-box or heavily worn, does not affect the operation of the rifle itself. In any case, many PS90 owners have stated before that they have seen the dust cover take a beating but never fail. The PS90 would make an excellent home defense gun. As an interesting side note, on February 25th, 2021, FN Herstal announced that the 5.7x28 cartridge was recently recognized as a NATO caliber with the NATO STANAG 4509. Although the 9mm Para is still the standard pistol round, the 5.7x28 has managed to achieve after all this time part of what the FN engineers set out to do 31 years prior.

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Rifle Caliber: 5.7x28mm
Manufacturer: FN-USA
Model: PS90
Serial Number: FN161038
Bore: Rifled, 8 grooves, 1:9 in. (1 in 228.6 mm) RH twist, rifling length 14.8 inches (376 mm)
Ejectors: Auto-ejection
Condition: New in Box
Barrels: Carbon Steel
Barrel Type: Round steel barrel with integral flash suppressor
Action: Semi-auto, bullpup rifle, blowback operation, closed bolt.
Triggers: Sliding type
Stock: Synthetic thumbhole bullpup design, forward hand-stop
Fore End: Synthetic
LOP: 13.375 inches (339.725 mm)
Finish: Matte black
Weight: 6.28 lbs.
Sights: Back-up iron sights, sight radius 6.5 inches (165 mm)
Case: FN Box