Will 2020 be a breakout year for the 5.7x28mm? 

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Will 2020 be a breakout year for the 5.7x28mm? Affordable and Americanized 5.7x28mm pistols are coming in early 2020!

The 5.7x28mm cartridge has been out for some time. Development started around 1986, then officially introduced in 1990 as the SS90. The main commercial platforms for this cartridge have been the FN FiveSeven Pistol and the PS90 rifle. There are other manufacturers that produce firearms that will feed the 5.7x28mm, but the caliber is mainly associated with FN’s firearms. And with good reason, the PS90 and the FiveSeven pistol was developed around the 5.7 cartridge. The association of the 5.7 caliber with these two main firearms also contributes to the main problem of the 5.7x28: it has a popularity problem with American consumers. It appears this issue will be addressed in 2020 as several American firearms companies have an affordable 5.7x28mm in their pipeline!



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5.7 is not much more than the .22 Jet or .22 mag when fired from a short barrel pistol. Maybe 1600 fps or so is the average velocity for all three.
The shooting community is enamored with any caliber with a "." in the designation currently.
I see it staying around for awhile though with reasonably priced pistols.
 

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If Ruger really makes this, it will probably go to the top of my wish list. The 5.7 is a serious cartridge, nothing to shrug off as just a small caliber oddity and this combo should be reliable and highly effective.
 

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