Senior Member
Registered: Dec 2002
Location: Nashville, TN
Posts: 1826
Well I had heard that FN might possibly market a semi auto 16inch barrel in the near future should the AWB go away.
Well my local dealer said that he has two on pre-order and that it is official that they are making a civilian version.
........might just be the gun that I pay the $200 SBR fee for me thinks.
Just a heads up.
Chris
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SOT_II
Senior Member
Registered: Oct 2003
Location:
Posts: 111
I'd call FN directly for the scoop on this. Considering the p90 is made outside the US it won't meet the parts count and in turn won't be availible for sale to civilians.
FNMI produces guns adopted by the US military in the US as per contract (and even that production is limited). As the p90 has suffered poor sales in the US there is very little or no reason for it to be produced here.
Also consider this before everyone starts thinking all the machine guns and evil featured assault weapons will end up on the shores of the US when the ban goes away...it takes MONTHS and millions of dollars to ramp up a product line.
If the AWB goes away, do you think at some point something new won't replace it? Do you think a MFG in their right mind is going to commit the money and resource to MAYBE sell a few thousand units of a given gun? Do you think they are going to take the months of effort and documentation to get approval for a gun from the BATFE when they full well don't even know if the ban is going away or if it will stay away?
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shoobe01
Senior Member
Registered: Mar 2004
Location: Kansas City
Posts: 297
David Fortier, in his recent article on FN in the SGN, categorically states that there is to be a semi-auto P90 and in general FN is committed to US civilian sales. He write this while on a visit to the FN plant in Herstal, so I tend to believe it.
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