FN Reflex XL

We were impressed by the Reflex XL at shot so we bought one and shot it today and it's a great pistol.

The XL struck me as a great alternative to the sig x macro or the Glock 48 and other like pistols. What surprised us at shot was the ergonomics but specially the trigger. They advertised the trigger as 5 but ours was breaking at 4lbs out of the box and 3.6lbs after greasing the sear (yes we were surprised as well)

Shooting the gun the initial impressions are that it's very accurate if you do your job. Once I found what I needed to be doing with the trigger I was frequently touching shots doing transition drills at 4 yards on 2in circles and 10 yards Static fire we had a very nice group at a reasonable cadence. It is possible to ride the slide release if you have bigger hands. We did have that issue about 3 or 4 times in 100 rounds but that was just with one shooter out of two. This can definitely be trained around. The gun is very light and has grip in the right places. It is less snappy than some of its competitors I've shot.

We bought this gun because we wanted to find alternative specifically to the sig something that was easier to shoot and I think FN has done a great job with this pistol from our short initial impressions. Better iron sights or a red dot like the holosun eps carry would be a perfect compliment to this pistol.

I'm excited to dig in and see what kind of custom work we can offer for these. We will be looking at chunk porting, a stippling package and perhaps a slide milling package if there's enough material. But out of the box I'm a fan. We will report back with our findings as far as customization later. If the FN reflex XL intrigued you then definitely go check one out.