For those of you considering buying a used fm 90 from j&g or sog . I would highly advise to stay away from them.
First of all buying one will cost you about $375-$400 depending what taxes and dealer fees you get hit up with.
You can easily find a browning or a fn hi power used for $450-$500.
Problems you will find on these fm 90 pistols are.
1. Deformed or damages sights ( can not get replacements).
2. Grips are all dry rotted falling apart.
3. Alot of the metal surfaces are really dinged up or show signs of the pistols being dropped, on muzzle , frame and slide. You really need to look at one in your own hands before you buy one.
4. After thouroughly taking it apart and inspecting it i wasn't inpressed with the fit and finish of the parts, feg pistols are finished and have better fitment of the parts.
5. Poor quality metal used in some parts- upon removing the spring from the hammer strut, 2 times to replace with a lighter spring, the threads became worn and would no longer allow the nut to engage. I had to replace it with a browning hammer strut and nut.
Note ! I took apart a fn israel hp 20 times that did not strip or fail to engage the threads.
6. After removing mag safety feature, the trigger is very sloppy and has excessive clearance or side play in the frame. A browning or fn won't have this.
7. Recoil spring guide was also damaged and had to be replaced with a old browning one.
8. Overall most of these guns have been shot to hell , dropped, and made with inferior parts in comparison to brownings or fn's.
These guns are really over priced if they were fn manufacture or browning then they would be worth $300-$400. But since they are fm manufacture and new ones only sold for $300 when they were on market. These current shot up surplus ones are only worth $150.
9. The fm pistols also have no resale, if you pay $375 for one , you will only be able to trade it for $150 or sell it to a private party for $257-$300.
10. The one positive this is that after we replaced alot of the internal parts with browning hi power parts and installed the sights and thouroughly went thru the gun it was reliable and shot good groups. But note we spent alot more on this gun then it was worth and we could have bought a used browning hi power that would have out of the box surpassed the fm 90 in quality and accuracy and resale value for what we put into the fm pistol.
So summing things up, if you have money to throw away buy the fm 90 and tinker with it, if not don't waste your money and spend another $100 and buy a browning.
First of all buying one will cost you about $375-$400 depending what taxes and dealer fees you get hit up with.
You can easily find a browning or a fn hi power used for $450-$500.
Problems you will find on these fm 90 pistols are.
1. Deformed or damages sights ( can not get replacements).
2. Grips are all dry rotted falling apart.
3. Alot of the metal surfaces are really dinged up or show signs of the pistols being dropped, on muzzle , frame and slide. You really need to look at one in your own hands before you buy one.
4. After thouroughly taking it apart and inspecting it i wasn't inpressed with the fit and finish of the parts, feg pistols are finished and have better fitment of the parts.
5. Poor quality metal used in some parts- upon removing the spring from the hammer strut, 2 times to replace with a lighter spring, the threads became worn and would no longer allow the nut to engage. I had to replace it with a browning hammer strut and nut.
Note ! I took apart a fn israel hp 20 times that did not strip or fail to engage the threads.
6. After removing mag safety feature, the trigger is very sloppy and has excessive clearance or side play in the frame. A browning or fn won't have this.
7. Recoil spring guide was also damaged and had to be replaced with a old browning one.
8. Overall most of these guns have been shot to hell , dropped, and made with inferior parts in comparison to brownings or fn's.
These guns are really over priced if they were fn manufacture or browning then they would be worth $300-$400. But since they are fm manufacture and new ones only sold for $300 when they were on market. These current shot up surplus ones are only worth $150.
9. The fm pistols also have no resale, if you pay $375 for one , you will only be able to trade it for $150 or sell it to a private party for $257-$300.
10. The one positive this is that after we replaced alot of the internal parts with browning hi power parts and installed the sights and thouroughly went thru the gun it was reliable and shot good groups. But note we spent alot more on this gun then it was worth and we could have bought a used browning hi power that would have out of the box surpassed the fm 90 in quality and accuracy and resale value for what we put into the fm pistol.
So summing things up, if you have money to throw away buy the fm 90 and tinker with it, if not don't waste your money and spend another $100 and buy a browning.