To anyone watching, my brand new Relfex came with a rounded bottom edge of the extractor. Looks like these are now fixed from factory.

@XRING

2 ай бұрын

Great to know and thanks for the update.

@K.Flo.outdoors

2 ай бұрын

I just bought one yesterday but have to wait 72hrs because I live in a sensitive state. Once I get it on Monday I’ll let you know what I see just to confirm. I’m hoping I get a rounded extractor.

@SiDaKid2000

2 ай бұрын

@@K.Flo.outdoors sooo how’s it lookin?????

@mitchellsands7617

Ай бұрын

​@SiDaKid2000 I work at a gun store and got a new production one, and had many many failures out of the box that I documented. That's how I ended up on this video

@K.Flo.outdoors

Ай бұрын

Update. Mine has the issue while chambering. The extractor still has a sharp edge. Put 200rds through so far and still hasn’t worked itself out.

Thank you! I purchased a reflex to carry as a concealed duty gun. for the first 350 rounds through it, I couldn't get 3 consecutive rounds without a failure to feed, (probably 6 different loads with a variety of projectile shapes). I couldn't even manually cycle the gun without continuous failures to feed. I've owned and shot probably 40 handguns, none of which had these issues. I just completed the extractor mod and while I haven't shot the gun yet, I am extremely confident, problem solved! I've manually cycled 3 mags of round nose, hollow point, and a mix mag and all fed smooth with no issues. I will say that, I now really like this gun and am confident with it but shame on FN for the lack of testing and acknowledging this issue as others have reported.

@pushonline1568

3 ай бұрын

I had 7 FTF but it was Fiocchi ammo w/ hard primers. I switched to Blazer, then all my self defense ammo and had FTF 700 rounds later.

I purchased 2 of these; 1 for my wife and one for me. New, my wife's would fail to feed about every 5th round regardless of ammo. On hers, the hammer retention pin on the handle was backing out about every 200 rounds. Mine failed to feed about every 2-3 rounds. Even with 550 rounds through each gun it was no better. Both were returned to FN. On my wife's, they said the extractor spring tension was too high (they "adjusted" the tension) and the hammer retention pin had been installed backwards (they properly replaced the pin). Upon return it was better, but still not reliable. Mine, they said the gap to the extractor was too tight so they replaced the extractor. Again, better, but not reliable. I then modified the extractors on both guns to round and feather the extractors and they are much more reliable, but I apparently have a little more work to do as they fail to feed about once every 50 rounds now. I will love the gun when the problem is fully fixed, but for now I am concerned it will fail when I need it most.

No feed issues so far on mine, I love it! I ordered a Muddy River inside holster as well. Fits very snug on my Reflex, but I love it too!

Thanks for the review Ray. Have a good week sir.

Had the same issue with mine which was obviously disappointing. That said, a bit of Dremel and file, 5 mins of attention and it's flawless now. Have to be honest, outside of the much larger Glock 43x , this is the best shooting micro I've run. Better than the Shield +, Hellcat, and the 365 imo. I LOVE it. Very happy I got one finally. Few hundred more rounds and it will be my go-to EDC.

@pushonline1568

3 ай бұрын

Not low left?

@scottbryant9425

3 ай бұрын

@pushonline1568 not at all... granted I mounted an optic before I put a round through it. Thing is very accurate for a tiny gun.

Thank you for the update on the issue !!

'Happy Switch' for the win!! Thanks Ray!

FN is all over the place when it comes to pistol quality. They also abandon platforms so quickly it’s just never worth committing to them especially w their prices.

@hml3108

3 ай бұрын

negATIVE I OWN 10 OF THERE PISTOLS NOT 1 ISSUE

@pushonline1568

3 ай бұрын

Dumbest comment ever. Ignorant. Lucky this isn’t Reddit

Fire control retaining pin was installed backwards from factory. A few people have stated this in forums, and that was the reasoning from FN.

I shot 600 rounds and I keep getting failures. After 400 rounds I sent it in to FN because it would fail to go into battery every 3-5 rounds and they sent it back saying it was fine. They did something because it is a lot better now but still has the issue with steel and occasionally with regular brass. I am definitely going to mess with the extractor because I really love the pistol but it needs to cycle rounds or it will never be my edc.

I just bought one, and had some Failure to go into Battery as you showed. With first 200 rounds of 115 grain FMJ, it probably failed to load/go into battery 10-12 times. For sure getting frustrated. I cleaned and lubed again and went back with some 124 grain PMC and CCI Blazer and had a total of 4 in the second batch (200 more rounds), however, I noticed they occurred when I did not pull the slide back all the way. The 4th failure was actually me trying to simulate not pulling it all the way. I still want to put another 200-300 without issues before I'd consider carrying it, but the recoil spring is loosening, and I wonder if that may be part of the issue. Getting used to the grip angle and trigger.

The Smith & Wesson Shield was my beginning in small semi autos , when it first came out and yes I still carry it

@Dayattherange

4 ай бұрын

Shield is it I agree

@katana258

4 ай бұрын

yes i have the gen -1 8-9 shots single stack , it works everytime over 2000 rounds of every kind of case , h.p. all i did was put the pierce mag hook plate

Can you make a video showing how you rounded it?

@TubeYou7

2 ай бұрын

From my understanding KZread will no longer allow video showing the modification of a firearm.

Great review

Ok I chuckled when you pulled out the 20 rounder at the end XD.

LMAO....i am dying laughing at the end when the Gen 12 comes out...with the 20--rounder...Ray: " ..and i also put a happy-switch on it!!--- wow!-- that is ALOT to hold!- but it JUST WORKS GREAT!"" Lol 🤣

@XRING

4 ай бұрын

Definitely a handful! 😁

Thanks sir love the video and great shotgun❤have a happy day

Tried the micro pistol route, I’ll stick with a mid size like a Glock 19 or G48 size pistols. Having enough real estate to grip is more important to me.

Purchased reflex for my daughter to carry. Same problem As many have mentioned. I’m sorry I didn’t dig for more reviews on this pistol as the trusted brand sold it for us. Shame as my daughter has smaller sized hands & pistol fit nicely for her. Even if it was resolved I just can’t trust as a edc . No more fn for me. I carry 365xl & has never failed with well over 1k rounds.

Took my reflex about 400 rounds to break in. Not a great start for me… but since that 400 round mark i havent had a failure to feed. Im 1800 rounds deep now.

I'll stick with my boring old Glock 19! Thanks for the honest review though! And that little shoty stole the show brother!

@pushonline1568

3 ай бұрын

I switched from G 19.3 to this.. why carry the G19 when this is smaller, internal hammer fire, same amount of rounds, more concealable…

@OilfieldLivesMatter

3 ай бұрын

⁠@@pushonline1568not nearly as accurate or reliable though… you don’t have to file or take a dremel to a Glock right out of the box just to get it to be reliable.

@pushonline1568

3 ай бұрын

@@OilfieldLivesMatter I didn’t with my reflex either

Mine has ran perfectly for the past couple hundred rounds.

Got me new Reflex home loaded my magazine and would not load bullet kept getting stuck and you have to drop mag and then rack the slide to remove bullet. Can you do a video on the fix? I have not even fired weapon yet. So plan on contacting FN tomorrow. Not to mention there is a lot of play in the slide, the fitment seems very poor compared to Hellcat and 365

Great video and I thank you! Might have to round my extractor as well. It’s better with 350 rounds through it but I have yet to return to the range since to try some more. Another question would be: did you ever shoot it without the MRD? How were your iron sights? I’m still not sold that I’m causing the low left but wanted to know your thoughts. Thanks!

@XRING

4 ай бұрын

Hey Ollegram! I shot two of these new out of the box with no dot initially. Both of them did print slightly low and left as many others have confirmed. It wasn’t enough for me to be concerned with but I did notice it. Since the modification there have been ZERO malfunctions. Thanks for watching and commenting.

@Ollegram

4 ай бұрын

@@XRING thank you for replying! I’d love to see a video of someone compare one that simply does POA/POI next to one that does not. Field strip them and examine to see what the heck may be different. I see comments from people that just do not have that issue but then there’s the one video of the reflex in a vice printing multiple shots through one whole - low left. I fear I may trade mine in for the 365 x macro. Or dish out the difference for an MRD. Just hate that I’ve had the FTF and POI issue out of the box. Thanks for listening/reading as well! Haha.

Best in class is a Glock 43x. Not a FN or worse, a Sig P365 with indian MIM parts. But Loved the video. Shotgun was Awesome!

@chrisscheuer907

2 ай бұрын

Maybe after you spend a bunch of $$$ to get the glock how the sig comes out the box

I just got mine yesterday took it to my shooting range this morning it jammed , the gunsmith came and shot it said it jammed cus I wasn’t holding it right lol . I’m glad i found this video so i can have him work on mine

I’ll stay with Glock. Carried one as a duty weapon for many years and a 26 as an off duty. It’s been about 35 or so years now and the Glock’s have never missed a beat. They feel like an extension of my arm for point shooting, don’t think I’ll ever change. There are a ton of Glock haters, but they just work. I did look at the Sig, but it just did not feel right to me.

....Thanks fer sharing, I like try'd & true - for me, my 1911 Commander will do.

I had a Zev OZ9C and had the exact same feeding problem. Zev kept claiming that there was nothing wrong with it. I eventually just gave up and got rid of it.

Also, the front sight IS a night sight. It has a tritium insert.

I bought one same thing happened to me it stove pipe first time I tried to rack the slide. Contacted FN and they say the break in period about 300 rounds have put about 250 through it still hanging up.

Once i got the pocket carry kahr cm9 and larger iwi masda slim i sold my other carry pew pew. When the new $500 kahr x9 that takes p365 and hell cat mags no adapter neded, ill get that in june .

This is why I no longer buy FN products. I owned the 509C and it had a trigger that would randomly catch and lock up. I replaced the trigger, similar issues and sold it to a guy who wanted to “fix” it.

glad i stuck around till the end 😅

Do you have a video on how you modified it?

You already had the best micro pistol. You don't need another one lol

😂 dude I bought a Rami... In 2007 it has never had a misfeed or failure. It feeds from a double stacked 10 round magazine and I just hit a 100 yd steel plate... Seated with elbows on my knees.. and 3 in of barrel was enough. 🎉 some of these Tupperware guns which are so popular just $UCK.. I'M STAYING OLD SCHOOL

@lewisstarnes9273

Ай бұрын

got the Rami 2 weeks ago, best sub compact ever made

Another issue is the trigger reset, if you shoot using a reset sometimes the trigger will go “dead”….

Must be nice to be a Class 2/7 SOT Mr. Ray

Same issue, also had some accuracy issues. Sent it back to FN. (after going back and forth with them about the issue 🙄) FN sent back. Was told the extractor was fixed. Haven’t shot it yet, but regardless severely disappointed in my purchase. +$600 for a pile of problems. I wouldn’t buy again, as an average owner I don’t have time or knowledge to fix it on my own. Probably won’t purchase an FN again but we’ll see how the reflex performs going forward.

I have the same problem with my Reflex. I took it to a gunsmith who modified the extractor but it still fails to feed at least once per mag. This is not acceptable for a carry gun.

had some hang ups the 1st 100 , flawless since 500+

have been carrying the 365 xmacro since it came out(xl before that), and it just simply does everything that i have ever wanted from a carry pistol perfectly. Do have a regular 365 frame i switch out some times, when dress is all that will allow for, but thats pretty rare. Excellent pistols Had carried the old school PPS for many years simply because i felt the form factor for carrying was the best out there, and was a great a pistol, but the single stack capacity always bothered me. 365s solved that problem and kept what made the PPS great. SIde note, that Ridgeline / O'Neil Rally ever since i saw them put out that original video, i have been dreaming of a Dakar meets rifle match hahaha. Im sure we could find enough like minded crazies to put something together no? I might simply evaporate from sheer bliss.

Hello, Could you please explain how to do modification?

Kind of off topic, but which of the iron sights do you prefer for someone who cannot use a red dot due to astigmatism?

@carloscano6261

3 ай бұрын

Green dot would be better than red if you want no an optic

Any chance of getting a pic emailed of your modification? Thanks for the review and posting the video.

@XRING

4 ай бұрын

There is a detailed explanation with pictures on Reddit .

@billyoung3519

4 ай бұрын

Thank you

@guyroberts6882

4 ай бұрын

@@XRING 0:18 0:18

Please make a video on what you did exactly and how to reproduce those results I would like to love this gun but having to slap it on the ass to get it in battery is quite annoying

This video, seems authentic but - idk. It’s just off. I had 7 FTF, out the box. I was running 115gr Fiocchi. I knew something was off, and thought it was the ammo. I went to the front desk and was told they had many complaints of hard primers. (No wonder why they were pushing this stuff out the door.). I ran instead, 115gr Blazer FMJ, 500 rounds, not 1 FTF or FTE. I then switched to Federal HST 1 124gr, Hornady Critical Defense 115gr, and Speer Gold Dot G2, and Gold Dot 124 and 147gr w/o any FTF. Gun was lubed with CLP 63460 MIL. Every shot group, was low left. At times, didn’t even hit the Targets from 7-15 yards out. Jumped back to the platform I know owe so well, G19.3, G43 and shot groups were all in fist size, accurate as can be. Called FN, they said after testing tons of guns, no failures, no mechanical defects, and guns were accurate each time. Encouraged me to make sure ammo was seated all the way back, no limp writing, verified it must be a combat grip, and to fix the angle bc Glock shooters will have trouble. Since, it’s run like butter baby.

@XRING

3 ай бұрын

Many people have reported the same issue. I don’t know what seems “off”. I merely report what I find from the pistol and do a video about my experiences

Looks like the one I had. But I sold it. Unreliable. No time for that BS. And I love FN.

Can you review steyr ssg 04

Damn was hoping u would show atleast how u fixed the extractor

Mine is a excellent pistol...

Do you have a video on how to round out the extractor? I’m having the same issues, can only get one shot off before jamming.

@XRING

4 ай бұрын

I do not but a google search will show what some people are doing to correct the issue. I won’t do a video on firearm modifications for liability reasons. I hope you understand . 👍🏼

Statistics...most break ins happen between 11am and 2pm while people are at work

I sent it in and they said the extractor was out of spec. Its worked great since i got it back.

@XRING

2 ай бұрын

That’s awesome and thanks for the comment. I think they had a bad batch of them.

The irons on my example are way off. 6-7" low and left, at 10 yds. :(

The front sight has a tritium insert, no?

Been carrying the 365 for several years. Thought several times about something different, but nothing I’ve picked up feels as good in my hand as my Sig.

I hope something about B&T firearms 😂❤

How about the Shadow 2 Compact for a CC option?

@graywind4326

4 ай бұрын

Not drop safe

@stepheno.2730

2 ай бұрын

Heavy

I’m wantin new walther pro steel frame…

What is the link for your website? I want to buy a shooting mat from you.

@XRING

4 ай бұрын

Unfortunately, I shut the web store down a few months ago. I only take products to matches now on occasion. Thanks for asking.

Any chance you’d be willing to share contact info so I can reach out about how you rounded the extractor?

@XRING

Ай бұрын

I literally took a Dremel with a soft polishing wheel and rounded one of the sharp corners of my extractor. Simply taking a carriage case and trying to slide it up by hand onto the breech face I saw that mine had a sharp corner that would bite into the brass while chambering. I literally smoothed in out in about 10 seconds.

Why not just upgrade to Xmacro since you already know Sig works 😅

You went from great to a hopefully it won’t malfunction. WHY?

@XRING

4 ай бұрын

Anytime you modify coated and or hardened parts you could possibly compromise the longevity of the item. So yes, works great and perfectly for now but until I get another 500 rounds or so on it and inspect it for wear I am going to keep my fingers crossed. 👍🏼

750 rounds through mine and it works perfectly

Every new micro 9 always has issues. I'll wait til FN fixes it's, just like Sig.

@OilfieldLivesMatter

3 ай бұрын

Yup same with the canik mc9. After getting burned by the reflex and mc9 im done with micros.

alot people report low left

@guyroberts6882

4 ай бұрын

A lot of people aren’t use to trigger and are pulling down on weapon when firing, I found that to be the problem with me and a couple other

I have to ask...why do folks whom are not active tier 1, swat or paramilitary run flashlights on their pew's....and dont say "better to have and not need". Research says .01% of folks need and train with them.

@XRING

4 ай бұрын

Well, I was a former SWAT guy before retiring. Either way, the usefulness of having a weapon mounted flashlight is almost a must. If you are justified in pulling your firearm on someone then it can only help to be able to positively ID your target and the surrounding areas. Freeing up the support hand from a hand held light will give you better control of your firearm as well if a light is needed. My question for you would be why wouldn’t you?

@QuitYoJibby-JabbinFool

4 ай бұрын

​@@XRINGMr. Helms, that is an amazing and eloquent response Sir!!!...... I would also add that pulling that super-bright white light will temporarily blind your possible assailant and may even provide a diversion or escape route for a NON-LETHAL outcome. But, barring that....the vast majority of gunfights DO HAPPEN IN THE DARK...aaaand....I for one,--like to see what/who I'm shooting at....

@Mandolin-yx7fs

20 күн бұрын

@xring great response

Hellcat Pro. Call it a day. 👍🏻

Thanks for this video. Love your channel and all of the long range shooting, so I was pleasantly surprised to see your review of the FN Reflex. I had already concluded the extractor was the source of my issues, but I was reluctant to do any modifications to mine until I saw this video. I rounded mine off too and that definitely solved the problem! Here's a link to my video with a close up of my extractor, before and after. kzread.info/dash/bejne/m52Vz9aln9CfYJs.html

@XRING

3 ай бұрын

I appreciate you adding the link and for watching the channel. I had a lot of people asking about the modifications so this will help them out. Thanks again and have a great week .👍🏼

Another "Let's let the customers test this to see if it actually works" product. Absolute dirt bags! If your crap doesn't work don't send it out. All of them do it now days. There's so many disgruntled customers of FN, Ruger, Benelli, POF, and the list goes on. I'm waiting for a group of buyers to start the class action lawsuit. We wouldn't be working on our new cars would we?

Just buy a Glock.

I have over 600 rounds threw mine not one problem, the only thing I had a problem with was when I loaded my gun and racked the slide if I tryed to rack it like a girl it would get stuck . But if you rack it like you’re a Man U won’t have no problems. And never had a failure to feed when shooting.

@XRING

4 ай бұрын

I think you had one of the good one. Many of us have had issues during firing. This is why I mentioned “riding the slide “ 👍🏼

@movistarracing5164

4 ай бұрын

@@XRING I think it’s very hit and miss with this gun. But when it’s working right it’s a great gun I carry it everywhere. It is very annoying when u spend that kinda money and use these types of guns to protect ur life you don’t want any issues. FN really needs step up thier quality control . Plus mine was shooting low left with iron sights but I run a red dot and it’s great shooter now.