SHOT 2026: Springfield Armory’s New Echelon FC Modular Pistol
SHOT Show 2026 is spinning up and that means lots of new and exciting products from a range of manufacturers.
Handguns
SHOT 2026: Diamondback SDR-A Lightweight Revolver
The Diamondback SDR-A is the latest addition to the company’s SDR lineup, and it’s the first hammerless model (yes, the Talo Exclusive SDR is shrouded, but that still leave a partially exposed hammer).
FN Rolls Out the New, More Affordable FN 309 MRD Hammer-Fired SAO 9mm Pistol
“Many gun buyers don’t see FN as an option, and we wanted to change that perception by making the brand accessible to people looking to spend $500 on a 9mm pistol.”
The New Modular Taurus TX9 Pistol Series
A 9mm chassis design, the Taurus TX9 incorporates previously perfected design features like the Taurus Optics Ready Option (T.O.R.O.), plus other features meant to meet NATO duty-pistol standards.
They’re Here: GLOCK Announces Three New Gen6 Pistols
Gen6, they told me, reflects the company’s guiding principles: Test. Learn. Improve. “We’re slow to change,” one exec explained, “because we don’t beta test into our customer base. Other companies do.”
Modern Classics: The GLOCK 23 Pistol
I can’t recall who it was that hipped me to the idea that it was possible to convert a .40 S&W pistol to a 9mm by swapping barrels and magazines, but twenty years ago, that’s what I did.
Patriot Arsenal: 3 Guns Every American Should Own – The Pistol
Americans love handguns for many reasons which we don’t have time to enumerate here. The reality is that proficiency with a handgun is more difficult to come by and achieve than it is with a long gun which has four points of contact.
Anti-Gunners’ Next Lawfare Target: Connecticut AG Threatens Ruger Over RXM Pistol Design
“[Ruger knows] and criminals know that their RXM pistol can be easily converted to an illegal, lethal fully automatic weapon. They can modify their product to be safer, or they can continue to profit from crime and violence and answer to a lawsuit.”
How Spain’s Former King Killed His 14-Year-Old Brother With a Negligent Discharge
‘We had taken out the magazine. We had no idea there was a bullet left in the chamber,’ he wrote.
Guns of the Cold War: The GLOCK Model 17 9mm Pistol
Years later, Glock would comment that it was his lack of experience in the gun-making world that actually led him to succeed and to do things that other more seasoned makers would never have attempted.