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The 509 LS Edge rivals the SIG Sauer XFive Legion ($999), HK VP9L OR ($949), and Walther Q5 Match Steel Frame Pro ($1,649).įirearm engineers and product managers are not typically experienced endusers of the guns they are designing. With a list price of $1,499, the LS Edge commands a premium, but as I found out through recent training, many believe it’s worth it. Until the 2021 launch of the 509 LS Edge, the one pistol missing from FN’s lineup was a gun suited equally for duty use or competitive pursuits. FN developed the polymer-framed, striker-fired semiauto into a family that include full-size, compact, tactical and midsize versions. Since appearing on the July 2017 cover of Guns & Ammo, FN’s flagship handgun line has been the 509. FN 509 LS Edge pistol (Michael Anschuetz / FN America LLC photo) In 1981, FN built a manufacturing facility in Columbia, South Carolina, which led to a commercial expansion that included handguns. subsidiary in the 1980s to produce M240 and M249 belt-fed machineguns under contract for the U.S. One of the best examples of this emerging hybrid breed of production handguns is the new FN 509 LS Edge, a pistol that’s certain to make waves.įN is one of the oldest names in firearm manufacturing, having manufactured iconic battle-tested small arms from the P.35 to the FAL. Custom companies may have driven the change, but major gun manufacturers are adapting as well. As a result, fighting handguns have increasingly adopted those performance-based features. More than two decades of constant warfare, much of it at close quarters, has driven significant innovations in the firearms industry. Lightened slides, electro-optics and features such as flared magazine wells used to be exclusive to race guns for competition. The lines between handguns used for defense and competition are sometimes blurred.
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