![]() ![]() Made for the most demanding environments where split-seconds matter and holding the advantage in your hands is a must have. The FN 509 LS EDGE™ is the ultimate tactical fighting pistol. Attached with a roll pin at the back and a screw at the front, it’ll be up to sanctioning bodies as to whether this is a Production gun or pushed into Limited that was still unknown at press time. Anodized a gray that’s a little lighter than the coating on the slide, it’s well-shaped to assist with fumble-free reloads but not overly large as to preclude CCW use, if concealing race guns is your jam. The most obvious race-oriented feature of the FN 509 LS Edge is the aluminum magazine well. According to the scale, the test gun’s rolling break measured a consistent five and a quarter pounds with minimal overtravel. ![]() The trigger is straight, and the sear breaks exactly as the trigger face is perpendicular to the frame. If you want to learn to track a dot, this would be an excellent pistol on which to refine your technique. On the upside, if you’re squeezing the FN 509 LS Edge like you mean it, that grip won’t go anywhere in your hand. After a long day of bearing down on this stuff at the range, you’ll know it. For instance, the suppressor-height irons, solid black in the rear and fiber optic with a bright green light pipe up front, line up for a lower-third co-witness on most miniature red-dot sights.Īnd when we say “aggressive,” it’s not just a figure of speech. RACE-READYĭeveloped with input from demanding shooters like Dave Sevigny and Tim Kennedy, the FN 509 LS Edge has a host of details to help it deliver the results. If all goes according to plan, you might say that a whole legion of Edge variants will follow this one in subsequent years.Īt first glance, the FN 509 LS Edge seems like just a longslide 509 MRD with the currently trendy speed holes in the slide, but this is actually a precision-guided weapon intended for a specific target: the holsters of action pistol shooters. The “LS” stands for “Long Slide,” and the “Edge” moniker is because FN intends to put out a new line of upgraded high-performance models based on the duty-tough 509, of which the LS is but the vanguard. BOLD MOVESĪt a small media launch event back in November, FN gave a sneak peek at their next step in the market, and a bold step it is.Īt Broadfield Plantation in southern Georgia, they unveiled the new FN 509 LS Edge. Then, there was some wandering in the wilderness with regard to various models: FNP? FNX? FNS? That seems to have been hashed out though, with FN going all in on the 509, descended from their Modular Service Handgun contestant. Rising to meet the aggressive lurch toward elevated striker fired handguns, the FN 509 LS Edge improves on the strengths of an already successful platform. Getting the home offices in Belgium interested in commercial handgun sales here in the States can’t be easy. First is the fact that the American commercial handgun market probably adds up to a rounding error when compared to the money that comes in for the mothership on the sales of general-purpose machine guns to half the world’s militaries. It’s hard not to feel a little sympathy for FN America’s struggles in gaining a toehold in the U.S. Racer's Edge: The First Ultra-Premium FN Pistol ![]()
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