I just got back from SHOT where I got a chance to shoot the new Hudson H9. First it really isnt a striker fired 1911. The grip angle and shape is definitely taken right from the 1911. The trigger is similar but uses a glock style trigger safety, though it is reversed so depresses from the top. The grip is definitely bigger than a std 1911 grip as it is built around using a S&W 5096 double stack mag. The unusual shape which extends the dust cover directly from the bottom of the trigger guard is due to the recoil spring being located well below the barrel lug rather than inline. It looks like it will be super "front heavy" but it is actually really well balanced. It does have an accessory rail but I cant imagine using a light as it would sit way too far below the trigger level to activate without altering your grip drastically. Overall I would say that it will be a cool novelty gun, but I dont see it ever becoming a well established pistol.
It was probably the only really NEW thing at SHOT this year in guns. The new M&P M2.0, the CZ P10 and a few others were new, but really were more of developments rather than new items. It was a big year for 9mm AR carbines and there were some nice new glass options from Vortex, Elcan, NF and some nice new options in both Thermal and Night Vision. The new Torrey Pines T12 and T15 bring thermal into a cost effective realm.
A couple of new STI's, the Agency M&P M2.0 were my 2 handguns that I was drawn to. The CZ P10 was the most overated in my opinion. It is a cross between a Glock and an M&P that losses the characteristics of CZs that makes them so solid. The trigger is nice out of the box, but People that like Glocks will stick with them and S&W fans wil end up staying there(especially with the new M2.0) so it is in that marketplace cometing with the Walthers, HKs, Sigs, FNs as well as the othe traditional style CZs.
The biggest handgun news of the week was the Sig P320 winning the contract to replace the M9 as the new Army sidearm.
