![]() Sure, the LS Edge gets an all-new optics-ready long slide with some fancy window cuts and a fiber-optic front sight, but there’s more going on inside the pistol that could be overlooked easily. Not only is it tough, but the graphite finish highlights the lightning cuts and brings the contours of the new slide alive. To give you an idea how tough PVD is, my 509 Tactical has been used hard with somewhere north of 14,000 rounds through it with only very minor finish wear. The new optics-ready long slide is coated in graphite PVD, the same type of coating on the 509 Tactical. That isn’t to say that the pistol isn’t going to make you want to press your face against the gun case glass-this thing is sexy. The new super aggressive grip texture is going to keep your gun planted in your hands during recoil. It’s not just a churched-up 509 with some window dressing like you normally see on premium versions of an existing pistol it’s obvious a lot of research drove every aspect of the new gun. Not only did FN’s engineers manage to pull it off, the new pistol is exactly what I had wished for in last year’s article on the FN 509’s history.Įven though FN has produced a long slide before, they haven’t done anything quite like the LS Edge to date. ![]() With Kennedy’s focus on defensive tactics and Sevigny’s impressive competitive background, the task of melding the two thought processes was undoubtedly an engineering challenge. The LS Edge’s new slide stop looks identical to the Tactical’s, except it’s a touch longer.įN’s long-awaited practical/tactical optics-ready gun is the brainchild of Tim Kennedy of Sheepdog Response and 253-time champion shooter Dave Sevigny working with FN America’s team of engineers. The new FN 509 LS Edge takes a very different path, addressing the needs of a competitive shooter as well as the tactically minded. ![]()
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