I can’t think of another pistol on the market that uses a grip quite like the LS Edge. Get a GripĪs you might expect at this point, FN turned the frame to 11 as well. To be clear: This is a problem with my grip and not the gun. The slide stop on my own example will likely get swapped out for the smaller one on the Tactical to prevent that. The LS Edge also gets an extended magazine release and all-new slide release that’s easier to reach without breaking your grip, but that also means it’s easier to pin under your grip and prevent a slide to lock open. Additionally, the striker’s new shape should perform better in water submersion tests than the original striker, thanks to cutouts in the striker’s bearing surface that’ll prevent the striker from hydro locking. It isn’t all about a lighter trigger pull the new trigger shoe was carefully designed to break at 90 degrees and has very minimal over-travel, which makes it feel like the trigger is moving straight back similar to a 1911. Shooting on the move at a high rate of speed isn’t as hard with a soft recoiling gun. FN says to expect a 4- to 5-pound trigger, thanks to the new trigger shoe and a redesigned striker-a claim that held true when my example measured out to 4 pounds, 5 ounces on a Lyman digital trigger gauge. Our test example’s trigger broke cleanly at 4 pounds, 5 ounces. The improvements to the platform don’t stop there the LS Edge has a brand-new flat-faced trigger that’s sure to wow even the most critical of FN’s traditional hinge-style trigger. Slide mass is one of the biggest contributors to felt recoil and muzzle flip, not bore axis, which is probably the reason why I paused for a second when I pressed the trigger for the first time and felt the pistol cycle in a satisfyingly soft manner while tracking about as flat as my compensated 509s. That might sound trivial but slide mass plays an important role in how flat shooting a pistol is. Between the obvious slots in the serrations and the much less obvious milled slots around the striker, the new LS Edge’s slide is only one-fifth of an ounce heavier than the Tactical’s slide. 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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