Frag Out! Magazine
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founded in 2015 by Cy and Lau- ren Hudson. The idea of new pistol was born already in 2013 and first prototype was build one year later. It is related to classical American Dream history: Hudsons invested all the money into development, hired engineer that forged their idea of striker-fire 1911 into first prototype that was named The Brick. To give you an idea how it looked like here is what owners said: "Analytics was killing hard. We read all there was: printed magazines, positive and ne- gative reviews, statistics of sales, helpful and dumb comments on the blogs. We bought different hand- guns – new and old. We took them apart, we shoot them, we gave it to the other people and asked what they like and what they hate and here is how original concept was A merican market is filled to the top with mutations and va- riations of the legendary .45. Hundreds of caliber, sizes, match and combat, gold, silver or platinum plated, for those looking for guns out of this worlds (yeah, there were some made from meteorites) and for those plain ordinary steel, classic and tac- tical ones. Sky is the limit. Probably in every US state there is smaller or bigger weapon manufacturer that builds more or less successful clone of 1911. American fondness to that construction cause that almost eve- ry version will be that one someone is trying to find and purchase. But to figure something new that is only ba- sed on that trusted product, that only relates to J.M. Browning masterpie- ce and successfully sell it, is not an easy thing. Hudson H9 was introduced during SHOT Show 2017 and in- stantly became breaking news. Looking like 1911, but striker-fired and drawing attention by unusual design that for some people brings back strong association with Auto 9 that was used by no one else than RoboCop. (PS Yes, we are aware that they used mocked-up Beretta 93R in the movie). At first glance, H9 looks like gun with weapon li- ght, laser pointer or some kind of counter weight attached under the barrel to reduce recoil and muzzle flip, or maybe some fancy suppres- sor (think SilencerCo Maxim 9). This part determines the unusualness of how H9 looks like. Manufacturer of H9 is Hudson Manufacturing from Temple, TX www.fragoutmag.com