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HUDSON elements: the forward barrel cams in front of the trigger-guard, the sear design marrying the straight pull trigger with a striker-fired sys- tem while remaining drop safe, the placement of the recoil spring, and the pairing of a insert chassis with a steel frame., Hudson Mfg. does not try to hide out that this handgun is a combination of classic solutions from John Moses Browning' Colt M1911 (shape of the frame and trig- ger) with solutions from striker fired handguns like Glock. Unique for H9 is recoil spring placement which to- gether with the steel rod was placed directly in front of the trigger guard. This system is in mysterious „gnarl" under the barrel mistakenly taken for integrated weapon light or some kind of counter weight. Such a solu- tion, together with low bore axis al- lows easier control of the recoil and muzzle flip. The vector of the force of the recoil is pointed directly into the hands on the grip. What's inte- resting is that there is nothing more except that recoil spring in that com- partment, maybe someday it will be used for some purpose. Because of the lack of hammer spring, firearm is narrow (31 mm or 1.24") and al- lows shooters to get higher grip and better stabilization and control of the recoil. Slide is stainless steel with matte black nitride finish. In front and rear part of the slide there are diagonal serrations that improve grip while reloading, especially with wet hands or wearing gloves. Top surface of the slide has longitudinal serrations on the whole length. Ejection port was placed on the right. Hudson H9 has 108 mm long (4.28") steel non-threaded barrel as a standard. Optionally, there is a threaded barrel available. Because of the way the gun is designed, and location of re- coil spring in the front of the trigger guard, we should not expect com- pact versions (it would require ma- king the spring substantially shor- ter). There is also a patented firing pin and its retaining system/ „Frame" of the Hudson is made completely from stainless steel with black nitride finish. Why "frame"? Well, it is basically some form of shell, as a concept like something that is known from SIG P320. Real frame is steel insert placed inside created: reliable stiker-fire handgun with 1911 trigger". Luckily, they found a way to get more funding and put together small engineering team. In late 2015 they created the "Boat An- chor", another prototype, but Hud- sons were still not satisfied with an outcome. Key moment for develop- ment of the H9 was 2016 when dif- ferent team of engineers was hired. It was also time of growth for the company itself – team of experts consisting of professional specia- lists of firearm and experienced employees from firearm industry was created. During SHOT Show 2017 Hudson H9 was shown to the world – new project draw a lot of attention, espe- cially being the striker-fire 1911. In the country where M1911A1 in eve- ry version is weapon of cult, it had to raise a lot of strong emotions. History of Hudson Mfg shows that making of good product requires willingness and great per- sistence in a way to success and even small manufacturers, true en- thusiast, can create revolutionary firearm, without enormous funding from government side. Kudos. HUDSON H9 Hudson H9 is 9 mm x 19 Para- bellum chambered semi-automatic striker fire pistol with steel slide and frame. It is short recoil opera- ted and has locked breech. While the envelope pushing new design FIREARMS