Posted January 25, 2018 7:00 am by Comments

By Daniel Terrill

Cy and Lauren Hudson, owners of Hudson Manufacturing, at their booth during SHOT Show 2018 at the Sands Expo in Las Vegas. They introduced the H9A, a lighter version of the introductory model. (Photo: Daniel Terrill/Guns.com)
Despite hurdles with the initial production run of their introductory pistol, Texas-based startup Hudson Mfg. released a new, lighter version of their handgun design this week at 2018’s SHOT Show in Las Vegas.
With the H9A, the company re-constructed the design so it weighs half-a-pound less than the baseline H9 model, a striker-fired pistol with a 1911-style trigger, according to company owner Cy Hudson.
The company made a splash when they debuted at last year’s SHOT Show, garnering the attention of a variety of industry media and going viral among firearm enthusiasts, but ran into some hurdles later in the year that resulted in a delay in production.
“Our goal to ship was June 26. At around that time, we were finishing up testing. We ran our test pistols around 10,000 rounds in the space of three days, so the pistol was ready go,” Hudson said.
“We were really excited, made a big announcement on social. Said ‘alright. here we go.’ Then, we had someone reach out and say

Source: Guns.com

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