Chambered for the most popular handgun cartridge currently made, the Smith & Wesson 929 is an 8-shot 9mm revolver from the Performance Center.
Introduced in December of 2013, Smith & Wesson posted a teaser video for the new model 929 revolver on YouTube. In it, the company described the revolver, many of its features and how it was tuned by the Performance Center. Additionally, the video explained why the new S&W 929, a full-size revolver, was chambered for the 9mm cartridge.
A bit of an enigma for the past several SHOT Shows, the Taurus CTG29 carbine is now shipping according to the company’s website. The carbine is based on the the SMT 9 and SMT 40 submachine guns the company produces in Brazil.
The Boberg XR9-L is a new addition to the company’s ingenious concealed carry line of pistols. Â There are a lot of unique features to this pistol that are explained farther down. Â If you are already familiar with the pistols, I’ll quickly fill you in on the differences in this model.
Essentially, the XR9-L is the same gun as the company’s original XR9-S, but with a little added on to the end of the barrel and slide. Â It has the same length grip and overall height. Â It is the same width. Â The magazines are the same.
The barrel on the XR9-L, however, is 4.2″ long, which is up from the shorter XR9’s 3.35″ barrel. Â Gun length is longer as well: Â 5.95″ vs. 5.1″. Â The sight radius is also increased to 5.25″ from 4.4″
Introduced in the summer of 2012, the 2013 SHOT Show was our first opportunity to get our hands on the new Caracal CC10 9mm carbine. The “CC†stands for “Caracal Carbineâ€. The CC10 has a steel receiver and barrel, with a polymer frame, however no details were given on the type of steel.
The CC10 will come in (2) variants – the SB (short barrel version) and the LB (long barrel version). The SB versions are marketed towards law enforcement, while the LB versions are promoted to the civilian market. Unfortunately, I was not able to put some rounds downrange with this carbine to truly give it a full review.  [Ed. note:  When we were at the morning session of Media Day during the 2013 SHOT Show, Caracal did not have the CC10 at the range.  They promised to have it there later in the day, but it was never seen by any of our writers.]
Russian arms manufacturer JSC Izhmash is gearing up to produce the Saiga-9 carbine, a civilian version of the Vityaz-SN submachine gun. Â The new Saiga-9 will be chambered in 9mm (aka 9×19).
The new carbine was introduced at the 2012 Russian Hunting and Sporting Goods show in September.  Currently, I don’t have much information on the Saiga-9, other than it is the “civil equivalent” of the SMG.
Below is a video of the Vityaz-SN in action. Â Expect that the Saiga-9 will look similar (with a longer barrel no doubt), but will lack the automatic fire.